Swopping out her regular white golf ball for a pink ball during her round made all the difference to multiple Sunshine Ladies Tour winner Casandra Alexander’s second round in the Platinum Ladies Open at the par-71 Blair Atholl Golf and Equestrian Estate course on Thursday.
Alexander shot a second consecutive five-under-par 66 to take the lead on 10 under par, dropping only one shot during her second round.
She leads by one over South Africa’s Tandi McCallum and England’s Hayley Davis going into Friday’s final round.
“I had a really slow start to the front nine,” she said. “I started with a drop and then made a hallelujah putt on the par-five 5th to bring it back.
“I then made a bunch of pars in a row and said to my caddie, let’s change our ball to a different colour – a little bit of superstition going on there, I guess.
“Maybe there are some birdies in my pink ball and yes, things started getting going from there. I started firing through the back nine after a very long and boring front nine
Alexander has had an impressive season to date on this year’s Sunshine Ladies Tour, claiming a win at the Jabra Ladies Classic in February and posting two top-three performances in the Standard Bank Ladies Open and the SuperSport Ladies Challenge.
“I think generally as a team we’ve made some good improvements to be able to play courses that don’t suit me and to get the ball in the hole no matter what the situation.
“Today my back was a little sore, so I knew I was going to have to manage how I play. I wasn’t going to hit them as close and I was working with that, so I think just identifying when we are not in the firing zone or the golf course doesn’t suit us and how we manage that – my team and I have done a great job with that.”
McCallum maintained her second place position during Thursday’s second round with a score of four-under-par 67 and nine under par for the tournament.
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