Staff WriterIf you like your golf with a side of seaside menace, the SuperSport Ladies Challenge is serving it up by the bucketful at Humewood Golf Club — and Scotland’s Lorna McClymont has packed the steadiest umbrella so far.
McClymont will take a two-shot lead into Friday’s final round after signing for a composed four-under-par 68 on Thursday. That leaves her on two under par for the tournament and, crucially, as the only player in the field under par heading into the last day.
Right behind her, on level par, lurk two very different problems: South Africa’s evergreen sharpshooter Lee-Anne Pace, who fired a classy 67, and Germany’s first-round pace-setter Celina Sattelkau, who endured a tougher ride with a 75 but remains very much in the conversation.
McClymont’s calm in the coastal chaos
Humewood can be a charming friend one minute and a salty prankster the next, and McClymont has handled the mood swings best. The Scot is hunting a maiden Sunshine Ladies Tour win after finishing runner-up at last year’s Jabra Ladies Classic — and she’s put herself in pole position with a round built on patience, smart targets and a scorecard that didn’t look like it had been through a wind tunnel.
Pace: history, pedigree — and a very loud Thursday response
But the headline chasing her down isn’t just the name on the board — it’s the résumé. Pace is the most successful golfer in Sunshine Ladies Tour history, and she did what champions tend to do: took a miserable start and turned it into momentum.
After an opening-round 77, she roared back into contention on Thursday with a 67 that was equal parts control and craft — plus one timely moment of sand-based sorcery.
“The first day was really windy and the course played very difficult. Today I hit the ball very similar to yesterday, but I just was in better positions and closer to the pin. I also made a bunker shot today that definitely helped. Overall I played really solid – hitting my driver very well with lots of control,” she said.
Pace knows exactly how to win this particular title, too. She lifted the trophy in 2015 and now has a shot at becoming the event’s first multiple champion — a tasty little subplot bubbling under the surface of the SuperSport Ladies Challenge leaderboard.
“I am looking forward to tomorrow and we will see what the day brings. Here at Humewood you never know what is coming. I will try my best,” she said.
Translation: fasten your seatbelts, and don’t trust the forecast.
The pack is waiting — and it’s got teeth
While the top three are separated by two strokes, the final round won’t be a private duel. A group of seven players sit on one over par, perfectly placed to pounce if the front-runners wobble in the coastal gusts.
That chasing group includes two names that always come with a little extra weight: 2025 Sunshine Ladies Tour Investec Order of Merit champion Casandra Alexander, and defending champion Nadia van der Westhuizen. Both know what it takes to close, and both will fancy their chances if Friday turns into the kind of day where Humewood starts laughing at your yardages.
What to watch on Friday
For McClymont, it’s simple: keep playing the golf that’s made her the only player under par — fairways, sensible irons, and avoiding the sort of seaside calamity that turns a tidy lead into a frantic scramble.
For Pace, it’s about pressing without forcing, and letting experience do what it usually does in a final round: calm the hands, sharpen the decisions, and punish any hesitation.
And for everyone else? The SuperSport Ladies Challenge has made one thing clear: at Humewood, two shots can vanish quicker than a crisps packet in a clubhouse after a gale.
