Women's Golf Association of India

Pranavi shoots under par but slips to Tied-15^th in Irish Open

COUNTY KILDARE (IRELAND), Aug 29: Pranavi Urs added 2-under 70 in the third round but slipped out of Top-10 to Tied-15th in the 2026 KPMG Women’s Irish Open. The Mysuru golfer has now shot three sub-par rounds of 69-70-70 to be 7-under for 54 holes with one more round to go.

Pranavi, the only one to make the cut out of the four who started the week, opened with birdies on the second and third, but gave both shots back in the next two holes. Then followed birdies on the seventh and the 10th and the Hero supported star ended the day with eight straight pars for 70 on a day hit by wet weather.

Diksha Dagar, Tvesa Malik and Avani Prashanth missed the cut earlier on.

South African Casandra Alexander will take a three shot lead into the final round as the South African looks to complete a wire-to-wire victory and earn her first Ladies European Tour (LET) win of the season.

On a rain-hit moving day at The K Club, the 27-year-old continued her fine play carding a round of 69 (-3) on the Palmer South Course to move to 18-under par.

It was tough on and off the golf course with the rain, but the players did well to negotiate the conditions.

Alexander started strong once again in Ireland making the turn in 33 (-3) before the horn sounded to suspend play following heavy rainfall. After a 45 minute delay, the big-hitting South African returned to the course but struggled to get things going again carding six straight pars as the chasing pack, led by playing partner Sara Kouskova, closed the gap. Alexander would birdie the short par-4 16th but gave a shot back at the par-3 17th.

Alexander currently leads the LET Order of Merit with five runner-up finishes to her name. Ranked World No 38 thanks to an excellent season, one which included a T10 finish at The Amundi Evian Championship, she is chasing a second win on the circuit this week after winning last year’s Tipsport Czech Ladies Open.

In solo second sits Czech Republic’s Kouskova. Trailing Alexander by five shots before the start of play, the two-time LET winner fired a bogey-free scorecard, a 67 (-5) which included three birdies and an eagle at the par-5 7th.

Two back from Kouskova is in the in-form Kajsa Arwefjall from Sweden who matched the round of the week 63 (-9) so surge into contention once again. Arwefjall carded eight birdies and one eagle at the par-5 10th to fire her lowest ever round on the LET. This comes two weeks after the Swede fell agonisingly short of claiming a maiden win on the circuit at the VP Bank Swiss Ladies Open.

Also making the most of moving day was home favourite Leona Maguire. The Irish Solheim Cup winner read the low-scoring script at her native K Club ripping the Palmer South apart with nine birdies. She will now play in the penultimate group on Sunday after surging into T6 position on 11-under par (Maguire and Arwefjall’s did not match the course record due to preferred lies being in place).

Maguire will tee up with Swedish pair Louise Rydqvist and Corinne Viden on the final day with the duo locked on 12-under par in a tie for fourth.

Finland’s Noora Komulainen also sits sixth alongside Maguire after battling flu on Saturday to post a 66 (-6). The 35-year-old is a recent winner having claimed the Tipsport Czech Ladies Open back in June.

Five players round out the top-10 in a tie for eighth on 10-under par: USA’s Brianna Navarrosa, Germany’s Alexandra Forsterling, Italy’s Alessandra Fanali, Norway’s Dorthea Forbrigd and Sweden’s Lisa Pettersson.