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Al Hamra Golf Club in Ras Al Khaimah

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What the Saadiyat Beach faithful probably didn’t see coming next was back-to-back victories, by a shot in front of her home fans at the Hero Women’s Indian Open and then by three at the Qatar Ladies Open to sew up Rookie-of-the-Year honours and second spot in the overall order-of-merit.

Fast-forward 12 months and nobody will be surprised if Ashok goes on to collect a third Ladies European Tour title at Saadiyat on Saturday. The girl from Bangalore added a 68 Friday to her earlier loops of 67-66 to move to -15 and establish a two-shot buffer over Cheyenne Woods.

England’s Ellie Givens fired a flawless eight-under 64 to soar up to a share of third place with Lee-Anne Pace after the South African, who led through the first 36 holes, went backwards with an even par 72.

Ashok plays golf beyond her years but even the seemingly nerveless teen will be very aware of the name nearest to her on the leaderboard. Being stalked by Cheyenne Woods isn’t quite the same as when uncle Tiger is on the prowl, but its scary enough.

“It’s good that I have a two-stroke lead,” Ashok told Ladies European Tour. “But there are several players within two or three shots and a low round is very possible on this course so I’ll need to play well tomorrow.”

After a 3rd round 68 (-4) @aditigolf takes a 2 shot lead on -15 going into the final day @FBMLadiesOpen pic.twitter.com/DPJUmIOGkn

— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) November 3, 2017

She’ll be hoping for more consistency than Friday when she mixed seven birdies with three bogeys.

“I was hitting it well on the range and I had a feeling that I could have a few birdie chances. I was five-under on the front nine but there were a couple of mistakes on the back which could have been avoided. Four-under is still good.”

A day after her first pro hole-in-one, Woods played shots like this en-route to five birdies:

.@Cheyenne_Woods going close to another hole-in-one on the 12th @FBMLadiesOpen pic.twitter.com/Dimfb6CCpD

— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) November 3, 2017

This closing birdie was class too and edged the 27-year-old American closer to a second LET title after her pro breakthrough at the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters in Australia in 2014.

.@Cheyenne_Woods birdies 18 for a round of 68 (-4) & moves to -13 @FBMLadiesOpen pic.twitter.com/c8gLdiK8Bo

— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) November 3, 2017

“I had a pretty solid round altogether, played well from start to finish and gave myself lots of birdie chances, as I just wanted to be up there with the leaders. I am ready for tomorrow and excited for what it will bring”.

Cheyenne Woods.

Pace, a nine-time winner on the LET, was left “very frustrated” but is still only three back on a course that is giving up plenty of birdies.

“I didn’t think I played that badly but I left myself in some bad positions so decision-making wasn’t the best, especially hitting over the green on 18 and dropping one there,” the 36-year-old said after her 72.

“It wasn’t ideal but a quick start tomorrow and I could get there. I had a lot of downhill putts and short-sided myself. They were not easy putts to make.”

How things stand after day 3 @FBMLadiesOpen.

All scores: https://t.co/1jQAQY6Z9r pic.twitter.com/iU6n0c0VrV

— Ladies European Tour (@LETgolf) November 3, 2017

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The 35-year-old Edinburgh-based Californian has confirmed she will return to defend the Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open’s Gazelle trophy when the €515,000 event returns to the Gary Player-designed oceanfront layout for its second edition from Nov. 1-4.

Allen’s year in the U.S., her first full LPGA Tour campaign since her 2005 rookie season, has been challenging with just one top-10 and six cuts made in 20 starts in 2017. But three scores of 69 in her last five rounds, even if she did miss the cut in her most recent start at the Evian Championship, the final major of the year, has the likeable American in an upbeat mood.

She hopes to ride the recent change of fortune to a confidence-boosting result at this week’s New Zealand Women’s Open before returning “home” to play at least four of the LET’s last six events, including also defending the Open de France early next month and “possibly” teeing it up at the season-ending Omega Dubai Ladies Masters in December.

“I’ve had some success in New Zealand before so I’m excited for this week and then obviously I feel very happy and comfortable in Europe so I’m looking forward to spending a few weeks back on the LET. The goal is to have a strong defence in France and Abu Dhabi,” Allen told Golf Digest Middle East from Auckland.

Allen, who takes an LPGA Tour stroke average of 72.53 (133rd) into this week, is “super excited” about her return to Saadiyat and understandably so. She rolled in nine birdies in a career best eight-under 64 to win the inaugural FBMLO by five shots from Englishwoman Georgia Hall last November and can’t wait to get back on Saadiyat’s pure greens.

Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of State for FNC Affairs, presents Allen with the inaugural Gazelle Trophy last November after the American’s closing 64 at Saadiyat Beach.

“It just really suits me, you know when you turn up to a place, and every tee shot I saw where I was going and I just had a really solid plan, “ Allen said of Saadiyat Beach G.C.

“If you can putt on the line you meant to, they’re going to go in and that’s always great. So it’s perfect for us and it’s going to be great again I’m sure.  It was such a great event last year, so well run and I got such a great vibe there and I know that the atmosphere will be great again with the main idea being family being involved at Saadiyat.

“It’s one of the best events we have all year, it’s comparable to Dubai and everybody loves that event and I think this one is probably going to take over as my favourite event soon.”

Hall and fellow European Solheim Cup players Mel Reid, Florentyna Parker (all England), Scot Catriona Matthew (just named non-playing captain for Gleneagles 2018) and Dane Emily Kristine Pedersen are listed as Saadiyat starters alongside Allen on the LET website.

Indian teen Aditi Ashok, who shared third place at Dubai last December to secure LET Rookie-of-the-Year honours, and the golfing royal, Dame Laura Davies, are also listed although no other confirmed names have yet been released.

The Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open is free to attend. Visit fbmladiesopen.com for more information and follow on Instagram, Twitter (@FBMLadiesOpen) and Facebook.

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