Laura Davies (81) drops back to last


as Paula Creamer leads in Thailand

Almost as big a story as American Paul Creamer taking the third-round lead with a five-under-par 67 in the $1.45 million Honda LPGA Thailand tournament is the fact that Laura Davies, a winner Down Under just a few weeks ago, had a rock-bottom 81 and is lying last of the 60 competitors.
Laura, pictured right, has had a triple bogey 7 in each of her three rounds, at the 10th in the first round, at the 17th in round 2 and at the 10th again in the third round. The big-hitting English player, now in her 40s, also had a 7 at the long sixth today.
She was out in four-over-par 40 with bogeys at the first and third and that double bogey 7 at the sixth. Laura came home in 41 with the triple bogey 7 at the 10th and single shots dropped at the 15th and 18th. She did not have a single bogey all day. There is no cut in this tournament at Siam Country Club, Chonburi in Thailand.
Paula Creamer had consecutive birdies on holes Nos. 12, 13 and 14 to finish with a three-round total of 11-under 205, putting her three strokes ahead of Lorena Ochoa (68) and former Duke star Brittany Lang (71).
“I started off with a birdie on the first hole which is always a good start,” Creamer said. “From there on, I just had a lot of good iron shots. I hit more greens today than I had the other two days."
Ochoa, the top-ranked Mexican star making her first start of the season, started with a bogey but then had five birdies to get within striking distance.
“Sometimes when you start off bad you get angry and motivated at the same time,” Ochoa said. “Now I’m in a good position in the tournament.”
Lang led after two bogey-free rounds. She bogeyed the fourth in the third round, but was still in contention for her first LPGA win.
“I left a lot of strokes out there and feel very confident that I will go out tomorrow and shoot a low score,” Lang said.
Australian Karrie Webb (69) was fourth, a shot ahead of Hee Young Park of South Korea, Creamer expects a challenge in the final round even though she has a three-stroke "cushion."
“I can’t control other players,” she said. “I can only control my game out there. I have a lot of confidence about how I am playing. I will have to go out tomorrow and play the way I have played for the last two days.”
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Siam Country Club, Chonburi, Thailand.
Par 216 (3 x 72) 6,477yd
1. Paula Creamer 68-70-67--205
2. Lorena Ochoa 71-69-68--208
2. Brittany Lang 68-69-71--208
4. Karrie Webb 71-71-69--211
5. Hee Young Park 79-64-69--212
5. Mika Miyazato 73-67-72--212
5. Angela Stanford 68-71-73--212
8. Sophie Gustafson 70-73-70--213
8. Teresa Lu 72-69-72--213
8. Laura Diaz 73-68-72--213
8. Helen Alfredsson 68-72-73--213
12. Louise Friberg 75-71-68--214
12. Cristie Kerr 74-70-70--214
12. Karen Stupples (Eng) 72-71-71--214
12. Morgan Pressel 70-68-76--214
16. Na Yeon Choi 73-72-70--215
16. Jiyai Shin 75-69-71--215
16. Yani Tseng 70-71-74--215
16. Ai Miyazato 71-70-74--215
16. Eun-Hee Ji 73-67-75--215
16. Jin Joo Hong 66-73-76--215
22. Sun Young Yoo 74-70-72--216
22. Nicole Castrale 69-74-73--216
22. Natalie Gulbis 71-71-74--216
22. Candie Kung 73-69-74--216
22. Kristy McPherson 68-72-76--216
27. Juli Inkster 71-75-71--217
27. Jee Young Lee 73-72-72--217
27. Moriya Jutanugarn (amateur) 73-72-72--217
30. Lindsey Wright 74-74-70--218
30. Ji Young Oh 74-74-70--218
30. Stacy Prammanasudh 75-70-73--218
33. Angela Park 76-73-70--219
33. Inbee Park 73-75-71--219
33. Meena Lee 74-72-73--219
33. Hee-Won Han 70-73-76--219
33. Jane Park 72-71-76--219
38. Melissa Reid (Eng) 74-75-71--220
38. Mi Hyun Kim 71-74-75--220
38. Seon Hwa Lee 72-71-77--220
38. Minea Blomqvist 73-68-79--220
42. In-Kyung Kim 71-76-74--221
42. Shanshan Feng 76-70-75--221+
42. Young Kim 71-74-76--221
45. Maria Verchenova 76-75-71--222
45. Katherine Hull 73-77-72--222
45. Song-Hee Kim 76-75-71--222
45. Suzann Pettersen 77-73-72--222
45. Leta Lindley 71-75-76--222
45. Shiho Oyama 75-72-75--222
45. Christina Kim 72-74-76--222
52. Carin Koch 76-77-71--224
52. Giulia Sergas 74-72-78--224
54. Allison Fouch 73-75-77--225
55. Se Ri Pak 73-77-76--226
55. Russy Gulyanamitta 77-72-77--226
57. Jimin Kang 79-71-77--227
58. Ashleigh Simon 73-76-79--228
59. Thidapa Suwannapura (amateur) 74-79-77--230
60. Laura Davies (Eng) 76-75-81--232