ANGEL FLIES BACK INTO CONTENTION AS VAN DAM STAYS IN CONTROL

Angel Ying

DUBAI, Dec 8 — Long-hitting teen sensation Angel Yin fired the day’s best score of a seven-under 65 to haul herself into contention heading into the final round of the Omega Dubai Ladies Classic at Emirates Golf Club on Friday.

Yin, who turned 19 in October, made a blistering start, notching up eight birdies, including four in a row from the second, against one bogey to join Sweden’s Pernilla Lindberg for a share of second on 10-under, just two shots behind the overnight leader Anne Van Dam, who returned an up-and-down third round of 70.

On moving day, as the terminology goes, a number of players, including Dame Laura Davies, the recent Ricoh Women’s British Open winner In-Kyung Kim and Charley Hull moved up onto an exciting bunched-up leaderboard, with just four shots separating the top 11.

England’s Hull, who finished runner-up to China’s Shanshan Feng last year, and India’s Aditi Ashok, seeking a desert slam of wins in Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, were tied for fourth one nine under while Kim and Davies shot matching 66s to move into a six-way tie for sixth on eight under.

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FULL SCOREBOARD

SCOTTISH  SCORES :
T16:   -6  M Thomson, 70, 68, 72, K MacDonald 68, 68, 74
T28:   -3 Pamela Pretswell Asher 72, 68, 73
T38:   -1 Kylie Henry 72, 71, 71
T47:   Even Vikki Laing 75, 70,  72, Gemma Dryburgh 70, 72, 74