France 's Stephanie Arricau had another superb 67 to hold a two shot lead after the second round of the KLM Ladies Open in Holland .
After trailing by two shots overnight, the two-time Ladies European Tour winner had a faultless round with three birdies and one eagle.
“I hit 16 greens and putted well so that was the key,” she said. “I didn't use my sand wedge at all today; only to chip in on 15 for eagle.”
It has been two years since Arricau won the French and Spanish Opens in 2004 but at ten-under-par 134 for the tournament, she is on target to collect a third LET title if she keeps up the pace in tomorrow's final round at Eindhovensche Golf in the town of Valkenswaard.
Her closest challengers are Australian rookie Leah Hart, the overnight leader who carded rounds of 65 and 71 and Germany 's Anja Monke, who fired rounds of 69 and 67. Both players are on a total of eight-under par.
Denmark 's Amanda Moltke Leth is three shots off the lead on seven-under-par and the European number one Gwladys Nocera from France is a shot further back on six-under-par after she chipped in for birdie at the last.
England 's Georgina Simpson, France's Sophie Giquel and American rookie Laura Terebey are tied for sixth position on five-under-par for the tournament, with all three looking for their breakthrough victory this week.
Simpson had a mixed round today, but credited her new coach Graham Walker from The Oaks in York for helping to bring the fight back into her game.
“I'm not striking the ball as well as I can but I'm using my head that's allowing me to score,” said the Cleckheaton based player.
“Graham's really good and he's involved with the men's England set up. I'm only been with him about two months but it's great. I've learnt a lot of things which I can go away and work on myself. I hit a good three-wood on nine for eagle and holed a 20 feet putt today so it seems to be coming together.”
French Solheim Cup player Ludivine Kreutz tied for ninth position on four under par with the 2006 Tenerife Ladies Open Champion Riikka Hakkarainen from Finland . Judith Van Hagen tied for 11th position with Ireland 's Rebecca Coakley and despite being five months pregnant, Van Hagen was the best of the Dutch players.
Arricau, who was third in last week's French Open, was surprised with her 67 but predicted that with perfect scoring conditions, she would need to go low again tomorrow.
“At the beginning of the round I didn't imagine that I would play like yesterday because everything was perfect. Tomorrow I will play like I played today and yesterday and I won't focus on the result,” she said.
She will play with Hart at 13:08 local time in the final pairing tomorrow. It will be the first time that Hart will play in the final pairing in an LET event and the Australian rookie admitted that she was delighted to be in an attacking position.
“Winning would mean so much right now. It would get me into the Evian Masters and that would be huge for me. I'd love the opportunity to play,” she said. “I think that gave me a bit of motivation and inspiration today because I struggled with my ball striking and keeping that in the back of my mind gave me a bit more energy.
“I got to ten under today after I eagled the fourth but then I backed it up with two bogeys so that was a little bit disappointing.”
Prior to this week, Hart's best finish on the LET was tied for 53rd in Tenerife, so a win for the 24-year-old would be huge and if she pulls it off, it would be the first rookie victory on the Ladies European Tour since Paula Marti, Suzann Pettersen and Karine Icher all won in 2001.
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