Carlota Ciganda, more leader of the Spanish Open in Guadalhorce

Carlota Ciganda has extended its advantage to the leadership of Andalusia Costa del Sol Spanish Open by Oysho with a second consecutive round of 66 strokes (-6) and four leads over the Belgian Manon De Roey.

Ciganda, winner of this tournament in 2021 and closing with European Tour 2024made consecutive birdies on holes 4 and 5, followed by another on hole 8 to put himself three under par at Real Club Guadalhorce of Malaga. He continued the round with birdies at 12, 14 and 16 to stay atop the leaderboard at 17 under par.

“I’m playing my best golf of the year. Three rounds with a single bogey is something that’s hard to achieve. I’m not very comfortable off the tee, but I’ve played at a very high level with irons and wedges, and I have very good putts,” he said at the end of his round.

She also expressed her excitement about competing in Spain: “The Open is a tournament that I always have marked in red on the calendar and it would be very nice to repeat here. Tomorrow I will continue what I am doing and I will look for another result. like this week,” said the seven-time winner of the LET trials. “I hope to maintain this momentum tomorrow,” he concluded.

Belgian De Roey did the same with six birdies on this third day, finishing with a round of 66 (-6) to move into second place alone. His consecutive birdies on the 13th and 14th holes allowed him to sign a total of 13 under par after 54 holes.

“I always start to finish as high as possible and go into the match. Being here in Spain with Carlota in the final group will be exciting,” said the Central European. In the last group this Sunday is the Spanish amateur Andrea Revueltawho signed a superb card of 64 strokes (-8) without a bogey and rose 20 places to be placed third in the classification.