South African Ashleigh Simon hit a six under par 66 at Buckinghamshire Golf Club on Friday to take a two stroke lead going into the final round of the ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters. The Johannesburg 23 year old began the day three behind the overnight co-leaders, but birdied the third and then picked up seven shots in six holes from the fifth, with five birdies followed by an eagle at the 10th. That put her at eight under for the day and 11 under overall, but she then dropped two shots on holes 12 and 13.

Another eagle chance at the 14th fell just short and the resultant birdie was countered by a three-putt bogey at the last, but it was enough to open up a two stroke lead at nine under par.

The 41st annual Safeway Classic kicks off Friday on the Ghost Creek Course at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club. Rolex Rankings No. 6 Suzann Pettersen looks to defend her title as she competes among a dominant field consisting of 20 of the world's top-25 golfers. Nearly all of this season's winners are in the field this week including No. 1 Yani Tseng, No. 2 Stacy Lewis, No. 4 Na Yeon Choi, No. 12 So Yeon Ryu and No. 17 Angela Stanford. Among the others in the field this week are former Safeway Classic champions Ai Miyazato, Mi Jung Hur and Cristie Kerr.

For Stacy Lewis, it still hasn't set in that she is the second-greatest golfer in the world and the top-American on the LPGA Tour. She admits she checks the rankings every now and then to make sure she hasn't been dreaming for the past several weeks. But on the course she is reminded of her success this season as players study from afar to gain some insight on what it takes to be at the top.

Britons Laura Davies, Henrietta Zuel and Lydia Hall held a three-way share of the lead on six under par 66 after the first round of the ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters. The trio emerged from a crowded leader board late on Thursday after a beautiful but breezy day at Buckinghamshire Golf Club in Denham to lead by a stroke over South African Stacy Lee Bregman and Australian Stacey Keating.

Frenchwoman Joanna Klatten, Beth Allen of the United States, South African Lee-Anne Pace and Swede Carin Koch were a stroke further behind.

Charley Hull has shown that she is the next big thing in British golf by helping Great Britain and Ireland to beat the United States in the recent Curtis Cup and posting several strong finishes in professional tournaments lately.

Now the 16-year-old Woburn player, competing in the ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters at Buckinghamshire Golf Club, has spoken of her desire to join the paid ranks along with fellow Curtis Cup players Holly Clyburn and Amy Boulden, who all hope to attend Ladies European Tour School in Morocco in December.

The draw for the inaugural ISPS Handa Ladies British Masters has been made, confirming the tee times for the first and second rounds at Buckinghamshire Golf Club in Denham on Thursday 26th and Friday 17th August.

Ladies European Tour ISPS Handa Order of Merit leader Carly Booth of Scotland will form part of an all-British three-ball, playing with Solheim Cup star Melissa Reid and Curtis Cup winner Charley Hull from England for the first two rounds, starting at 9.10am from the 10th tee on Thursday.

In another all-British grouping, Curtis Cupper Amy Boulden of Wales will play with English duo Hannah Burke and Danielle Montgomery ten minutes later, at 9.20am.

LPGA Tour rookie So Yeon Ryu fired a final-round 9-under par 62 to win the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic and become the fifth Rolex-First Time Winner this year. While Ryu won last year's U.S. Women's Open, this marks her first official LPGA Tour victory as a member.

Ryu entered Sunday's final round tied atop the leaderboard with fellow South Koreans I.K. Kim, Jiyai Shin, and Hee Kyung Seo. Ryu got her first birdie of the day at the par-4 third then rolled in another one for birdie at the par-4 fifth.

Norway's Cecilie Lundgreen picked up her second title of the season on the LET Access Series, winning the Women's Bank Open by Catmandoo hosted by HLR Golf Academy at the Hill Side Golf Club near Helsinki on Saturday. The Norwegian finished on seven under par, after posting rounds of 68, 69 and 69 in cool and windy conditions.

German amateur Nina Holleder shot a closing 72, 1 over par, to finish on her own in second place with a total of 209, 4 under par. Thirteen year old Chinese amateur Xin Ying Wang and Finland's Linda Henriksson finished in a tie for third place on 2 under.

Tomorrow will prove to be a fight to the finish as four players are tied atop the leaderboard after the third round of the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic Presented by Kroger, Owens Corning and O-I. A star-studded group of Jiyai Shin, I.K. Kim, So Yeon Ryu, and Hee Kyung Seo all share the lead at 11-under-par.

Rolex Rankings No. 10 I.K. Kim has good memories of Highland Meadows Golf Club as she lost in a playoff at the 2010 Jamie Farr Toledo Classic to Na Yeon Choi. With the golf course experiencing significant rain overnight, Kim had to adjust to the soft conditions on Saturday.