Angel Yin and Jeeno Thitikul take a three-shot lead heading into the ultimate spherical of the CME Group Tour Championship, with England’s Charley Hull 4 pictures behind.
Yin threatened to construct a commanding lead on day three at Tiburon Golf Membership, Florida till Thitikul completed with an eagle and a birdie for a nine-under 63 to share the lead forward of Sunday’s closing spherical.
Yin shot 69 after one other day of huge putts and one chip-in from some 60 ft for eagle on the par-five sixth put her comfortably forward.
She holed a 30-footer on the eighth gap, one other birdie from about 25 ft on the ninth gap and one other one from the 30-foot vary on the twelfth.
Thitikul appeared to be an afterthought till she lit it up on the again 9. The Thai began the again 9 with three straight bogeys, however she made up fast floor on the finish together with her eagle on the reachable par-five seventeenth and a birdie on the closing gap.
The birdie briefly gave her the lead till Yin made birdie on the seventeenth to hitch her tied on 15-under on the high of the leaderboard, three pictures forward of Ruoning Yin, who birdied her final two for a third-round 66.
England’s Hull shot seven birdies as her spherical of 66 left her at 11-under alongside Narin An of South Korea.
Nelly Korda, who received again into the combo on Friday after a sluggish begin, misplaced floor with a 69 on a pleasing day that left her six pictures again going into the ultimate spherical.
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Korda has come from behind to win 4 of her seven LPGA titles this yr however replicating that in Florida seems to be a tall order.
At stake is the richest purse in girls’s golf, with the winner touchdown $4 million, practically as a lot as Korda has made all yr in her seven-victory season.
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