Amateur Nastasia Nadaud continued her excellent form at La Manga Club to hold a one-shot lead at the end of the third day of the Final Qualifier at LET Q-School.
The French player, who led after round two, produced a round of 66 (-5) on the North Course on day three to sit at the top of the leaderboard on 14-under-par.
Nadaud began her round well with two birdies in her first two holes before dropping shots on holes five and seven to make the turn in level par.
However, the teenager’s putter got hot on the back nine as she rolled in five consecutive birdies on holes 12 through 16 for her round of five-under-par.
“At the beginning, I had birdies on the first and second which helped for confidence,” said Nadaud, who won the Goteborg Open on the LET Access Series (LETAS) in the summer. “My game was less good between holes seven and 11, I struggled a little bit and made two bogeys and some pars.
“The birdie on the par-five helped me get back again with how my game was at the beginning and the past two days. I was on the green in two, so it was two putts for the birdie. Then I made a super shot on the par-three so had a two metre putt for birdie and then it was the same on the next two holes.
“I nearly made a hole-in-one on 16, so that ended up being an easy birdie. I just kept trying to do the same thing, reaching my zones and I made two pars on the last two holes which was enough.
“I’m trying to think like I’m not leading at all because I experienced it in France in September and it was hard to handle, but I’ll just try to have the mindset that I’m not leading and come here and start like it’s the first day.
“I’m going to be a bit more careful with the wind as it’s picking up a bit more, but my strategy won’t change, and we’ll see how it goes tomorrow.”
One shot behind the leader is Germany’s Polly Mack, who also posted a round of 66 (-5) on the North Course.
“It was another solid round,” said the German. “I’m really not making any mistakes still or at least not big mistakes.
“I’m still trying to keep it steady; a couple of putts fell here and there which was good. I also had a really good group, they made putts, so we were pushing each other, and I wanted to make putts too. It was fun and I just enjoyed the day.”
In third place on the leaderboard is Thailand’s Trichat Cheenglab after she carded a round of 67 (-4) on the North Course to have a total of 10-under-par.
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