Ellie Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho dealt with sturdy winds and a troublesome three-way par with 67s on Saturday to provide the American duo a one-shot lead heading into the ultimate spherical of the Dow Championship.
The South Korean tandem of Haeji Kang and Ying Kyung Kim completed second with the workforce of former No. 1s Atai Titikul and Ruoning Yin. The ultimate spherical is a four-ball, simpler scoring format.
Ewing lastly obtained a birdie putt from about 18 toes on the tenth gap they usually picked up one other birdie on the par-5 eleventh. A mushy putt on the sixteenth gap introduced them again to even, after which Ewing hit putt on the par-3 18th to arrange Kupcho’s birdie.
“I actually did not know the place we have been. I knew we have been close to the highest,” Kupcho stated.
“Truthfully, I do not suppose it issues tomorrow. A one-shot lead doesn’t suggest a lot when it is a best-ball format tomorrow. It is like any individual can exit and shoot 11 pictures much less. It is simply going out and specializing in our personal sport tomorrow.”
In the one official workforce occasion on the LPGA schedule, they competed within the under-15s. Kupcho received it two years in the past with Lizette Salas.
Kang and Ing Kim had the low rating of the day, a 65, which included an eagle on the par-4 fifth gap, the place the tees have been pushed ahead to make it reachable. Kahn hit the rider to close perfection with a brief eagle stroke over the water.
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They have been 6 underneath for the spherical till the South Koreans made their solely bogey on the 18th.
Thailand’s Titikul and China’s Yin misplaced a little bit of momentum within the less complicated four-ball format on Friday, with 66s that have been the worst of their four-ball opening scores. After which they obtained off to a tough begin, bogeying the par-5 third gap and double-bogeying the following.
However they picked up the tempo and have been profitable once more within the fours. They answered the double bogey with three straight birdies and picked up 4 extra birdies on the again 9. Titikul polished it off with a 20-foot birdie putt on the ultimate gap.
“We had a tough begin and I used to be silly,” Yin stated.
“I made a pair errors and Gino simply talked to me and stated, ‘Hey, I do know we simply need to hit the ball and we’ll make birdie.’ I’ve Received You; you’ve me. That is all you must know.’
“Sure, we recovered from how we have been brutal there.”
Australia’s Grace Kim and Auston Kim, an LPGA rookie from Florida, have been locked in a five-way tie for the third-round lead.
They managed to succeed in 69 as they tried to remain in place within the sturdy wind.
Additionally two pictures again have been Amanda Doherty and Caroline Inglis, who posted 66. Lexi Thompson and Brooke Henderson have been six pictures off the lead however had 14 groups in entrance of them. They fell again with a 71 during which they managed only one birdie.
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