Top-ranked Lydia Ko yesterday took a one-stroke lead into the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
“I can’t control what the other girls are doing,” the 19-year-old Ko said. “So [I’ll] just try my best out there. We’ve still got a long 18 holes to go.”
Ko shot a one-under 70 on Saturday to reach two-under 211. She won the Evian Championship in September in France for her first major title and took the ANA Inspiration in April in California, giving her a chance to become the fifth player in tour history to win three straight majors.
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“It’s really cool to, obviously, have my name in those records among those amazing players and I think that’s the really cool thing about it, but when I’m out there I’m not thinking so much about records and what could happen,” Ko said.
Brittany Lincicome and Gerina Piller were tied for second. They each shot 71. Second-round coleaders Brooke Henderson and Mirim Lee each shot 73 to drop into the group at even-par.
Kaohsiung-born Candie Kung was 14-over 227 after a third-round 82 to be alone at the foot of the leaderboard, while Taiwan’s Yani Tseng, Min Lee, Cheng Ssu-chia and Hsu Wei-ling all missed the cut.
Additional reporting by staff writer
ST JUDE CLASSIC
AFP, LOS ANGELES
Daniel Berger shook off a double-bogey with two late birdies to retain a three-shot lead on Saturday after three rounds of the USPGA Tour’s St Jude Classic.
Berger’s miscue at the 14th, where he hit into the water and took a double-bogey five, briefly opened the door to five-time major winner Phil Mickelson.
However, Berger rallied to card a one-under-par 69 at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee. His 10-under total of 200 put him three shots in front of Mickelson, Steve Stricker and D.A. Points.
LYONESS OPEN
AP, ATZENBRUGG, Austria
South Africa’s Zander Lombard squandered an early three-stroke lead with a triple-bogey, but still led China’s Wu Ashun by one after the third round of the Lyoness Open in Austria on Saturday.
Lombard had four birdies before needing seven shots following a mishit on the par-four ninth. He carded a 68 to go 11-under for the tournament, while Wu had a seven-under 65.
Gregory Bourdy of France, who shared the overnight lead with Lombard, went nine-under to share third with Adrian Otaegui of Spain.
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