Lauren Walsh and Sara Byrne are both within striking range following the third round of the Hulencourt Women's Open in Belgium.
The in-form Walsh, who led at the halfway point of last week’s Tenerife Women's Open before dropping off, is in a tie for seventh on six-under par, four shots off the lead held by India’s Avani Prashanth.
Byrne, meanwhile, sits just outside the top 10 after a third-round 70 moved her to four-under par.
Walsh went even better with a 68 despite a slow start.
After opening with four pars, the Dubliner bogeyed the par-three fifth to fall back to one-under par, but it would be her only dropped shot of the day with back-to-back birdies at the sixth and seventh and the 11th and 12th being followed by another birdie at the 17th.
Byrne temporarily got to five-under after three birdies over her first 12 holes, but a bogey at the 15th saw her drop outside the top 10.
It’s youngster Prashanth who leads the way following a third-round 69. The 18-year-old drained a huge putt on her last hole – the ninth – to ensue a one-stroke lead over France’s Nastasia Nadaud.
England’s Cara Gainer is back in contention on six-under with the joint lowest round of the day. It was matched by Germany’s Celina Sattelkau that took the latter to four-under par following a 66.
Irish trio Anna Foster, Olivia Mehaffey and Canice Screene failed to make the cut.
