Janice Moodie tied for 13th in LPGA Tour event
South Korean Lee leads by four in Jamie
Farr Owens Corning Classic
FROM THE LPGA TOUR WEBSITE
Eunjung Yi, a second-year player out of South Korea, took advantage of the near-perfect conditions at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger, and fired a career-low 10-under-par 61 (30-31).
Yi (68-66-61=195) will enter the final round with an 18-under-par overall mark, and will also have a comfortable four-stroke lead.
On the front nine, Yi recorded birdies on numbers three, four, seven and nine. Making the turn at 4-under-par, the 21-year-old registered her fifth eagle of the year on the par-4, 376yd 10th hole with a pitching wedge from 110 yards out.
Flirting with tournament history, Yi missed an eight-footer for birdie on 18 that would have tied Paula Creamer's 60 from the first round of last year's event. However, Yi's 61 is the best third-round score of this event, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year at Highland Meadows Golf Course.
Competing in her second season as an LPGA Tour member, Yi has started 23 tournaments, and has made the cut 14 times. This year, Yi's best finish came when she tied for 18th at the LPGA State Farm Classic. Her career-best finish is a tied-for-11th mark at the 2008 Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi.
Three-year LPGA Tour player Song-Hee Kim and two-time winner Morgan Pressel each finished three rounds with 14-under-par 199 scores, and are four strokes back from the leader. Kim (64-71-64=199) remained bogey-free on Saturday, and recorded five birdies and an eagle on the par-5, 513-yard 17th hole with a lob wedge from 35 yards out.
Kim is still looking for her first career victory, and if she can take advantage of every birdie opportunity that comes her way in the final round, she could find herself in the winner's circle on the 18th-green come Sunday afternoon.
Along with Kim in the second-place spot is four-year LPGA Tour member Pressel (64-68-64=199). The 21-year-old player turned in a bogey-free, four-birdie outing of her own the course of Highland Meadows, and has her 14-under-par score as well.
Pressel is hoping she claims her third victory of her four-year career, and first since the Kapalua LPGA Classic a year ago.
Mikaela Parmlid, a 28-year-old Swedish player, fired a career-low 9-under-par 62 in round three and now sits in a seven-way tie for fourth place, and six strokes back from the leader. Parmlid (69-70-62=201), is enjoying the best week of her six-week LPGA Tour career, and is looking for her best finish since tying for ninth at the 2009 LPGA Corning Classic, and the 2008 Longs Drugs Challenge.
Glasgow's Janice Moodie, joint 13th on 10-under-par 203, is well placed to record her highest finish of the season. She has broken 70 in each of her three rounds.
After 36 holes were played. a handful of players punched their tickets to the RICOH Women's British Open. Tournament leader Eunjung Yi (68-66-61=195, -18), Sarah Kemp (68-63-70=201, -12), Jin Joo Hong (68-67-68=203, -10), Allison Hanna-Williams (67-68-70=205, -8) and Kris Tschetter (67-67-76=210, -3) are now included in the field of the LPGA Tour's final major championship of the year.
Second-round interviews: Eunjung Yi Song-Hee Kim Morgan Pressel Mikaela Parmlid
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
195 Eunjung Yi 68 66 61.
199 Song Hee Kim 64 71 64, Morgan Pressel 64 68 67
201 Mikaela Parmlid 69 70 62, Yani Tseng 68 68 65, Shanshan Feng 68 68 65, Suzann Pettersen 65 69 67, Jiyai Shin 66 67 69, Seon Hwa Lee 70 63 68, Sarah Kemp 68 63 70.
202 Lorena Ochoa 67 68 67, Natalie Gulbis 68 65 69.
203 Cristie Kerr 66 71 66, Helen Alfredsson 67 70 66, Russy Gulyanamitta 67 70 66, Moira Dunn 70 67 66, Janice Moodie 67 69 67, Nicole Castrale 70 66 67, Wendy Ward 70 66 67, Soo Yun Kang 69 66 68, Jin Joo Hong 68 67 68.
