Evian Masters Presented by Société Générale
Evian Masters Golf Club
Evian-les-Bains, France
July 23, 2011
Third-round notes and interviews
Ai Miyazato -13, Rolex Rankings No. 10
Stacy Lewis -11, Rolex Rankings No. 15
Angela Stanford -11, Rolex Rankings No. 20
Miki Saiki -11, Rolex Rankings No. 26
I.K. Kim -10, Rolex Rankings No. 7
Rolex Rankings No. 10 and former Evian Masters champion Ai Miyazato leads by two strokes heading into the final round of the Evian Masters Presented by Société Générale in Evian-Les-Baines, France. Miyazato sits at 13-under-par after shooting a bogey-free 67 on Saturday. It was the third straight round in the 60s for Miyazato, who became a Rolex First-Time Winner at the 2009 Evian Masters. A five-time winner on the LPGA Tour in 2010, Miyazato’s best finish so far this season came in a tie for fifth at the Sybase Match Play Championship.
Trailing two strokes behind Miyazato are Rolex Rankings No. 15 Stacy Lewis, No. 20 Angela Stanford, KLPGA member Shin-Ae Ahn and JLPGA member Miki Saiki.
“Two‑shots leading is still nothing on this golf course, I think,” Miyazato said. “Still so many players can shoot low score tomorrow. So I just need to play my game.”
Crowded leaderboard: There are 11 players who are sitting within five shots of the leader Miyazato heading into Sunday’s final round at the Evian Masters. Among that group are two players who have won this season (Lewis and Maria Hjorth, who is tied for sixth at 10-under par) and one former winner of the Evian Masters (Jiyai Shin, who is tied for 11th at 8-under-par).
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| Suzann Pettersen and Dave Brooker |
Suzann Pettersen played with a heavy heart during the third round of the Evian Masters on Saturday. The native of Oslo, Norway donned a black armband in honor of all of her fellow countrymen who are mourning after the two devastating attacks that took place there on Friday.
More than 90 people were killed in the capital of Norway after a bombing took place near the government buildings and a gunman opened fire at a youth camp on a nearby island. Pettersen learned of the tragedy in her hometown from her father after she finished practicing on Friday evening.
“It was shocking news,” Pettersen said. “I don’t know if I ever expected to get news like that, especially in a place like Norway. Oslo is in the middle of summer right now and most people are on vacation. What happened yesterday turned out to be a complete disaster. My thoughts and prayers are with all of the family and friends of whoever has been affected.”
Pettersen said that she had spoken to her close friends and family and that all of them were safe. But she wanted to wear the armband to let everyone know that although she is in France competing in a golf tournament, her mind is with all of those in Norway.
“There’s not much I can do, golf kind of means nothing when you know your fellow Norwegians are going through what they were today and families might now even know if their kids or if their family members are still alive,” Pettersen s
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