Australian Minjee Lee opened up a four-shot lead on the “brutal” Girls’s PGA Championship with a third-round 69 as in a single day chief Jeeno Thitikul faltered in Frisco, Texas.
Lee was three pictures behind Thitikul at first of day three however produced a powerful bogey-free spherical, which included three birdies, to maneuver to 6 below as windy situations once more made it troublesome on the Fields Ranch East course.
Thailand’s Thitikul, chasing her first victory at a serious, led after the primary two days of the event however shot a four-over 76, which included two birdies and 6 bogeys, and is on two below par.
England’s Charley Hull shot the bottom rating of the second spherical with a 69 and adopted that up with a 73 as she goes into the ultimate day on 4 over par.
There have solely been 5 rounds within the 60s on the event and Lee has carded two of them with 69s on days one and three.
“I simply attempt to keep affected person on the market,” stated two-time main winner Lee. “You may’t get forward of your self, particularly in these situations.
“It is solely getting tougher and tougher simply with I feel stress of a serious championship, and in addition the course simply calls for a lot from you.”
Lee’s earlier main wins got here on the 2021 Evian Championship and 2022 US Girls’s Open.
She added: “I do know what it takes to win and I do know simply sort of what to really feel and what to anticipate now that I’ve two below my belt.
“I simply assume the expertise that I’ve had is admittedly going to assist me hopefully recover from the road.”
Lee and Thitikul are the one gamers below par for the third of this yr’s 5 LPGA majors.
American Lexi Thompson is on one over par after a 75 that started with a triple bogey and bogey, whereas compatriot Nelly Korda (72) and Eire’s Leona Maguire (72) are one shot additional again.
“Undoubtedly happy with how I stayed sturdy,” Thompson stated. “It was sort of a nightmare of a begin, however I knew coming into the day it was going to play very troublesome.
“I do not know actually what occurred on my first gap, however [I’m] pleased I bought it out of the way in which and stayed optimistic on the market and simply made pars and some birdies right here and there.”
World primary Korda added: “It is brutal on the market relating to the set-up of the golf course, wind situations, the whole lot. I am very proud of even par.
“You are simply pleased to get 18 below your belt on a day like this.”
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