Meanwhile, Lydia Ko, a 73-shooter Thursday afternoon, also enjoyed a breakfast 66. She’s playing in her first U.S. Open and just her fourth LPGA tournament of the year.
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Park is sitting at 6-under for the day through 15 holes.
SAN MARTIN, Calif. (AP) – World No. 1 Lydia Ko birdied the 18th hole to cap a 2-under 70 in the third round Saturday that put her in the lead of the U.S. Women’s Open, bolstering her chance for her third major title in less than a year. A victory would make her the youngest three-time Major champion, man or woman, ever.
Wes Short Jr., and Monday qualifier Neal Lancaster also shot 66 and were tied for fourth at 9 under. She hasn’t finished outside the top three in her last four major starts, winning at both the Evian Championship and ANA Inspiration. She has accumulated almost $5.5 million in earnings in her 11 years on tour, and she’s made the Solheim Cup team four times.
“I didn’t even think about winning because this is the first time for me, ” Park said through an interpreter. “If I think that way, I won’t get too carried away with what position I am at certain parts of the final day”. “And I think we all enjoyed it”. My throat was a little weird the next day, and I don’t think I’ve sweated that much in my life.
The joke drew laughs like her game attracts raves, although Ko would have to start doing stand-up for her humor to wow at the same level as her golf. The long-hitting Lang shot the best score of the day by anyone, a 5-under par 67, and was just two shots off the lead. Three of her 13 wins have come this year and she has almost twice as many Rolex Rankings points as No. 2 Henderson. You’re getting quick and you’re frustrated, but you can’t do that out there.’ She was right.
San Jose’s Christina Kim made the turn at one-over, but then bogeyed No. 11.
Catriona Matthew posted a 72 to make the cut on 145 but fellow Scot, Pamela Pretswell, making her US Open debut, missed the mark by two shots on a 150 after a 75. Lee’s playing partner, American Christie Kerr, fell from a tie for second to a tie for 19th after a 76.
But the next two days will bring consistency and clarity.
Martha Burk, who rose to prominence in 2002 when she challenged Augusta National to end its discrimination by inviting a female member, is encouraging people to join a protest over the U.S. Women’s Open being held next year at Trump National in Bedminster.
Lee, who followed a first-round 64 with a 74 on Friday, continued to struggle and lost three more strokes to par on the front nine to drop to 3-under for the tournament and tied for seventh. “We are so proud of Anna for what she has accomplished over the last few weeks”, Kentucky women’s golf head coach Golda Johansson Borst said. “So I don’t really want to get ahead of myself”.
BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France – Defending champion Chris Froome took his rivals by surprise with a daring downhill attack that earned him the race leader’s yellow jersey on the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday.
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Lexi Thompson, ranked No. 4 in the world, had three bogeys on the front nine, but did birdie the 10th hole.
