Oh Charley.

Charley Hull was in prime position off the tee but takes three with her putter, so can't capitlalise on her fabulous drive and approach.

A decent chance for at least a birdie gone.

Shiho Kuwaki coughs up a shot on the fourth to slip four strokes off the lead. The 23-year-old looks a tad frustrated with that although she left herself a lot to do with a putt from 20 feet or so.

Haeran Ryu also looks a little peeved as she fails to dunk a birdie putt in from mid range. Not for the first time today, that looks to be a slight misread.

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It's not a birdie for Lucy Li at the third but a nerveless par keeps her well in touch.

As for Jeeno Thitikul, I was bullish about her prospects before the round. Bogey-par-double bogey start surely puts her too far back, even at this early stage.

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How vital is that par save at the first looking for Yealimi Noh now?

She backs it up with a birdie at the second, sliding in a straightforward putt from about 10 feet, to go eight under.

Noh's touch on the greens has been spot on so far.

Charley Hull booms a drive down the middle of the sixth fairway and that means she can whip an iron onto the green with her second to give herself a long eagle putt on the par-five sixth.

This is such a difficuly pin to get close to and she comes up six feet short with her first putt.

Haeran Ryu spent loads of time in the sand on Saturday and she's got her bucket and spade out again today as she finds the right bunker with her approach into the third.

She splashes out past the cup and can't make the return putt for her par.

Yealimi Noh misses the green on the par-three first and ends up leaving herself a tricky putt from 15 feet.

She pulls out the broomstick and calmly rolls it in.

Not a flicker of emotion from the American.

Esther Henseleit, meanwhile, has a birdie chance but squanders it.

Having bogeyed the fourth Lydia Ko saves her par on the fifth with a mid-range putt that wipes its feet before dropping.

Charley Hull regains one of the two shots she dropped on the third with a slightly uphill putt that disappears for birdie.

What a start for America's Lucy Li as she downs a monster birdie putt at the second.

She's closed to within one of the lead with Jeeno Thitikul remaining at -3 with a par.

Looks like Li has her eye on that trophy, pictured just behind her at the first tee about 20 minutes ago.

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Lottie Woad throws her head back in frustration at green on the third as birdie putt from about 12 feet whistles just past the hole. She has to settle for par.

Woad was 43rd in the putting statistics on Saturday.

So if she wants to make any inroads at all today, you'd think that she'd need the flatstick to be scorchio.

The hottest player on the course right now is Sara Kouskova from the Czech Republic.

She's just birdied the 14th hole - her seventh of the day - and moved to -2 for the tournament.

It's probably too far back to realistically challenge, but what a performance.

We'll follow her coming in to see what total she posts.

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Yealimi Noh is about to tee off.

She is aiming to become the 10th winner of the Women’s Open from the USA and the first since Lilia Vu in 2023.

Noh has one victory on the LPGA Tour, the 2025 Founders Cup and her best finish in a major is third at the 2021 Evian Championship when she finished one stroke short of reaching a play-off.

No player has held a three-stroke lead after 54-holes and failed to go on to win the Women’s Open.

Haeran Ryu has a birdie putt on the second but this is staying straight and tracks a line parallel to the hole without ever threatening it.

Shiho Kuwaki picks up a shot after a lovely approach puts her in close. It is getting tight at the top.

I talked up Jeeno Thitikul a moment ago but finding the bunker off the tee at the par-three first was far from ideal.

She gets out easily enough but misses from six feet for par and starts with a bogey.

Better news from Lucy Li though as she strokes in a fine birdie putt and moves within two.

Haeran Ryu opens with a birdie. Could she make it three majors in a row?

Some of the statistics which back up Yealimi Noh's impressive round from Lytham yesterday.

She averaged 255.5 yards off the tee, made out of eight of 14 fairways and hit 10 out of 18 greens.

It was with the putter that the American excelled, though, averaging 1.44 per green - the joint fewest along with Germany's Esther Henseleit who she partners today.

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World number two Jeeno Thitikul was on fire in the first round, racing to -7 and a two-shot lead over the field after day one.

Since then, the leading score has remained the same, but the talented Thai has gone backwards. Two over on Friday and one over on Saturday, she starts the final round three back of Yealimi Noh.

While Thitikul has never won a major, she does have 11 top-10 finishes in her career and will be a threat today.

Yealimi Noh played golf from the gods at times on Saturday.

If you think I'm exaggerating just have a look at the bunker shot she played on the 17th on her way to securing a three-shot lead over the field.

Charley Hull has to take a drop on the third hole and can only chop her third shot out from the rough back towards the fairway.

From there she finds the dance floor but can't sink a long putt to limit the damage to just a bogey.