Talented Eila moves into outright lead at WAAP event in Singapore

Singapore: Thailand’s Eila Galitsky grabbed a commanding three-shot lead going into the final round of the Women’s Amateur Asia-Pacific (WAAP) championship, raising hopes of following in the footsteps of compatriot Atthaya Thitikul, who won the inaugural tournament, also held in Singapore in 2018.

In yesterday’s third round at Singapore Island Country Club, 16-year-old Eila closed with a thrilling birdie from the edge of the water to finish on two-under-par 70.

That gave the world No.193 amateur a three-round total of 10-under-par 206, three ahead of the second-placed Kim Min-Sol of South Korea (73).

World No.14 Kim and Eila were involved in a one-on-one battle in the lead group, until the Korean made an uncharacteristic bogey on the par-5 12th, and then followed it up with a double bogey on the par-4 15th.

A birdie on the 18th brought back the smile on Kim’s…