Brewerton on course

Becky Brewerton stayed on course for victory as she held onto a share of the lead at the Evian Masters on Saturday.
Wales’ Becky Brewerton stayed on course for a second consecutive Ladies European Tour victory as she held onto a share of the lead at the Evian Masters today.
The 26-year-old, who won the Open de Espana last weekend, began her third round in a stellar field normally reserved for majors on nine under par with Ai Miyazato and Na-Yeon Choi, and a three-under 69 kept her out in front.
Brewerton was joined on 12 under in Evian-les-Bains by Sweden’s Sophie Gustafson, who shot a five-under 67 today, and Korea’s In-Kyung Kim after a 68.
The Welshwoman only qualified for the tournament by winning in Spain last week and has now led or co-led for seven consecutive LET rounds.
Miyazato looked set to make it a four-way tie but she bogeyed the last hole to drop to 11 under alongside America’s Cristie Kerr, who shot the joint best round of the day with Gustafson.
Karrie Webb from Australia will go into tomorrow’s final round two shots off the pace while Helen Alfredsson, Paula Creamer and Choi make up a group on nine under.
World number one Lorena Ochoa is in a tie for 23rd after a 69 kept her nine shots off the pace on three under, the same score as Michelle Wie.
ALL THE THIRD ROUND SCORES
All the third round scores & totals in the Evian Masters, Evian Masteres Golf Club, Evian-les-Bains, France.
(Par 72):
204 Sophie Gustafson (Swe) 71 66 67, In Kyung Kim (Kor) 67 69 68, Becky Brewerton (Wal) 67 68 69
205 Cristie Kerr (USA) 70 68 67, Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 69 66 70
206 Karrie Webb (Aus) 69 69 68
207 Helen Alfredsson (Swe) 70 69 68, Paula Creamer (USA) 70 67 70, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 67 68 72
208 Yuko Mitsuka (Jpn) 71 66 71
209 Brittany Lang (USA) 71 70 68, Wendy Ward (USA) 68 71 70, Se Ri Pak (Kor) 72 67 70, Stacy Lewis (USA) 71 67 71, Song-Hee Kim 71 66 72
210 Ji Young Oh (USA) 68 73 69, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 70 70 70, Meena Lee (Kor) 69 69 72
211 Mi Jeong Jeon (Kor) 70 73 68, Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 73 70 68
212 Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 69 75 68, Hee Won Han (Kor) 73 71 68
213 Ji-Hee Lee (Kor) 70 75 68, Amy Yang (Kor) 74 71 68, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 75 69 69, Michelle Wie (USA) 73 70 70, Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 72 70 71, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 71 71 71, Jin Joo Hong (Kor) 70 71 72, Maria Hjorth (Swe) 70 70 73
214 Erina Hara (Jpn) 73 71 70, Natalie Gulbis (USA) 71 72 71, Diana Luna (Ita) 70 72 72, Brittany Lincicome (USA) 71 71 72, Lindsey Wright (Aus) 74 68 72, Kristy McPherson (USA) 72 68 74, Karine Icher (Fra) 68 69 77
215 Catriona Matthew (Sco) 74 72 69, Candie Kung (Tai) 70 74 71, Rachel Hetherington (Aus) 70 74 71, Jee Young Lee (Kor) 71 72 72, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 72 71 72, Pat Hurst (USA) 70 71 74, Karen Stupples (Eng) 68 72 75, Morgan Pressel (USA) 70 70 75
216 Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 71 73 72, Leta Lindley (USA) 72 72 72, Seon Hwa Lee (Kor) 69 74 73, Hee-Kyung Seo (Kor) 71 71 74
217 Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 71 74 72, Anja Monke (Ger) 71 74 72, In-Bee Park (Kor) 72 73 72, Chie Arimura (Jpn) 73 72 72, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 73 70 74, Michele Redman (USA) 70 72 75, Shiho Oyama (Jpn) 74 68 75
218 Shi Hyun Ahn (Kor) 75 71 72, Hee Young Park (Kor) 73 69 76
219 Giulia Sergas (Ita) 75 72 72, Juli Inkster (USA) 74 72 73, Teresa Lu (Tpe) 73 72 74, Anne-Lise Caudal (Fra) 75 70 74, Laura Davies (Eng) 71 73 75
220 Angela Stanford (USA) 75 71 74, Katherine Hull (Aus) 74 72 74, Jeong Jang (Kor) 72 73 75
221 Yani Tseng (Tpe) 75 72 74
222 Caroline Rominger (Swi) 73 74 75, Jade Schaeffer (Fra) 74 72 76
224 Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 71 76 77, Maria Verchenova (Rus) 73 74 77, Melissa Reid (Eng) 75 72 77, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 74 72 78
226 Jane Park (USA) 75 71 80
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