Defending champion Minjee Lee takes lead heading into final day

Cognizant Founders Cup R3

The Editorial Team|May 14, 2023

Defending champion Minjee Lee holds the 54-hole lead in the Cognizant Founders Cup at New Jersey’s Upper Montclair Country Club for the second consecutive year.

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Lee made an eagle, four birdies and one bogey in her 5-under 67 to take a four-shot lead at 12-under. Her eagle came at the par-5 12th hole, where she reached the green in two and drained a 20-foot putt. Lee’s putter was on fire on Thursday – she drained a 50-footer for birdie at the 8th and needed just 28 putts on the day.

“I’m sure I’ll be nervous coming down the first hole, but I think they’re good nerves,” said Lee. I feel pretty good about the golf course and how I’m hitting it, so just going to play my game and play aggressively when I can and play smart when I have to. Stick to my processes and game plan, which I have been doing.”

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This is the seventh time in her LPGA Tour career that Lee holds a share of the lead heading into the final round. She has won five of those times, most recently at the 2022 U.S. Women’s Open, and finished second the one time she did not win. With a win, Lee would surpass Rachel (Teske) Hetherington (eight wins) to become the third-winningest golfer from Australia behind World Golf Hall of Famers Karrie Webb (41) and Jan Stephenson (16).

Tied in second place at 9-under are American Angel Yin (68) and South Korean Hae Ran Ryu (70). Yin, who fell in a playoff at The Chevron Championship three weeks ago, and Ryu, a 2023 LPGA Tour rookie, are both looking for the first wins of their LPGA Tour careers.

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South Korea‘s Jin Young Ko (72), South African Ashleigh Buhai (68) and India‘s Aditi Ashok (71) are tied in fourth at 8-under.

