Nelly Korda stays 5 photographs clear on the Chevron Championship and in ballot place forward of the ultimate spherical regardless of failing to achieve the heights of her beautiful opening two rounds.
The American, chasing a 3rd main title, set a brand new 36-hole event scoring report over the primary two days, carding back-to-back 65s to take a seat six photographs clear.
On Saturday, she shot a spherical of 70 to maneuver to 16 beneath, however the closest anybody might get was Thailand’s Patty Tavatanakit, who sits on 11 beneath after a spherical of 69, narrowing Korda’s lead by one stroke.
China’s Ruoning Yin loved an excellent third spherical to card 66 and transfer to 10 beneath, however she stays some six photographs shy of Korda.
English duo Charley Hull (5 beneath) and Lottie Woad (4 beneath) stay a way again, regardless of higher third-round showings than their opening two days.
Korda is searching for her second Chevron crown in three seasons, realizing a win would propel her to the highest of the world rankings after incumbent Jeeno Thitikul missed the reduce.
“The front nine was great,” Korda mentioned after Saturday’s third spherical.
“But yeah, I missed that putt on the par-five eighth, and then kind of just slowed down since.
“And all my misses with my putts have been proper, so I will go to the placing inexperienced after.
“Just got to reset and hopefully it goes my way tomorrow.”
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