Green rallies to hold one-shot lead at Palos Verdes Championship

Hannah Green rallied to hold a one-shot lead going into the final round of the Palos Verdes Championship, Scotland's Gemma Dryburgh pressed up to third on the leaderboard.

The Australian entered the day holding a three-stroke advantage, ahead of Lydia Ko and three other players, before starting her third round badly.

She overcame bogeys on the first two holes to shoot a one-over 72 and take a one-shot lead over playing partner Ko heading into the final day.

"I got off to a horrendous start, I guess you could say," Green said. "Just short-sided myself too many times today, so I was actually pretty happy with the one-over score.

"I just hit a couple of funny wedge shots and also didn't read the lies and the wind direction."

Between holes six and nine she recorded bogey-eagle-bogey-birdie and also dropped a stroke on the par-4 12th.

The Australian birdied the par-5 16th and parred the last two to finish at eight-under 205.

"It's hard," Green said. "You know there are some opportunities on this golf course, but you also know there are a couple tough holes.

"You just have to stay patient like every other golf course, but it's hard when Lydia [Ko] is breathing down your back and there are so many good scores from earlier in the day."

Scotland's Dryburgh delivered a round of 68 to fortify her position on moving day. Five birdies on the front nine was followed by a birdie and three bogeys on the back nine.

"I think hit most of the fairways today, so I'm just going to have lots of confidence," Dryburgh said.

"Everything is kind of pretty solid, to be honest. [I'm] hitting it well, putting and chipping well, so it's just kind of all coming together, which has been nice. Kind of on a bit of a roll at the moment, so just lots of