Lauren Coughlin rolled in a bending, 20-foot putt as part of three birdies on the closing stretch Saturday to cap off a 6-under 66 in the Women’s Scottish Open and give her a one-shot lead over Megan Khang at Dundonald Links.
Coughlin picked up her first LPGA Tour title three weeks ago in Canada and put herself in position to lock up a spot on the U.S. Solheim Cup team.
“I’m starting to hit the ball extremely well, and I’m just starting to feel really good about my game and myself and trying to keep it going,” Coughlin said.
Khang opened with 11 straight pars, but three birdies toward the end of her round gave her a 69 and allowed the American to close the gap to one shot.
Coughlin was at 12-under 204.
Charley Hull of England narrowly missed a long eagle putt on the par-5 18th. Her tap-in birdie gave her a 69 that left her three shot out of the lead, along with Olympic silver medalist Esther Henseleit of Germany, who had a 66.
Henseleit has two Ladies European Tour victories and is building momentum from her silver medal at the Paris Olympics. She was paired Saturday with gold medalist Lydia Ko, who had a 71 and was five shots behind.
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