Ryan express; Chloe leads Irish into final round in Portugal
Chloe Ryan. Picture: Pat Cashman
Castletroy's Chloe Ryan produced a level par 72 to lead Ireland's quartet of survivors into the final round of the Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship.
The Irish Intervarsity champion was two over par for her third round after 11 holes but she dropped just one more shot and picked up three birdies in her last seven holes to share 12th place on four-over par 220 at Montado Hotel & Golf Resort Palmela near Lisbon
The experienced UCD player is eight shots behind Letizia Bagnoli of Italy, who also shot 72 to lead by two strokes on four under par from Sweden's Julia Engstrom (72).
The 54-hole cut for the top 40 and ties fell at 11 over par 227 which meant that Curtis Cup player Maria Dunne (78) missed out by one stroke on 12 over 228 after a bogey four at the 18th.
Sinead Sexton (77) at 17-over and Georgia Carr (83) at 18-over also missed the cut.
Valerie Clancy (74) and Annabel Wilson (75) are tied for 19th on seven-over par while Julie McCarthy (79) is tied 26th on eight over.
Portuguese International Ladies Amateur Championship, Montado (Par 72)
1 Letizia Bagnoli ITA -4 212 67 73 72
2 Julia Engstrom SWE -2 214 69 73 72
3 Agathe Laisne FRA PAR 216 74 71 71
4 Line Toft Hansen DEN PAR 216 68 73 75
5 Aline Krauter GER +1 217 76 72 69
6 Vanessa Knecht SUI +1 217 75 72 70
7 Beatrice Wallin SWE +1 217 73 72 72
8 Karoline Lund NOR +1 217 72 73 72
9 Mathilde Claisse FRA +1 217 70 75 72
10 Maja Stark SWE +2 218 71 74 73
11 Clarisse Louis BEL +3 219 71 74 74
12 Chloe Salort FRA +4 220 73 75 72
13 Chloe Ryan IRL +4 220 72 76 72
Other Irish
21 Valérie Clancy IRL +7 223 74 75 74
22 Annabel Wilson IRL +7 223 74 74 75
29 Julie McCarthy IRL +8 224 73 72 79
Cut
44 Maria Dunne IRL +12 228 76 74 78
64 Sinead Sexton IRL +17 233 77 79 77
67 Georgia Carr IRL +18 234 75 76 83
