
The recent Gauteng championship winner carded an even par 72 to pull two strokes clear of defending champion, Ji Sun Kang.
Samu knocked in a birdie putt at the par-five ninth to take the sting off bogeys second, fifth, seventh and eighth holes and turn in three over. She rallied with birdies at the 13th, 15th and 18th to top the leader board at three over par 147.
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Overnight leader, Cara Gorlei, from Western province signed for a costly 80 and fell to joint sixth at eight over 152 to join Gauteng Norths Carrie Park and Cara Contomathios from Gauteng who carded respective rounds of 76 and 72.