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EVEN a storming finish by Thai LPGA Tour star Thidapa Suwannapura, who made six birdies in her last six holes, wasn’t enough to stop defending champion Feng Shanshan of China from taking a five-shot lead at the end of the penultimate round of the Dubai Ladies Masters yesterday.
World No. 6 Feng, the highest ranked player in the field and two-time winner of the season-ending championship of the Ladies European Tour, shot her third successive round of 5-under 67 to move to 15-under-par for the tournament.
At one stage, she led the field by a whopping margin of ten shots, but that was whittled down to five as she failed to maintain the momentum on the back nine, while Suwannapura caught fire.
Despite playing in pain — the 23-year-old Thai star has been experiencing shooting pain from her glutes down to the right leg since the middle of the year — Suwannapura finished with a 7-under 65 to move to 10 under.
France’s Jade Schaeffer was in solo third place following a 70 at 6 under, while German Caroline Masson (67) and England’s Melissa Reid (70) were tied fourth at 5 under.
The 26-year-old Feng had surged to 6 under for the day with six birdies in 11 holes, before making the first bogey of the tournament on the 48th hole with a tee shot that she pulled to the left waste area on the 12th. She quickly followed it up with another bogey on the 14th.
British 52-year-old legend Laura Davies, who was second behind Feng at the halfway stage with two successive rounds of 68, faded away with a 77.
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