Sarah Kemp climbed 47 places up the leader board early in the third round of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open on Friday.
The Australian, who started the day tied for 67th on one-over, shot a four-under-par 67 including an eagle at the 11th and four birdies, to move up to 20th place as play continued in southerly winds, gusting at 33 miles per hour.
“I wasn’t sure how we were going to go with the weather, so it’s all good, moving day,” said Kemp, who was a runner-up at this year’s Lalla Meryem Cup.
“It stayed pretty nice up until probably the last kind of four or five holes, we got it more like a two- to three-club wind, so I took advantage earlier on. I’m really happy with that score.”
Kemp grew up playing links golf in Sydney and she said: “It’s not unfamiliar for me playing in the wind and getting the bounces. It’s probably helped me a little bit this week, which has been good.”
Regarding her eagle on the 11th, she said: “It’s pretty much straight down, maybe a tiny bit out of the left. Got it out there. Had about 195 to the hole. Hit my five hybrid to about 15 foot and rolled it in. So it’s probably going to be a few more eagles there today, I would say. It’s playing pretty easy straight downwind. Yeah, I’ll take it.”