Selected scores:
206 Anna Nordqvist 67 70 69 (jt 34th).
MISSED THE CUT
141 Becky Morgan 69 72.
Farr Owens Corning Classic
FROM THE LPGA TOUR WEBSITE
Eunjung Yi, a second-year player out of South Korea, took advantage of the near-perfect conditions at the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic Presented by Kroger, and fired a career-low 10-under-par 61 (30-31).
Yi (68-66-61=195) will enter the final round with an 18-under-par overall mark, and will also have a comfortable four-stroke lead.
On the front nine, Yi recorded birdies on numbers three, four, seven and nine. Making the turn at 4-under-par, the 21-year-old registered her fifth eagle of the year on the par-4, 376yd 10th hole with a pitching wedge from 110 yards out.
Flirting with tournament history, Yi missed an eight-footer for birdie on 18 that would have tied Paula Creamer's 60 from the first round of last year's event. However, Yi's 61 is the best third-round score of this event, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year at Highland Meadows Golf Course.
Competing in her second season as an LPGA Tour member, Yi has started 23 tournaments, and has made the cut 14 times. This year, Yi's best finish came when she tied for 18th at the LPGA State Farm Classic. Her career-best finish is a tied-for-11th mark at the 2008 Safeway Classic Presented by Pepsi.
Three-year LPGA Tour player Song-Hee Kim and two-time winner Morgan Pressel each finished three rounds with 14-under-par 199 scores, and are four strokes back from the leader. Kim (64-71-64=199) remained bogey-free on Saturday, and recorded five birdies and an eagle on the par-5, 513-yard 17th hole with a lob wedge from 35 yards out.
Kim is still looking for her first career victory, and if she can take advantage of every birdie opportunity that comes her way in the final round, she could find herself in the winner's circle on the 18th-green come Sunday afternoon.
Along with Kim in the second-place spot is four-year LPGA Tour member Pressel (64-68-64=199). The 21-year-old player turned in a bogey-free, four-birdie outing of her own the course of Highland Meadows, and has her 14-under-par score as well.
Pressel is hoping she claims her third victory of her four-year career, and first since the Kapalua LPGA Classic a year ago.
Mikaela Parmlid, a 28-year-old Swedish player, fired a career-low 9-under-par 62 in round three and now sits in a seven-way tie for fourth place, and six strokes back from the leader. Parmlid (69-70-62=201), is enjoying the best week of her six-week LPGA Tour career, and is looking for her best finish since tying for ninth at the 2009 LPGA Corning Classic, and the 2008 Longs Drugs Challenge.
Glasgow's Janice Moodie, joint 13th on 10-under-par 203, is well placed to record her highest finish of the season. She has broken 70 in each of her three rounds.
After 36 holes were played. a handful of players punched their tickets to the RICOH Women's British Open. Tournament leader Eunjung Yi (68-66-61=195, -18), Sarah Kemp (68-63-70=201, -12), Jin Joo Hong (68-67-68=203, -10), Allison Hanna-Williams (67-68-70=205, -8) and Kris Tschetter (67-67-76=210, -3) are now included in the field of the LPGA Tour's final major championship of the year.
Second-round interviews: Eunjung Yi Song-Hee Kim Morgan Pressel Mikaela Parmlid
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
195 Eunjung Yi 68 66 61.
199 Song Hee Kim 64 71 64, Morgan Pressel 64 68 67
201 Mikaela Parmlid 69 70 62, Yani Tseng 68 68 65, Shanshan Feng 68 68 65, Suzann Pettersen 65 69 67, Jiyai Shin 66 67 69, Seon Hwa Lee 70 63 68, Sarah Kemp 68 63 70.
202 Lorena Ochoa 67 68 67, Natalie Gulbis 68 65 69.
203 Cristie Kerr 66 71 66, Helen Alfredsson 67 70 66, Russy Gulyanamitta 67 70 66, Moira Dunn 70 67 66, Janice Moodie 67 69 67, Nicole Castrale 70 66 67, Wendy Ward 70 66 67, Soo Yun Kang 69 66 68, Jin Joo Hong 68 67 68.
Selected scores:
206 Anna Nordqvist 67 70 69 (jt 34th).
MISSED THE CUT
141 Becky Morgan 69 72.
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