• Buhai ahead as Bregman lurks

    Ashleigh Buhai
    Ashleigh Buhai

    Ashleigh Buhai will start the final round of the Jabra Ladies Classic at Glendower Golf Club three shots clear of Stacy Bregman.

    Buhai signed for a 69 to retain the lead on Thursday, but Bregman and local fan favourite Casandra Hall are hot on her heels with 18 holes.

    The leader could not quite hit the heights of a blistering 63 on day one, but another flawless trip around the championship layout kept her at the summit. She will start the final round on 12-under-par 132, three shots clear of Bregman, who returned a bogey-free 68.

    Hall – the Sunshine Ladies Tour’s most recent Ladies European Tour graduate – hauled herself into the chasing pack with a joint best of the day 66 to finish four shots adrift on eight-under.

    Scotland’s Jane Turner, who visited the winner’s circle just two weeks ago at San Lameer Country Club, reeled in a trio of birdies over the last six holes for a 69 to move to fourth on four-under.

    Buhai had a great start to the season with a fine top 13 finish in Australia before she was forced to return home when the LPGA Tour cancelled events in Thailand and Singapore due to health concerns about the Covid-19 virus.

    She was pleased with her form over the first two days and looking forward to the final round battle.

    ”If it was offered, I would have taken 12-under before I teed off. I had a number in mind; I thought if I shot three rounds of four-under, I’d have a good chance to win,’ the 30-year-old said.

    ‘I’m already at 12-under, but I’ll have to keep my foot on the gas in the final round. Stacy played really well and I saw that Cas also had a great second round. Stace and I grew up playing this course and its Casandra’s home course, so the local course knowledge is definitely coming into play.

    ‘It helps that I know where the ball is going and stayed patient, because I didn’t have to chase. The pins were a little more tucked today and I didn’t hit it as close, so you play to the big spaces and work it into the flag. If you don’t, at least you still have a putt.’ 

    Second Round Scores

    (All competitors RSA unless otherwise stated and amateurs are indicated AMA)

    132 – Ashleigh Buhai 63 69

    135 – Stacy Bregman 67 68

    136 – Casandra Hall 70 66

    140 – Jane Turner (SCO) 71 69

    141 – Kelsey Nicholas 68 73

    142 – Rachel Rossel (SUI) 76 66, Monique Smit 73 69, Nobuhle Dlamini (SWZ) 71 71, Sharmila Nicollet (IND) 71 71

    143 – Lenanda van der Watt 76 67, Emie Peronnin (FRA) 75 68, Nicole Garcia 69 74

    144 – Maria Beautell (ESP) 72 72

    145 – Kaiyuree Moodley AMA 74 71, Kim Williams 73 72, Bianca Lohbauer AMA 73 72

    146 – Lejan Lewthwaite 73 73, Caroline Rominger (SUI) 71 75

    147 – Hayley Davis (ENG) 77 70, Bonita Bredenhann (NAM) 75 72, Michaela Fletcher 73 74, Hannah Arnold (USA) 72 75, Tandi McCallum 72 75, Mimmi Bergman (SWE) 69 78

    148 – Larissa Du Preez AMA 75 73, Astrid Vayson De Pradenne (FRA) 74 74, Rachael Goodall (ENG) 74 74

    149 – Anna Magnusson (SWE) 76 73, Woo-Ju Son (KOR) 75 74, Florentyna Parker (ENG) 75 74, Sideri Vanova (CZE) 75 74, Leticia Ras-Anderica (GER) 71 78

    150 – Cara Gorlei 76 74, Lauren Taylor (ENG) 76 74, Kiera Floyd AMA 74 76, Zhen Bontan (NED) 72 78, Pasqualle Coffa (NED) 71 79

    Missed the cut:-

    151 – Christina Gloor (SUI) 79 72, Ellinor Haag (SWE) 77 74, Siviwe Duma 76 75, Nicola Schoeman AMA 71 80

    152 – Ivanna Samu 77 75, Alexandra Bonetti (FRA) 77 75, Kim de Klerk AMA 75 77, Gabrielle Macdonald (SCO) 73 79

    153 – Clara Pietri (SUI) 73 80

    154 – Nadia van der Westhuizen AMA 79 75, Michelle Leigh 78 76, Shawnelle de Lange 77 77, Rosie Davies (ENG) 76 78

    155 – Lindi Coetzee 74 81

    156 – Sunelle von Molendorff 77 79

    157 – Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA) 84 73, Jessica Dreesbeimdieke (NAM) 82 75, Kristyna Napoleaova (CZE) 81 76, Kyle Roig (PUR) 79 78, Marion Duvernay (FRA) 77 80

    158 – Kiran Matharu (ENG) 79 79, Hannah McCook (SCO) 78 80

    159 – Zethu Myeki 80 79, Flora Peuch (FRA) 79 80, Brittney-Fay Berger 79 80

    160 – Julie Berton (FRA) 82 78

    161 – Tijana Kraljevic 82 79

    162 – Carmen Taljaard AMA 85 77, Carey Dodds AMA 81 81

    163 – Lynette Fourie 84 79, Madeleen Grosskopf 81 82

    164 – Eleonora Galletti AMA 83 81, Francesca Cuturi 83 81, Mae Cornforth 77 87

    166 – Yolanda Duma 83 83

    167 – Julie Bruyns-Leach 85 82

    WDN – Chiara Contomathios 89 WDN

    Photo: Heinrich Helmbold/Sunshine Ladies Tour/Gallo Images

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