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Minjee Lee	-12	68	69	67	204
T2	Angel Yin	-9	69	70	68	207
T2	Hae Ran Ryu	-9	67	70	70	207
T4	Ashleigh Buhai	-8	71	69	68	208
T4	Aditi Ashok	-8	69	68	71	208
T4	Jin Young Ko	-8	68	68	72	208
T7	Grace Kim	-7	69	72	68	209
T7	Cheyenne Knight	-7	68	70	71	209
T9	Sei Young Kim	-6	66	76	68	210
T9	Atthaya Thitikul	-6	68	73	69	210
T9	Stacy Lewis	-6	68	72	70	210
T9	Nasa Hataoka	-6	68	71	71	210
T13	Ryann O'Toole	-5	69	75	67	211
T13	Mariajo Uribe	-5	72	70	69	211
T13	Lauren Coughlin	-5	71	70	70	211
T13	Morgane Metraux	-5	74	66	71	211
T13	Georgia Hall	-5	71	69	71	211
T13	Sarah Kemp	-5	71	65	75	211
T19	A Lim Kim	-4	75	70	67	212
T19	Maddie Szeryk	-4	68	74	70	212
T19	Anna Nordqvist	-4	69	72	71	212
T19	Celine Borge	-4	73	67	72	212
T19	Jenny Shin	-4	72	68	72	212
T19	Stephanie Kyriacou	-4	70	69	73	212
T25	Wei-Ling Hsu	-3	70	73	70	213
T25	Ruoning Yin	-3	70	72	71	213
T25	Maria Fassi	-3	71	70	72	213
T25	Albane Valenzuela	-3	72	67	74	213
T25	Hye-Jin Choi	-3	68	71	74	213
T30	Min Lee	-2	72	73	69	214
T30	Lydia Ko	-2	72	71	71	214
T30	Ariya Jutanugarn	-2	72	70	72	214
T33	Yuna Nishimura	-1	78	67	70	215
T33	Frida Kinhult	-1	71	74	70	215
T33	Samantha Wagner	-1	69	76	70	215
T33	Ally Ewing	-1	73	71	71	215
T33	Alison Lee	-1	73	70	72	215
T33	Perrine Delacour	-1	70	72	73	215
T33	Madelene Sagstrom	-1	71	69	75	215
T33	Narin An	-1	69	71	75	215
T33	Peiyun Chien	-1	68	71	76	215
T42	Mel Reid	Par	75	70	71	216
T42	Emma Talley	Par	74	71	71	216
T42	Pajaree Anannarukarn	Par	69	76	71	216
T42	Lizette Salas	Par	72	72	72	216
T42	Gemma Dryburgh	Par	69	75	72	216
T42	Yu Liu	Par	71	69	76	216
T48	Bronte Law	+1	76	69	72	217
T48	Sofia Garcia	+1	73	71	73	217
T48	Jennifer Kupcho	+1	72	72	73	217
T48	Allisen Corpuz	+1	72	71	74	217
T48	Pavarisa Yoktuan	+1	69	74	74	217
T48	Megan Khang	+1	72	70	75	217
T48	Lucy Li	+1	71	71	75	217
T48	Bailey Tardy	+1	69	73	75	217
T48	Karis Davidson	+1	73	68	76	217
T57	Celine Boutier	+2	73	72	73	218
T57	Luna Sobron Galmes	+2	69	76	73	218
T57	Yealimi Noh	+2	69	76	73	218
T57	Lauren Stephenson	+2	73	71	74	218
T57	Azahara Munoz	+2	71	72	75	218
T57	Lexi Thompson	+2	70	73	75	218
T63	Yu-Sang Hou	+3	74	71	74	219
T63	Annie Park	+3	73	71	75	219
T63	Brittany Lincicome	+3	71	70	78	219
66	Pauline Roussin	+6	75	70	77	222
CUT	Carlota Ciganda	+2	76	70
CUT	Wichanee Meechai	+2	75	71
CUT	Riley Rennell	+2	75	71
CUT	Gina Kim	+2	74	72
CUT	Paula Reto	+2	74	72
CUT	Matilda Castren	+2	73	73
CUT	Pernilla Lindberg	+2	73	73
CUT	Kelly Tan	+2	73	73
CUT	Patty Tavatanakit	+2	73	73
CUT	Minami Katsu	+2	72	74
CUT	In Kyung Kim	+2	72	74
CUT	Nelly Korda	+2	72	74
CUT	Gaby Lopez	+2	72	74
CUT	Aline Krauter	+2	71	75
CUT	Xiaowen Yin	+2	71	75
CUT	Moriya Jutanugarn	+3	75	72
CUT	Amy Yang	+3	75	72
CUT	Cristie Kerr	+3	74	73
CUT	Ruixin Liu	+3	74	73
CUT	Polly Mack	+3	72	75
CUT	Linnea Strom	+3	72	75
CUT	Haeji Kang	+3	71	76
CUT	Karen Chung	+4	76	72
CUT	Hannah Green	+4	76	72
CUT	Gabriella Then	+4	76	72
CUT	Jennifer Chang	+4	74	74
CUT	Lauren Hartlage	+4	74	74
CUT	Stephanie Meadow	+4	74	74
CUT	Lilia Vu	+4	74	74
CUT	Amanda Doherty	+4	72	76
CUT	Caroline Inglis	+4	72	76
CUT	Jaravee Boonchant	+5	77	72
CUT	Yuka Saso	+5	77	72
CUT	Daniela Darquea	+5	76	73
CUT	Esther Henseleit	+5	76	73
CUT	Xiyu Lin	+5	76	73
CUT	Roberta Liti	+5	76	73
CUT	Dana Fall	+5	75	74
CUT	Manon De Roey	+5	74	75
CUT	Sophia Schubert	+5	74	75
CUT	Brittany Altomare	+5	73	76
CUT	Dewi Weber	+5	73	76
CUT	Sarah Schmelzel	+6	78	72
CUT	Mina Harigae	+6	77	73
CUT	Jasmine Suwannapura	+6	77	73
CUT	Andrea Lee	+6	76	74
CUT	Ellinor Sudow	+6	76	74
CUT	Chanettee Wannasaen	+6	76	74
CUT	Marissa Steen	+6	75	75
CUT	Alexa Pano	+6	74	76
CUT	Dani Holmqvist	+6	72	78
CUT	Eun-Hee Ji	+6	72	78
CUT	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	+6	71	79
CUT	Chella Choi	+7	77	74
CUT	Elizabeth Szokol	+7	76	75
CUT	Ines Laklalech	+7	75	76
CUT	So Yeon Ryu	+7	74	77
CUT	Hyo Joon Jang	+8	78	74
CUT	Jeongeun Lee6	+8	78	74
CUT	Pornanong Phatlum	+8	74	78
CUT	Haru Nomura	+9	79	74
CUT	Kum-Kang Park	+9	76	77
CUT	Alison Walshe	+10	78	76
CUT	Sung Hyun Park	+10	77	77
CUT	Linnea Johansson	+10	75	79
CUT	Katie Lu (a)	+11	80	75
CUT	Kiira Riihijarvi	+11	77	78
CUT	Charlotte Thomas	+11	77	78
CUT	Jennifer Song	+11	76	79
CUT	Valery Plata	+12	84	72
CUT	Paige Crawford	+12	80	76
CUT	Julieta Granada	+12	78	78
CUT	Laura Davies	+13	82	75
W/D	Jessica Korda		72
W/D	Lindsey Weaver-Wright		75
W/D	Yan Liu		83
W/D	Paula Creamer
W/D	Jodi Ewart Shadoff

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Updated: May 15, 2023

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