GROUP OF THE DAY; TALLEY, LAW, CHENG ALL END T3
Emma Talley (Princeton, Ky.), Bronte Law (Manchester, England) and Liv Cheng (Auckland, New Zealand) played together in rounds one and two and all three stand at 5-under, 139 in a share of third place.

Talley posted a 4-under, 68 on Friday while Law and Cheng shot 3-under, 69.

“It’s great to get to play with people you get along with really well,” said Law, who won the ANNIKA Award in 2016. “I’ve been playing with Emma for a long time at college tournaments and national team events and I met Liv this week and have played a few practices rounds with her now and we all get along well.”

Law, who left UCLA with the most wins in school history, is happy with her first two starts on the Epson Tour.

“I’m really taking it in stride and learning a lot as I go along,” said Law. “It’s my first year out on tour and I’m just trying to make sure I make myself accountable and work really hard because this is a very good tour.”

Talley, who finished T10 at the season opener, closed with four birdies on the back nine.

“It was a very consistent day, I think I hit 17 greens today,” said Talley, who has four career top 10’s on the Epson Tour in 16 career starts. “I definitely left some putts out there and I feel confident going into tomorrow.”

Talley finished 26th on the Volvik Race for the Card money list in 2016 in just a half year on Tour.

“It’s a long season and I am enjoying myself and I have a lot of really good friends on Tour,” said Talley. “I played well the first week, I was shaky the second week, but if I stay consistent hopefully I will be there at the end.”

DANIELA IACOBELLI SWITCHES TO LEFT HAND LOW LAST NIGHT
Daniela Iacobelli (Melbourne, Florida) took 33 putting strokes on Thursday and shot a 5-over, 77. She even three-putted from two feet.

After the round, she went to the practice putting green and decided to switch to a left-hand low putting grip. It seems to have worked as she made birdie on four of her final five holes on Saturday to post a 4-under, 68 in windy and cold morning conditions.

“I definitely had the rock rolling on the final four or five holes and then I holed out from the bunker on 17,” said Iacobelli. “I left myself a 40-footer on 18 and I was thinking ‘god, just two-putt’ and I did.”

Iacobelli moved from T115 to T26.

OF NOTE

Ashleigh Albrecht made a hole-in-one on the 16th hole with an 8-iron from 161 yards out.

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