{"id":4457,"date":"2018-08-05T16:11:12","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T16:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=4457"},"modified":"2018-08-05T16:11:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T16:11:12","slug":"pornanong-holds-on-to-lead-in-womens-british-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/pornanong-holds-on-to-lead-in-womens-british-open","title":{"rendered":"Pornanong Holds on to lead in Women\u2019s British Open"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pornanong Phatlum prepares to put on the 15th green at the Women’s British Open<\/p><\/div>\n

Pornanong Phatlum managed to hold on to the one-shot overnight lead she achieved at the end of Saturday\u2019s third round at the Women\u2019s British Open.<\/p>\n

The Open is currently being hosted at the Royal Lytham & St Annes<\/a>, and in a recent post-match interview, Pornanong revealed, singing tunes in her head helps to control her nerves calms her down before she gets overly nervous.<\/p>\n

Phatlum<\/a> admittedly struggles on; however this time kept her calm and her lead without any signs of an apparent struggle. Pornanong managed to birdie her 3rd, 6th, 8th, as well as 11th holes but managed to drop her first shot during this year\u2019s major by bogeying the 12th with a par-3. She ended up on a strong 69 after having recorded a solid 3 below par for the day, strengthening her prospects of capturing a first win of any major title, providing a great opener to start her future LPGA Tour trophy case collection.<\/p>\n

Overall, she managed to break a 13 under, keeping her playing partner, England\u2019s Georgia Hall, one stroke behind. Despite Hall\u2019s inconsistent play throughout the round she managed to remain in contention for her first shot at scooping a major title, by picking up birdies on three out of her last four holes, thereby joining Pornanong in Sunday\u2019s final group.<\/p>\n

LPGA<\/strong><\/p>\n