CARLY RAY (17) LEADS DIXIE WOMEN'S AMATEUR BY FIVE

CORAL SPRING, Florida: Carly Ray Goldstein shot a third-round 68 and opened a commanding five-shot lead (on January 1) in the Women's Dixie Amateur being held at ClubLink's Heron Bay Golf Club .

The local 17-year-old is at nine-under-par 207, ahead of three players including tennis great Ivan Lendl's daughter Isabelle, who shot a 68. Ocala resident Kristine Odaiyar, the first-round leader, had a 70 and Christina Ocampo, a University of Miami student, came in with a 69. All three are tied at 4-under par, 212.

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Finland's Matilda Castren is next, another stroke back, after a second-consecutive 2-under par 70.

Goldstein and Lendl will be last off the tee at 11:24 Wednesday morning as the event concludes on the 6,200-yard course.

Ashley Rose, a resident of North Augusta, South Carolina, is the leader in the senior women's division after a third-round 75.

For more information, contact tournament director Ben Derauf at Heron Bay at 954-796-2014 or by email at  bderauf@clublink.ca.

Complete results of the second round are available at www.dixieamateur.com .