SINGAPORE — Lydia Ko shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to maneuver from one stroke behind to 1 stroke in entrance after three rounds of the HSBC Girls’s World Championship.
The 27-year-old South Korean-born New Zealander had a 54-hole whole of 10-under 206 on the Tanjong course at Sentosa Golf Membership.
Charley Hull, who birdied two of her first 4 holes, was a stroke behind in second after a 68. Jeeno Thitikul had the very best spherical of the day, a 66, to maneuver into third place, three strokes behind Ko.
A Lim Kim, who led after the primary two rounds, moved within the mistaken path with a 73 and was tied for fourth place, 4 strokes off the lead. Defending champion Hannah Inexperienced had a 67 to maneuver 16 locations up the leaderboard and was 5 behind Ko.
Ko had three bogeys with seven birdies, together with 4 on her again 9.
“I made a couple of errors, however I used to be in a position to bounce again with a couple of good birdies as effectively,” stated Ko, the previous world No 1. “It actually does not matter what the context is, so long as you’ll be able to put an excellent rating, and underneath the circumstances, I felt like I taking part in actually stable. So hopefully these previous few days will give me good rhythm for tomorrow.”
Ko is chasing her twenty third LPGA title and trying to lastly break by in Singapore in 11 appearances. Her greatest outcome on the match was a runner-up end in 2015.
Hull is searching for to win her third LPGA match.
“My mindset goes to be no totally different from actually the final three days,” Hull stated. “Simply go on the market, play golf, gap some putts and have enjoyable.”
The Singapore match is the second of three occasions on the LPGA’s first Asian swing of the 12 months. The ultimate occasion shall be performed subsequent week at Hainan Island, China.
