Leona Maguire continues to move in the right direction as she fired a bogey-free round of 68 at the Founders Cup.
Maguire birdied the 2nd, 4th and 17th holes to climb to four-under-par and into a share of 31st place.
The Cavan star trails leader Yealimi Noh by fourteen shots but is only four shots adrift of the current top-10 heading into the final round.
Noh was in sensational form as she also carded a blemish free round of 63 which included a birdie barrage on the back nine where she came home in just 29 shots.
Noh leads by the minimum on eighteen-under-par and she birdied eight of her last eleven holes after opening her round with seven straight pars.
Birdies on the 8th, 9th, 10th and 12th followed before she birdied four of her last five holes to edge in front of Jin Young Ko.
“That start was a little slow, but I was hitting it solid, making some good putts,” said Noh, the 23-year-old California player chasing her first LPGA Tour victory. “I just told myself to be patient and just wait for one to drop and then go on from there, and it did.”
Ko is seventeen-under after a bogey-free round of 66 with Megan Khang carding a 62 to lie in a share of 3rd place on 13-under alongside Jin Hee Im.
World number one Nelly Korda is six shots off the pace on twelve-under after a 65.
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