Leona Maguire
Leona Maguire takes 8 shot lead into final round at Portuguese Championship which is taking place at Aroeira, Lisbon, Portugal.
On Day 3 Leona Maguire (Slieve Russell) shot a 2 under 70 to be 10 under par on 206 going into the final round. Her nearest challenge Zaanen of Nederlands is 8 shots adrift while Lindeman (Germany) who was lying third was disqualified for having 15 clubs in her bag.
Leona, despite two bogeys on the front nine produced 4 birdies on the trot over back nine to increase her overall lead.
Lisa Maguire shot a 1 over 73 and lies in 9th place on 220. Both Gillian O'Leary (Cork) and Charlene Reid (Royal Portrush) made the cut with rounds 74 and 78 respectively while Emma O'Driscoll (Ballybunion) was unlucky to miss the cut by 1 shot.
The 40 lowest scores over the first 54 holes including ties shall qualify for the 4th and final round on Sunday 30th January.
