China’s Shanshan Feng is third at 13 under, pursued by Ryu So-yeon (12 under) and Kim In-kyung, who carded the low round of the day, a seven-under 64, to sit outright fifth on 10 under.
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Lydia Ko has slumped out of contention at the Evian Championship in France, sitting almost 20 strokes off the lead entering the final round in France.
“My game plan for tomorrow is not to think about winning”, Chun said.
World Number One Lydia Ko saw her chances of a title defence evaporate with a 4-over 75 which included six bogies and just two birdies.
Sung Hyun Park of South Korea follows the flight of her ball after playing on the 1st hole during the third round of the Evian Championship women’s golf tournament in Evian, eastern France, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016.
2016 is Chun’s first year on LPGA Tour and she is aiming to become only the second woman in history to win her first two LPGA titles at major championships, following in the footsteps of compatriot Se Ri Pak.
“You know, there’s a lot of young players coming out, but I still have something to improve, and I wanted to focus on that rather than so much about consequences”.
“It was really good experience for me, and then the thing I have more confidence, and then I got my passion back in the Olympics”.
Five victories in Korea and a third place finish at the US Women’s Open in July is proof she has the game to contend at any level and hasn’t conceded to her contemporary.
“I just want to enjoy everything”, she said. “I’ll stay the course and hope to have a good result”.
“With how I feel about my shot, I have no problem”, said Park. I’m not too bad following, even getting close.
The one damaging shot cut her lead from four to two and then she had another shake when Park birdied the 10th to reduce the advantage to just one.
“A lot”, was her simple response when asked how many time the two had played together. “I have known In-Gee since we were at elementary school”.
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Su Oh added a second consecutive 71 Saturday to be 2-over for the week and T51, Minjee Lee one shot worse and T57.
