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Former Caldwell County standout Emma Talley is tied for 11th heading into the final round of the ISPS Handa Vic Open in Victoria, Australia.
On a day when low scores were difficult to come by, Talley moved up the leaderboard in Saturday’s third round with a 1-over par 73. That leaves her at 5-under overall through 54 holes and had her safely under the cut to the top 35 and ties for the final round.
Talley had three birdies but also carded four bogeys in the third round.
Talley will tee off in the final round at 11:18 a.m. Sunday in Australia, or 6:18 p.m. Saturday night Central time.
It was a Saturday of survival at the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open. With steady winds all day and gusts to 30 MPH, 19-year-old Ayean Cho returned a 2-under 70, one of just five under-par rounds, and surged to the top of the leaderboard at 12-under.
Cho, the KLPGA Tour’s Rookie of the Year in 2019, carded five birdies and three bogeys in the day’s blustery conditions, including a birdie at No. 18 to pull one stroke clear of the field.
Sweden’s Madelene Sagstrom, who held the lead after each of the first two rounds, stumbled to a 2-over 74 on Saturday, but birdied the final hole to stay within one stroke of the leader. She remains in contention to become the first player since Shanshan Feng in 2017 to win consecutive events.
Final round coverage of the event will be live on Golf Channel beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
(Information from an LPGA media release was used in this story.)
