South Africa’s Danielle du Toit and Northern Ireland’s Olivia Mehaffey are locked in a tie for the lead of the Standard Bank Ladies Open hosted by The City of Cape Town heading into Saturday’s final round at Durbanville Golf Club.

Du Toit signed for a 69 and Mehaffey a 71 on Friday to give them a share of the lead on four-under-par and one stroke clear of the field.

Du Toit played her way into contention with a strong round of four birdies and just one bogey.

“Basically the strategy going into the last couple of rounds has been to hit the fairway, hit the green, hit the putts, and the hole will get in the way eventually. That is exactly what happened today. I was just trying to keep the bogeys off the scorecard. Towards the end of the round it got a little bit more difficult with the wind that came up, but I am happy with how the day played out,” said Du Toit.

With her last and only win on tour being the NTT Data Ladies Pro-Am in February 2025, Du Toit has been working hard on her game and secured a top-10 finish at last month’s SuperSport Ladies Challenge.

“I am definitely building and it is moving in the right direction. I am happy with how the changes my coach and I made are coming together and it really is looking up.”

And she’s eager to build on her progress this week.

“I will be doing exactly the same in the final round. This is not a golf course you can just go and attack. You have to stick to the process, hit the ball on the fairway and on the green. Boring golf will go a long way on this golf course. I am putting well and my short game is decent,” Du Toit added.

Just one shot behind the leaders in a four-way tie on three-under-par are Germany’s Carolin Kauffmann, eSwatini’s Nobuhle Dlamini, South Africa’s Nadia van der Westhuizen and England’s Thalia Martin.