Can anyone catch Ashleigh Buhai, who leads by five at the AIG Women’s British Open? See which major champions are within striking distance

Twenty years ago, Ashleigh Buhai’s childhood hero, Ernie Els, won the British Open at Muirfield. That victory came not long after Buhai met Els for the first time at the 1998 South African Open. She bought the life-sized poster she kept in her bedroom there for him to sign.

South Africa legend Gary Player, who won the British Open at Muirfield in 1959, left her a message on Saturday morning.