FOSTER IN FINAL GROUP IN SWITZERLAND
Anna Foster added a stunning 5-under-par 66 to her opening 67 to find herself at 9-under par, three shots behind leader Kajsa Arwefjall of Sweden, and teeing it up in the final group on the final day for the first time in her LET career at the VP Bank Swiss Open.
The Elm Park member carded five birdies in her bogey free round to move up from ninth position to joint second with Australian Whitney Hillier.
“It felt very stress free again today,” Foster said. “I kept the momentum going today and conserved my energy well because it’s so hot out here. I would much rather be in a position of chasing rather that having all these great players chasing me. I’ll just go out there with an attitude that I have nothing to lose. I’ll keep doing what I’m doing and take one shot at a time.”
“I’ll definitely be nervous, I feel like it would be weird if you weren’t in that situation. But my game has been trending in the right way for a while now so to be in a position to contend in the final group, I’ll try to enjoy it as best I can.”
All three other Irish competitors missed the cut mark of level-par 142 at Golfpark Holzhäusern.
Sara Byrne agonisingly missed the mark by a single stroke, fighting back after a disastrous double bogey six at the first, Byrne had an eagle, birdie, par finish for a 69 and a 143 total to miss the last round. Aine Donegan improved greatly from her opening round of 76 with a second round 69, but finished on 3-over 145. While Olivia Mehaffey added a 75 to her opening 77 for 152.
Arwefiall sits in pole position heading into the final round on 12-under-par and is chasing a maiden win on the Ladies European Tour.
“It was very fun again today,” the Swede said in scorching hot Switzerland. “I actually played better on the back-nine, my front-nine, even though I scored better on the front. It was nice having a lot of people out watching and going bogey-free is always a bonus.“
“I’m looking forward to tomorrow,” the Swede said on the task at hand. “It’s going to be a fun day. I’ll just go out there and try to enjoy it. I’ll try to not look at scores and just play my own game.”
Photo: Anna Foster by LET.