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Australia’s Minjee Lee and the US’s Jessica Korda topped the leader board on the third day of the $2,100,000 Blue Bay LPGA tournament yesterday.
The American demolished Lee’s commanding six point lead at the end of play on the Chinese island of Hainan Friday, with both players finishing the day at 11 under on the par 72 course.
Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn stalked the top spot, finishing just two strokes behind on a day where she notched eight birdies.After a commanding performance on Friday, Lee ended the day one over par, shooting a 73 after getting off to a bad start with an early bogey, followed by two more.
“It wasn’t that windy today, so I guess you could be a bit more aggressive at the pins. I mean, I wasn’t striking it that well,” she said.
A confident Korda, on the other hand, shot six birdies, making up for a nightmare start on the previous day, where she dropped four shots in her first seven holes.
“12 in general is a really hard hole. You have to land it perfectly at the top to have any shot at that pin staying on the back of the green. It’s really wet back there so you don’t want to have to chip up. It’s not an easy chip. So I was just really happy to be on the green to be honest with you and have some type of putt at it,” Korda said about the par four, 12th hole.
“And being able to birdie it, if that’s what my reaction was - I looked up and down and excited - it was more like a surprise and it was a good surprise. Like I said, it’s a really hard hole and a really hard pin, so you’re thinking par is going to be a great score, and the fact that I actually made birdie I’m like, oh, wow, cool, that’s great.”
Leading scores after the third round
205-Jessica Korda (USA) 67-72-66, Minjee Lee (AUS) 65-67-73
207-Ariya Jutanugarn (THA) 71-71-65
209-Caroline Masson (GER) 69-69-71
210-Pornanong Phatlum (THA) 71-70-69
212-Pernilla Lindberg (SWE) 72-71-69
213-Lee Lopez (USA) 71-72-70, Michelle Wie (USA) 72-70-71
214-Danielle Kang (USA) 74-73-67, Simin Feng (CHN) 71-75-68, Candie Kung (TPE) 71-74-69, Kris Tamulis (USA) 71-73-70, Brooke M. Henderson (CAN) 69-75-70, Charley Hull (ENG) 72-70-72, Chella Choi (KOR) 68-72-7, Carlota Ciganda (ESP) 68-71 75
215-Gaby Lopez (MEX) 75-69 71, Azahara Munoz (ESP) 72-70-73
216-Ryann O’Toole (USA) 72-75-69, Brittany Lang (USA) 75-71-70, Beatriz Recari (ESP) 72-73-71, Austin Ernst (USA) 69-74-73, Paula Reto (RSA) 70-71-75, Xi Yu Lin (CHN) 72-68-76, Sandra Gal (GER) 67-73-76.
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