Leona Maguire will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Aramco Team Series event in Hemel Hempstead.
Maguire added a second round of 72 to her opening 66 at Centurion Club to reach eight under par, with Solheim Cup team-mate Georgia Hall her nearest challenger following a second successive 70.
After making a bogey on her first hole of the day, the 10th, Maguire responded with a birdie on the 13th, only to give the shot straight back on the next.
Birdies on the third and sixth ensured Maguire remained on top of the leaderboard as Hall suffered a poor finish to her round, the world number 38 racing to the turn in 31 but coming home in 39 after dropped shots on the seventh and eighth.
The other Irish competitor in the field Lauren Walsh, from the Castlewarden Golf Club in Kildare, carded a 75 to go along with her opening 73. Starting on the tenth, Walsh had a double-bogey on 12 and bogeys on 14 and 16, but her round improved across her final nine holes where she picked up two shots.
Her two-over final sees her through to the final round on Friday.
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