Ladies’s PGA Championship third spherical
-11 H Ryu (Kor); -10 B Henderson (Can); -9 I Yoon (Kor); -8 AL Kim (Kor), D Weber (Ned); -7 N Korda (US), A Lee (US); -6 D.E Lee (Kor), A Kim (US), Okay Davidson (Aus)
Chosen others: -4 E Henseleit (Ger); -1 Carolina Melgrati (Ita), E M Stark (Swe), P Delacour (Fra); +1 L Maguire (Ire) G Dryburgh (Sco)
South Korea’s Ina Yoon let a five-shot lead slip as compatriot Haeran Ryu moved two photographs away from her heading into the ultimate spherical of the Ladies’s PGA Championship.
Yoon, who was 9 underneath par after a spectacular opening spherical, adopted that up with a 69 to achieve 12 underneath on the midway level.
On the finish of the second spherical, although, world primary Nelly Korda had predicted Yoon, who has but to win a serious, would start to feel the pressure.
And it got here to cross as a tricky third spherical of 75 in blustery situations, which included six bogeys, left the 23-year-old two photographs behind chief Ryu.
“I used to be simply nervous lots,” stated Yoon. “I missed brief putts.
“After 10, I feel I discovered my tempo. Even on the entrance 9, I did not do something totally different, however I feel I used to be a little bit unfortunate so there was a little bit frustration there.”
Ryu, 25, backed up her spectacular second-round 64 with 68 within the third to achieve 11 underneath.
She stated: “My entrance 9, it was wonderful as a result of I acquired an eagle and three birdies. I began the again 9, it was extra windy and lots of powerful putts.
“However I simply made one bogey, so it was good for me.”
Korda is eyeing a 3rd main title this yr after successful the Chevron Championship and the US Open.
The American shot one underneath within the third spherical – three birdies and two bogeys – to complete 4 off the lead.
Two-time main winner Brooke Henderson is on 10 underneath and in a powerful place to problem on Sunday for her second Ladies’s PGA Championship.
The 28-year-old, who received the match in 2016, saved Ryu inside attain with a spherical of three underneath, however admitted the wind had an impression.
“It was affecting every part,” stated Henderson. “I really feel prefer it was simply onerous to guage all day.”
Korda additionally added the climate will dictate how she approaches the ultimate spherical.
“Simply left a number of putts on the market,” she stated. “Placing generally, when it will get this windy, you must calculate within the wind, too, and a gust right here and there. Typically you are not as assured together with your strains.”
The purse of $13m (£9.8m) this week is the most important in ladies’s golf historical past, with $1.95m (£1.48m) awarded to the winner.
