Europe's Solheim Cup captain Anna Nordqvist signs off with a three-under 68 today.

She is naming her four captain's picks on Monday, for the biennial contest against the United States, that takes place at Bernardus in the Netherlands next month and on this form, she probably wishes she was playing.

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Lottie Woad is in the bunker at the seventh.

She bungles her initial wedge attempting to chip on to the green, and the ball bounces back into the sand.

Woad escapes with a bogey. It could have been a lot worse.

England's Charley Hull is having one at the moment. An awful bounce on her approach to the eighth leaves her with a horrible chip from just above the back of the left greenside bunker and when it holds up on the ridge it's another shot gone.

Chance goes for Lucy Li to start rebuilding her round after a dramatic triple bogey on the previous hole.

She's missed for birdie from six feet and will stay at two under par.

She's joined on that number by playing partner Jeeno Thitikul who manages to make birdie at that par-five sixth.

Sadly for Sara Kouskova, her round has finished in frustrating fashion with another dropped shot at the last.

Having got herself to three under par, she's ended up rolling in a bogey to finish at level for the tournament.

Still a tremendous four-under 67 round of golf.

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We've barely seen anything of world number one Nelly Korda since she dropped three shots in two holes about 90 minutes ago.

Since then, she's made two birdies in six holes to climb back into the red numbers.

Still only at level par for the tournament but if she can find a couple more on the way in, who knows.

How has that not dropped for Shiho Kuwaki?

The world number 46 plays a decent enough recovery after flying the sixth green but her mid-range birdie putt appears to float over the cup on the sixth.

Haeran Ryu gives off a huge smile as she saves her par from around 10 feet.

Felicity Johnson
Two-time winner on the Ladies' European Tour on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

All the chasers know the leader has not been in this position before so they need to make a run.

But this is not a golf course that is easy to be aggressive on because the bunkers are so well placed.

Yealimi Noh will take pars between here and the clubhouse every hole she can.

Yealimi Noh misses a puttable birdie chance at the fifth as a chance to go five shots clear of the pack goes begging.

What hopes of those a little further back in the field today?

Well, the biggest final-round comeback is from four strokes behind. This has been achieved twice, by Sherri Steinhauer in 1998 at Royal Lytham & St Annes and Se Ri Pak at Sunningdale in 2001

Only two of the last 10 Open winners have not been in the lead or joint-lead after the third round (Georgia Hall 2018 – one stroke behind the leader; Lydia Ko 2024 – three strokes behind).

A total of 27 of the 49 Open champions have been in the lead or joint-lead after the third round.

These dropped shots are infectious as even Sara Kouskova all the way up at the 17th has slipped back.

Briefly in a share of second after an outstanding round, her momentum has been properly checked by a double bogey at the penultimate hole.

One under par seems a long way back.

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Lottie Woad has been fairly solid since an early bogey.

She chips out of the bunker at the sixth and leaves herself a simple putt for a birdie which she duly sinks.

Woad back to three under and a share of second place.

Iain Carter
BBC golf correspondent on BBC Radio 5 Live at Royal Lytham

I think that is basically that for Charley Hull.

She hasn’t taken advantage of the par fives this week and that is a very costly double bogey.

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Groans follow applause on the seventh as Charley Hull's third out of a bunker that looks as steep as the face of Blackpool Tower splashes out but then comes up short of the dance floor and possibly finds another sand trap.

Hull is not in the sand but rather a slight swale with a putt for birdie but she can't quite work her ball up the slope and it tumbles off the green. Her next attempt just holds but she now has a tough bogey putt and ends up frittering another shot away.

Surely she is too far back now?

There's also a bogey for Lydia Ko. This duo are playing themselves out of things.

Just hold your nerve, Yealimi Noh - everyone else is dropping away.

Lucy Li briefly got within one not too long ago but is now five back after making a real mess at the fifth.

A brutal triple bogey perhaps ends her challenge.

Groans follow applause on the seventh as Charley Hull's third out of a bunker that looks as steep as the face of Blackpool Tower splashes out but then comes up short of the dance floor and possibly finds another sand trap.

Felicity Johnson
Two-time winner on the Ladies' European Tour on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

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Yealimi Noh will be channeling her inner positivity.

This week, she's found a swing that has clicked. Her and her caddie have come up with a great plan to avoid the bunkers, her short game has saved her when she's missed the greens.

She'll be rolling with the momentum.

Haeran Ryu is in the sand again! The South Kprean decides she is a little too close to the back edge of the bunker to get a decent back swing so deliberately chips knocks her ball a few feet into the middle of the sand trap to provide an escape route with her next shot.

She has done that three times this week and it's going to cost her at least one stroke. In fact make that two.

Anyone else not having that approach?

Shiho Kuwaki, who is putting for a birdie also ends up dropping a stroke. A shocker of a hole.

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Oh dear, didn't see that coming from Lucy Li. A clumsily-played fourth hole culminates in a missed par putt from about five feet.

That'll knock her back to -5 and three shots off the lead.