The Women’s British Open was established by the Ladies’ Golf Union in 1976 and was meant to serve as the women’s equivalent of The Open Championship.
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“I love this course”, said the player whose older sister, Moriya, is also in the field and celebrated her 22nd birthday with a 69.
Just as was the case when the third round got underway, however, only three players are ahead of Matthew as the final round gets underway, so for all that the deficit is six shots she knows that things can turn around again.
Lydia Ko looks to have narrowly avoided missing the cut for just the second time in her LPGA Tour golf career.
“A couple of shots off the tee cost me and I got in some of the bunkers”, she said.
“I’ve got an exciting time coming up now, it’ll be all change”.
Jutanugarn won three consecutive events in May. I feel like being consistent is more of a process goal.
The South Korea-born New Zealander was 2-over-par for the tournament with four holes of her second round remaining but birdies at the 15th and 16th mean she is nearly certain to be around for the weekend at the fourth women’s major of the year. She chipped in from 90 feet for birdie on No. 8 and made a 30-footer on No. 10.
Jutanugarn was the closest challenger to Lee overnight and cut the deficit with a round of 69, while Feng sits alongside her on 10 under par overall after carding 68.
“Everything was OK. Just OK, not flawless”, Lee said. With a win she would become the oldest major champion in LPGA history at 46 years, 11 months and 6 days old.
A household name back home in Thailand, Jutanugarn grew up admiring Tiger Woods – as she pointed out, he has Thai heritage – and she has already carved out her own little bit of history.
Saturday, Martin was cheered on by friends and family who made the trip to Woburn to cheer her on, wearing buttons that say “Go Mo” in French.
The top-ranked Ko was tied for 27th at three under after shooting 69. She closed with a double bogey after birdieing five of the previous seven holes. Now I just have to stay positive.
“I feel like the scores are pretty low, considering what the course setups are like”, said Ko. I’ve watched three, four other musicals here in London.
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She is a shot clear of the 2013 champ Stacy Lewis (70) of America, who is fifth at nine-under-par.
