Canada’s Anna Huang fired the round of the day with a bogey-free 65 (-8) to lead the 2026 PIF London Championship with a score of 19-under-par.
The three-time Ladies European Tour (LET) winner has led from the first round and began with a birdie at the first before adding another birdie on the fourth hole.
Huang made back-to-back birdies on the eighth and ninth holes before doing the same on the 14th and 15th holes.
The teenager, who won her third LET title in May, then made an eagle for the third day in a row on the 18th hole to lead by three strokes with one round remaining. If Huang were to win, she would be the youngest player to win four LET titles.
“I actually didn’t realise how low I went until I signed my scorecard today, which was pretty cool,” said Huang. “The crowds were really big, and it was really fun, I love playing in front of a lot of people and it really hypes me up. I had a good group with Charley [Hull] and Lydia [Hall]. They were definitely the crowd favourite, but it was really good to be in the group.
“18 has been good, I think I’m six-under in three days. It’s just really fun. I really like this course. You can be really aggressive on some holes and then on other holes you have to be more conservative, but it’s just a really nice course to play.
“I played with Charley once in Houston last year and there’s a lot to admire about her game. She’s really collected on the course mentally and she’s always doing her own thing and that’s something I can really learn from her. I’m going to have fun tomorrow and see what happens.”
England’s Charley Hull is in solo second place on 16-under-par after a round of 67 (-6) at Centurion Club.
The five-time LET winner, who fired a course round of -11 on day two, had nine birdies and three bogeys on her scorecard.
“I didn’t start off too well. I didn’t birdie the first after a decent drive and then I was one-over after three or four holes. Then I bounced back and felt like I played pretty solidly. I’m just tired and can’t wait to get into my bed and for a week off,” said Hull
“Anna is a really good player. I was really impressed by her game. She’s only young and I think we will definitely see her out on the LPGA Tour next year. I couldn’t remember we’d play together before, but my caddie Adam let me know. She’s a really good player and got the whole game.
“I’m going to try to get to 30-unde! Let’s go for a 14-under, shall we? Let’s go out there have some fund, make some birdies and then I’ll be super excited for my week off.”
Ireland’s Aine Donegan is in outright third place on 11-under-par after another round of 69 (-4).
The LET rookie began with a birdie at the first before another at the sixth, she then made back-to-back bogeys on seven and eight.
After a birdie on 10 and bogey on 11, Donegan finished with great momentum rolling in four birdies on the trot.
“It was good. I started off really solid the first six holes or so and had a little not great swing on seven which caused my first bogey,” said Donegan. “I was unlucky with my second shot on eight; I went long and didn’t hit a good first putt and pulled my second putt.
“I made a really good 10-footer on nine for par which looking back, I hit a really poor wedge shot and then that probably spurred us on a little bit for the back nine. We could have easily played a really good front nine and been one-over. That was a big putt on nine.
“It’s very rare you have a round of golf that doesn’t have a squeaky point in the middle. I knew I would probably get through that and then Harry [Ewing] kept me sane out there as well.
“We had really good communication again today and he said to me on 14, I want three birdies coming in now and then I birdied 15, 16 and 17. Walking to 18, I said when you asked for three, I wanted four. It was a nice way to finish, and I probably deserved a little bit of that.”
Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit and Wales’ Lydia Hall share fourth place on 10-under-par after rounds of 66 (-7) and 71 (-2), respectively.
Australia’s Kelsey Bennett is in solo sixth place on nine-under with Spain’s Luna Sobron Galmes and Singapore’s Shannon Tan one shot further back.
Two-time LET winner Alison Lee is in ninth place with Sweden’s Kajsa Arwefjäll, Austria’s Emma Spitz and England’s Alice Hewson rounding out the top 10.
The final round will begin at 7.45 am (local time) with the leaders going out at 11.45 am (local time) at Centurion Club.
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