South Africa’s Casandra Alexander flew into the mix at the Evian Championship with a third round 63.
The LET Order of Merit leader put in another sensational showing to move quickly up the leaderboard. Near the end of the round, she was sitting in third alone but for a late stumble.
“Yeah, it was good,” said Alexander.
“Besides for that bogey on 17, I would say it was a pretty good day. Putter was on fire. Every putt I looked at looked like it was going in. So, yeah, pretty chuffed. Hopefully the same tomorrow.”
Indeed, it was a bogey on the penultimate hole which somewhat took the shine off a superb day.
“It was a bit of a terrible tee shot; missed it on the wrong side on 17. And then 18 the same thing. So two, I would say, silly mistakes.
“And it wasn’t the only ones I made today. I just recovered really well. Made a lot of up and downs from certain places.
“So, yeah, I wouldn’t say it was nervy at all. It was just, yeah, misses.”
Alexander settled for a 63 after finding the sand with her second into the final hole.
Korea’s Haeren Ryu blitzed the day with a 60 to move to -19 leaving Alexander in -11 where she shares fifth place.
Her goal remains to win despite the large margin to the leader.
“Not to finish second. Hopefully we can get some wins under the belt. We’ve got too many seconds.
“I always say the way we got into those second places running up to this event was all different, and all in different circumstances. So, yeah, hopefully I can play well tomorrow and make the charge.
“I didn’t have the greatest first day. To be in the position I’m in after my first day is pretty good. Yeah, let’s see what Sunday can hold.”
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