TIGER WOODS' NIECE CHEYENNE LEADS IN QUEENSLAND

VIKKI LAING NOW IN TOP 20 AT AUSSIE 

LADIES MASTERS WITH A ROUND TO GO

Vikki Laing has moved into the top 20 of the Australian Ladies Masters with one round to go at the Royal Pines Resort on Queensland's Gold Coast.

The Musselburgh player, pictured by Carol Fell, has had ever-improving rounds of 76, 71 and 70 for a one-over-par tally of 217 - joint 19th place, 10 shots behind the leader, Tiger Woods' niece Cheyenne Woods (69-67-71 for 207)
Laing bogeyed the first two holes but bounced back into form with birdies at the long third,sixth, eighth and ninth to turn in two-under 35.
A bogey at the 10th did not lose her any momentum because she covered the remaining holes in two under par with birdies at the short 14th and long 15th.
Pamela Pretswell, the only other Scot to survive the halfway cut, did not have such a good day. After promising rounds of 72 and 74, the Hamilton player fell back to joint 58th position with a third-round 78.
She had a nightmare outward half of 42 blows - a double bogey 6 at the second followed by shots dropped at the fifth, sixth and eighth.
Another double bogey popped up at the short 14th but she did finish on a better note with birdies at the long 15th and 17th for 36 home.

THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
par 216 (3x72)
207 Cheyenne Woods (USA) 69 67 71
208 Stacy Lee Bregman (S Africa) 69 67 72
209 Minjee Lee (Australia) (am) 70 70 69
210 Camilla Lennarth (Sweden) 71 67 72, Trish Johnson (England) 71 66 73
SELECTED SCORES
215 Charley Hull (England) 73 66 76 (T11)
217 Vikki Laing (Scotland) 76 71 70 (T19)
218 Felicity Johnson (England) 72 71 75 (T27)
219 Liz Young (England) 7 73 74, Melissa Reid (England) 71 73 75 (T39)
220 Laura Davies (England) 73 74 73 (T41)
224 Pamela Pretswell (Scotland) 72 74 78 (T58)  

               Tiger Woods' niece Cheyenne Woods acknowledges the cheers of the crowd.

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Gold Coast, Australia: American Cheyenne Woods was able to overcome her nerves to fire a two-under-par 71 to hold the outright lead heading into the final round of the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters on the Gold Coast.

The 23-year-old, who sits atop of the leader board at 12-under-par, will be looking to capture her first big professional tournament on the RACV Royal Pines layout.  However, South African Stacy Lee Bregman (72) and Australian amateur champion Minjee Lee (69) will be trying to spoil the party as they are just one and two shots back respectively.

England’s Trish Johnson and Swede Camilla Lennarth are both at nine-under-par in a share of fourth place, only three strokes behind the leader.

On a sunny and windy afternoon Woods' round was up and down.   She got off to a rocky start, her opening five holes included three bogeys and one birdie before she birdied the eighth and ninth holes to go out in even par.  
Another two bogeys saw her once again fall back at 8-under-par before she stormed home with four birdies in her last five holes.

Nerves certainly were in play with Woods, a second year Ladies European Tour member who hasn’t been in such a position in her short career.

“It took a few holes to get settled in and then when I just kept missing those putts it was hard to really get on that roll, but I was able to recover and I felt great out there, talking with the girls and just kind of having a relaxing day.  It was definitely rough getting started but once I was through half the front and towards the back I really got settled in and I played really well. “

“Today was not as easy as the past few days. But I think this was one of my better rounds. I was able to pull myself together and really fight through that back nine. I really grinded it out today, and I told my caddy today was the day to grind it out, it was a little windier, the greens were firm so I was really proud of my play today.”

When asked what it would mean, if she won, she replied: “It would be a huge accomplishment, playing well this week I’m already happy with the way it’s been going, but to have that win would just be a cherry on top, especially to start off my year.”

Bregman had a solid 2013 and is looking to break through for her first win after coming close on several occasions previously.

“Definitely looking forward to tomorrow, especially the way I played today. I’ve hit it really good, just a pity about some of the putts.”

“I have been playing good and I can only just hope for the best, and just play the best that I can.”

