RACV Ladies Masters: Charley Hull and Holly Clyburn share third round lead with Choi Eun-woo

English duo Charley Hull and Holly Clyburn are part of a three-way tie for the third round lead at the RACV Ladies Masters.

On a day where just six of the 67 players broke par in difficult conditions, the English duo held their nerve to move to four-under alongside South Korea's Choi Woo-eun at the top of the leaderboard.

Hull, beginning three shots adrift of overnight leader Rebecca Artis, opened with a double-bogey but replied with birdies at the second and seventh.

The reigning LET Order of Merit champion dropped a shot on the ninth and carded three further bogeys on the back nine, although a birdie on at the par five 18th sealed a three-over 75.

Clyburn made a slow start with a bogey on the first and double-bogey at the par-four sixth, but produced two birdies and only one further bogey from the rest of her third round 74.

Despite the English duo battling at the top of the leaderboard, Clyburn insists there is no rivalry between her and Hull.

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"We're good friends, we've got nothing against each other," the 24-year-old said. "Everybody just thinks there's a rivalry because we came on tour at the same time and had a great rookie year fight. Out here it'll actually be really exciting and it'll be a good final day."

Tight leaderboard

Artis took a three shot lead into the third round but hit eight bogeys during a disappointing six-over 78, but is just one-shot off the pace alongside Tonje Daffinrud and Su-Hyun Oh. 

Amateur Rebecca Kay finished her round in style with an eagle at the 18th to leave the 16-year-old tied-seventh, level with Michelle Koh and Ssu-Chia Cheng two shots adrift.

English duo Florentyna Parker and Melissa Reid are in a group four shots off the lead on level-par, one clear of Felicity Johnson who produced three consecutive birdies in a two-over 74.

Defending champion Cheyenne Woods, Tiger's Woods' niece, shot a par 73 to move nine strokes behind the leaders, level with English veteran Dame Laura Davies, who struck four bogeys in six holes during a three-over 76.