Ruoning Yin produced a final-hole chip-in to take a one-shot lead into the ultimate spherical of the LPGA Tour’s FM Championship, as European title hopes pale in Boston.
Yin holed her chip from simply off the 18th inexperienced, having additionally posted a 20-foot birdie on the par-three sixteenth, to shut a four-under 68 and transfer to 12 beneath at TPC Boston.
The five-time LPGA Tour winner holds a slender lead over South Korean duo Sei Younger Kim and Hyo Joo Kim, with Somi Lee an extra three strokes again alongside American Jenny Bae.
“I believe my swing is in a great place, my placing and each a part of my recreation I believe are fairly good,” Yin mentioned. “I am simply going to play my recreation. I am not going to play protected when it is time to go aggressive.”
This week’s occasion is the final LPGA Tour match earlier than the Solheim Cup, reside on Sky Sports activities from September 11-13, with Staff USA trio Lauren Coughlin, Allisen Corpuz and Lindy Duncan all heading into the ultimate day on seven beneath.
Midway co-leader Miyu Yamashita dropped six strokes again with a 75, having recorded a nine-stroke victory in Canada on Sunday, whereas Lottie Woad – the highest-ranked Englishwoman within the area – is on 5 beneath after a third-round 70.
Lottie Woad will make her Solheim Cup debut for Staff Europe
Prime-ranked Nelly Korda tied-Forty ninth after her third straight 72, a shot behind Charley Hull, whereas European captain Anna Nordqvist sits on one over in her remaining occasion earlier than LPGA Tour retirement.
Maguire makes transfer as Alexander stays forward in Eire
Casandra Alexander will take a three-shot lead into the ultimate spherical of the KPMG Girls’s Irish Open, after Leona Maguire impressed on house soil.
Alexander posted a three-under 69 in one other wet day at The Okay Membership, the place play was halted for 45 minutes as a consequence of adversarial climate, shifting the South African to 18 beneath and a step nearer to a wire-to-wire win.
The world No 38 has 5 runner-up finishes this season however now has eyes on a second Women European Tour title, with Sara Kouskova her closest challenger after a bogey-free 67.
Casandra Alexander chases her first win since final 12 months’s Tipsport Czech Women Open
“It was a little bit of a gradual day on the market,” mentioned Alexander. “It was powerful on and off the golf course with the rain. I had a pair lip-outs, however it was nonetheless good. I am nonetheless main the golf match heading into Sunday, so no complaints.”
Sweden’s Kajsa Arwefjall matched the spherical of the week with a nine-under 63, lifting her to fourth on 13 beneath forward of compatriots Corinne Viden and Louise Rydqvist, whereas Maguire matched Arwefjall’s 63 to leap right into a share of sixth.
“I knew there was a low one on the market,” Maguire mentioned. “I did not actually play it that a lot better as we speak than I did yesterday, I simply holed a couple of extra putts and hit it a smidge nearer. I nonetheless felt like I left a pair on the market however it was a pleasant shifting day.”
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