SINGAPORE — Ayaka Furue of Japan took a 2-stroke lead after three rounds of the LPGA Tour’s HSBC Girls’s World Championship with a 4-under 68 on Saturday.
The 23-year-old Furue, who gained the Girls’s Scottish Open in her first 12 months on tour in 2022, had a 54-hole whole of 10-under 206.
The late teams needed to take care of rain and windy situations at Sentosa Golf Membership.
“The entrance 9 holes, I had like three birdies, and I simply type of maintain my momentum going. In order that’s actually good for me,” Furue stated. “I simply really feel excited to be a part of the highest of the leaderboard.”
Three-time LPGA Tour winner Hannah Inexperienced was in second place after a 67. Second-round chief Celine Boutier (72) and Andrea Lee (67) have been tied for third, three strokes behind Furue.
“I did not actually hit many greens once more immediately or fairways, however I managed to overlook it in the suitable areas to provide myself the very best likelihood to make par,” Inexperienced stated. “That was essential immediately, as unsure how the climate might be tomorrow. I put myself in good place.”
Boutier was planning to get her thoughts off golf by attending an enormous live performance in Singapore on Saturday night time.
“I am very excited to have the ability to go to the Taylor Swift live performance in Singapore tonight, so I believe it’ll be a pleasant approach to type of loosen up, have some enjoyable and hopefully be in a great temper for tomorrow,” she stated.
Two-time defending champion Jin Younger Ko moved nicely up the leaderboard with a round-of-the-day 66 and was 4 strokes behind and tied for fifth within the 66-player, no-cut match.
Patty Tavatanakit, who gained final week’s LPGA occasion in Thailand, shot 73 and was at 2-under, 8 strokes behind.
Lydia Ko, who has 20 profession wins, together with two majors, shot 71 and was at 1-over. Ko was stage with Minjee Lee (72), who’s taking part in for the primary time this 12 months on the LPGA Tour.
The match is the second of three straight weeks in Asia for the LPGA Tour. Subsequent week, the tour strikes to China and the Blue Bay occasion on Hainan Island earlier than heading again throughout the Pacific and to Palos Verdes, California, for its subsequent match starting March 21.
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