Internationals steal home hopes' 雷鳴 at the Open
A trio of international 星／主役にするs are 脅すing to 延長する the home 肩書を与える 干ばつ to a １０年間 after Minjee 物陰／風下 and company 宙返り／暴落するd 負かす／撃墜する the women's Australian Open leaderboard with deflating second 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs.
Korea's two-time major 勝利者 Jiyai 向こうずね nicked the halfway lead from South Africa's defending 支持する／優勝者 Ashleigh Buhai with two late birdies in a four-under 68 at The Australian.
向こうずね will enter the 週末 at nine under and two 発射s （疑いを）晴らす of Buhai, who had enjoyed the clubhouse lead for more than four hours に引き続いて a morning 70 at The Lakes.
Another Korean, Jenny 向こうずね, is sitting in 単独の third at six under after a 73 at The Lakes.
伝説の four-time 支持する／優勝者 Karrie Webb is the only Australian to have won the Open in the past ４半期/4分の1 of a century and home hopes this year appear to be 残り／休憩（する）ing on three exciting young amateurs.
While surprise teenage 夜通し co-leader Rachel 物陰／風下 slipped 10 発射s behind with a second-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 79 at The Australian, Queensland pair 司法（官） Bosio and Sarah Hammett, and South Australia's Caitlin Peirce are 井戸／弁護士席 in the mix.
Bosio (69, The Lakes) is fourth at four under, with Hammett and Peirce 株ing fifth a 発射 その上の 支援する after 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs of 71 and 69 それぞれ at The Australian.
While not out of it, Steph Kyriacou's prospects nosedived with a 75 at The Australian that left the Sydney 地元の eight 一打／打撃s off the pace.
Minjee 物陰／風下 is 支援する level with the card と一緒に fellow Australian major 勝利者 Hannah Green (73, The Lakes) after 狙撃 the same 得点する／非難する／２０ as her playing partner Kyriacou.
にもかかわらず 存在 knocked off the 最高の，を越す perch late in the day, Buhai was にもかかわらず delighted to be 支援する in the mix a yea r after 統治するing at The Victoria and Kingston ヒース／荒れ地 clubs in Melbourne.
"It's a really good position any time you're in there 近づく the 最高の，を越す going into the 週末," Buhai said.
"I'm feeling good so far this week. I've taken it 平易な, it also helps."
Buhai, though, 主張するs it's too 早期に be thinking about going 支援する-to-支援する in Australia.
"I've just got to 焦点（を合わせる） on doing my steps and 過程. That's all I can 支配（する）／統制する," she said.
"The minute you start thinking about the 結果, that's when trouble happens.
"My goal this week was to not have very high 期待s and have fun, and that's what I've done the last two days."
Buhai was not the least bit surprised Webb was the most 最近の 地元の 支持する／優勝者, in 2014, 説 the 圧力 on home hopes can be unbearable.
"You put so much 圧力 on yourself," she said.
"When I went 支援する to play the South African Open this year, my goal was to 勝利，勝つ it and I said that was the most 圧力 I felt, 存在 the favourite going into the tournament.
"They are always the favourites coming into this tournament and you want it just a little bit more 不正に when you're in 前線 of your own people."
