China’sShanshan Feng completed an all-Asian top three with a 6 under 66.
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After being showered with water and champagne from her friends when she holed the final putt and receiving the first hug from her mum. 7-11 to reach 8 under.
She chipped in from 90 feet at the eighth and drained a 30-foot birdie putt at 10 to extend the lead to three. The British Open was added to the LPGA schedule in 1994 and became a major in 2001. “So I think goal No. 1 accomplished”.
Michelle Wie missed the cut with rounds of 76 and 73.
Third-ranked Inbee Park, the victor past year at Turnberry, is sidelined by a lingering left thumb injury.
Everything was OK. Just OK, not ideal, Lee said. I hope I can inspire some players in Thailand. “Just a few too many mistakes”.
While she had clearly recovered her technique by that point, that seems to have been a crucial moment in terms of transforming her outlook, invoking a determination to enjoy herself on course that even includes the unlikely measure of introducing a smile to her pre-shot routine. I know how to be like patient. “Didn’t make any bogeys”, Lewis said.
Jutanugarn, who plays without a driver in her bag, accredited her good round today to some excellent putting on which she worked last evening after round two and on which she spent time on pace issues. She ran to arrive just before the announcer started introducing their group.
“Once I showed up, I said ‘I’m here!'” Feng said.
The leader says she isn’t feeling the pressure of trying to capture her first major title after several previous close calls, three victories in succession earlier this year giving her self belief.
“It was hard today, I felt a little bit nervous at times”, she said after picking up the first prize of 310,838 pounds ($411,238).
U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Hannah O’Sullivan had a 70.
Alena Sharp was the top Canadian, tied for 40th at two under par after a third-round 74. She bogeyed her final two holes. “Sugar always helps the feelings”, Ko joked.
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Second-ranked Brooke Henderson was tied for 31st at 71. “I had issues with my tee shot”. I gave myself a lot of chances and holed my fair share of them. Olympic-bound Gerina Piller’s only two victories have been team events – the Solheim Cup in 2015 and the UL International Crown last week. You can follow along throughout the tournament on lpga.com’s leaderboard.
