Chun In Gee moves two strokes ahead at Evian Championship

Ko, the defending champion at the year’s final major, recorded five birdies and two bogies in her second round. She could still pick up her third major top 10 of the year, but the mountain to climb back into title contention seems about as steep as the adjacent Alps. “There was a lot of pressure, but I feel I play well under pressure”.

But the challenge will be strong, most notably from the two closest to her in the world rankings, Ariya Jutanugarn and Brooke Henderson.

McDonald notched her first professional win last summer at the Michigan Open Championship by shooting an opening-round 69 en route to a 5-under 211 for the event. The 20-year-old also won three tournaments in a row in May.

South Korea’s Chun In-gee took firm control of the Evian Championship and set her sights on the record books after a third-round six-under-par 65 on Saturday (Sep 17).

There are only four players that still have a chance to win the Rolex Annika Major Award, which recognizes the player with the best performance in the majors.

Feng, the 2012 LPGA Championship victor, had a 67 and said that the Rio Olympics had boosted her confidence, as she chases a second Major and a 17th professional title.

“We have very different games”. “But I just have to stick with my game plan”.

“It’s a good thing my wood shots and chip shots were good enough”, said Ko, who previous year became the youngest man or woman to be ranked No. 1. Walking down the 18th was so much more than I could ever have imagined.

Sauers, Parry and Blake shot 68 at Pebble Beach, and Sutherland and Pernice shot 67 at Poppy Hills. “I think I made a really good second shot, and then third shot – because I tried really good to visualize my third shot”.

Chun was smiling again after the next hole, another birdie, moved her to 19 under. To know that I had a lead coming down the last hole so that I could have a little bit of a breathing room. She keeps it light.Ko’s numbers this season have been absolutely ridiculous, as she ranks first on the LPGA Tour in Putts per GIR, Putting Average, Scoring Average and Rounds Under Par.

The leading candidate for Rookie of the Year honours, world number seven Chun has posted nine top-10s this season, six of which were top-3 finishes.