Annabel Dimmock (-16) has been the star of the day at the KPMG Women’s Irish Open. The Englishwoman not only handed in the best card of the week, but she also broke the Carton House record with a flawless round of eight under par. A round of 65 strokes (par 73) in which she has been chaining one success after another.
With her recital, the Englishwoman takes the lead alone with a two-stroke advantage over Ursula Wikstrom (-14) and four over the Italian Andrea Fannalli (-12) and the Spaniard Luna Sobrón (-12).
At 27 years old, Dimmock is looking to reconnect with victory five years after lifting her only trophy at the Jabra Ladies Open in 2019.
Luna Sobrón is fully intent on preventing it. The Majorcan has signed a more than solid round of 70 strokes on the Irish course. In line with the whole week, she has been very consistent and has not made any bogey on this moving day. She only adds two mistakes throughout the week.
The Spaniard had twelve consecutive pars that seemed insufficient to stay in the fight for the title, when finally her three immaculate birdies arrived. It is true that Dimmock has set the leadership bar high, but in eighteen holes anything is possible and in this blessed sport four strokes of advantage are nothing.
Luna is on the hunt for her first victory on the Ladies European Tour and she is not going to be intimidated by the Englishwoman’s round.
For her part, Ursula Wikstrom (-14), the Finn who is second in this Irish open is looking for a victory that would undoubtedly be one of the stories of the year on the circuit. The Nordic has played a whopping 341 tournaments on the circuit in twenty-two seasons without knowing victory. If last year Carmen Alonso made the feat of winning 251 tournaments after her debut, the Finn would do it with more than 340 events under her belt. Almost nothing.
Leona Maguire (-5) and Georgia Hall (-5) have practically said goodbye to any chance of victory with two insufficient rounds of 72 strokes. The first Irish victory on home soil will have to wait. On the last day, they will seek to bolster those final sensations in their last 18 holes of competition before the Solheim Cup.
The Spaniard Mireia Prat (-2) is on the verge of the top 30 after a third round of par. She needs to add to consolidate herself among the 70 best of the year and tomorrow she will look for a great final round that allows her to add a good booty of points. Marta Sanz (-2) and María Hernández (PAR) will also seek a fourth day that allows them to climb as much as possible in the table.
