The National’s Sport cover for the Friday, December 11 issue, featuring Shanshan Feng, the leader at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters.
The Chinese defending champion entered Friday’s third round with a two-shot lead over Laura Davies, the decorated Englishwoman.
John McAuley writes about the showdown being set up at Emirates Golf Club:
“Even for someone of Laura Davies’s standing, the size of the task appeared rather daunting.
“The Englishwoman has a gilded professional career that spans 30 years and 85 victories worldwide, including four major championships, a haul that this year elevated her into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
“So when Davies carded another second successive four-under par at the Omega Dubai Ladies Masters on Thursday, to move second on the leaderboard and two shots off defending champion Shanshan Feng at the midway point, she would have been expected to relish taking aim at the event’s prize scalp. Yet that was not exactly the case.”
“Depends who the target is. Unfortunately it’s Shanshan, and she’s a course specialist, and shoots millions under par every day,” Davies said. “It’s hard to upset Shanshan. She just cruises.”
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