She was asked if she would feel pressure playing in the last group, “Yeah sure, just going to go out and enjoy it, it is all a learning curve, if it happens it happens, if it doesn’t, you just have to take it as it comes.”

Australian Amateur champion, Lee, from Western Australian , was also taking a relaxed approach: “I will just cruise and go with the flow I guess and play my own game and see where it takes me.”

Another Australian, Alison Whitaker, is in contention at six-under-par, alongside South Korean Minsun Kim in a tie for sixth place.

COMPLETE THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD
par 219 (3x73)

207 - Cheyenne Woods (USA)  69 67 71
208 - Stacy Lee Bregman (RSA)  69 67 72
209 - Minjee Lee (AUS) (am)  70 70 69
210 - Trish Johnson (ENG)  71 66 73, Camilla Lennarth (SWE)  71 67 72
213 - Alison Whitaker (AUS)  75 69 69, Minsun Kim (KOR)  72 68 73
214 - Xi Yu Lin (CHN)  75 70 69, Katie Burnett (USA)  68 71 75, So Young Lee (KOR)  71 70 73
215 - Jessica Korda (USA)  68 73 74, Charley Hull (ENG)  73 66 76, Kelly Tan (MYS)  74 70 71, Gwladys Nocera (FRA)  71 73 71, Joanna Klatten (FRA)  74 74 67
216 - Valentine Derrey (FRA)  69 75 72, Kyu-Jung Baek (SKOR)  74 69 73, Bree Arthur (AUS)  72 71 73

217 - Vikki Laing (SCO)  76 71 70, Yu Yang Zhang (CHN)  70 70 77, Katherine Kirk (AUS)  71 70 76, Cathryn Bristow (NZL)  71 74 72, Beth Allen (USA)  73 68 76, Rebecca Artis (AUS)  70 74 73, Caroline Hedwall (SWE)  71 73 73, Tiffany Joh (USA)  71 72 74

218 - Dewi Claire Schreefel (NED)  70 74 74, Sarah Kemp (AUS)  70 73 75, Chella Choi (SKOR)  72 73 73, Lorie Kane (CAN)  69 75 74, Marianne Skarpnord (NOR)  72 74 72, Hyun Soo Kim (SKOR)  75 71 72, Lindsey Wright (AUS)  73 74 71, Felicity Johnson (ENG)  72 71 75, Sarah-Jane Smith (AUS)  72 73 73, Maria Hernandez (ESP)  73 67 78, Thidapa Suwannapura (THA)  74 71 73, Mi Hyang Lee (SKOR)  73 72 73

219 - Yani Tseng (TPE)  73 72 74, Lee-Anne Pace (RSA)  69 75 75, Breanna Elliott (AUS)  72 70 77, Line Vedel (DEN)  70 75 74, Jia Yun Li (CHN)  73 71 75, Kristie Smith (AUS)  70 74 75, Melissa Reid (ENG)  71 73 75, Amelia Lewis (USA)  71 72 76, Belen Mozo (ESP)  73 73 73, Liz Young (ENG)  72 73 74

220 - Laura Davies (ENG)  73 74 73

221 - Linda Wessberg (SWE)  73 69 79, Ashleigh Simon (RSA)  74 72 75, Courtney Massey (AUS)  74 73 74

222 - Stacey Keating (AUS)  72 75 75, Char Young Kim (SKOR)  72 77 73, Marina Alex (USA)  73 74 75

223 - Marion Ricordeau (FRA)  73 76 74, So Young2 Kim (SKOR)  73 75 75

224 - Su Oh (AUS)  73 74 77, Pamela Pretswell (SCO)  72 74 78, Jessica Speechley (AUS)  76 72 76

225 - Mireia Prat (ESP)  75 74 76, Shin-Ae Ahn (SKOR)  73 72 80, Ann-Kathrin Lindner (GER)  72 75 78

226 - Caroline Bon (NZL)  75 74 77, Sarah King (AUS)  77 71 78, Tamara Johns (AUS)  76 73 77

228 - Giulia Molinaro (ITA)  77 72 79, Anne-Lise Caudal (FRA)  74 72 82

231 - Bree Turnbull (AUS)  74 75 82

232 - Christine Song (USA)  75 74 83