Angel Yin joins Maja Stark in tie for the lead

Buick LPGA Shanghai R3

Angel Yin and Maja Stark hold the 54-hole co-lead at 12-under at the Buick LPGA Shanghai.

Stark admitted it wasn’t her typical ball-striking showing on Saturday, but credited her putting in keeping her at the top of the leaderboard. Starting the day with the lead, a bogey on No. 3 brought her down a peg, though two birdies before the turn on Nos. 6 and 9 helped keep her afloat as she stared down the final nine holes. The Swede then rebounded after a bogey on No. 12 with back-to-back birdies on 13 and 14. An unfortunate three-putt on the par-5 17th disappointed the 23-year-old, but a 2-under 70 was good enough to put her within striking distance of her second LPGA Tour title.

“It would mean a lot to win it just it prove to myself that I can actually do it when we have a lot of top players here,” said Stark, who is looking to become the season’s fourth wire-to-wire winner.

Yin on the other hand, played like she had nothing to lose, posting a 7-under 65, her best 18-hole score since the third round of the 2021 Honda LPGA Thailand. Citing “bad communication” with her caddie for a three-putt bogey on No. 1, the American carded eight birdies afterwards, including five in her last eight holes for a back-nine 31.

“I’m just going to try to live in the moment, what’s in front of me, and try to hit my shots and stop living in my own head and overthinking everything,” said Yin. “And then if it works out, it works out, because golf is difficult, because it could be just like tomorrow is like today, you know, but we put an end to it.”

Thailand’s Pavarisa Yoktuan sits in a tie for third at 11-under after a third-round 69, and will meet Stark and Yin that final grouping. After regaining her LPGA Tour status for 2023 through Q-Series, she’s posted three top-20 finishes this season but has yet to crack the top 10 through 18 events.

“I just do the same thing, like what I’ve been doing the past three days. Focus on the same thing. Not think about whether I win or not. It doesn’t matter as long as I’m happy my golf game,” said Yoktuan. “I’m just happy to be here and I’m happy with my golf game for the past three days, so [I] just want to finish the round, finish my week with my best feelings.

Lilia Vu of the USA, South Korea’s Mi Hyang Lee and Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn are tied for fourth at 10-under.

Pos.PlayerTo ParR1R2R3Total
T1Angel Yin-12706965204
T1Maja Stark-12666870204
3Pavarisa Yoktuan-11686869205
T4Lilia Vu-10726767206
T4Mi Hyang Lee-10697067206
T4Ariya Jutanugarn-10726668206
T7Esther Henseleit-9686970207
T7Yu Liu-9686772207
T9Lauren Coughlin-8687367208
T9Peiyun Chien-8726868208
T9Karis Davidson-8716968208
T9Frida Kinhult-8716869208
T9Minjee Lee-8706969208
T9Wichanee Meechai-8667270208
T9Yuna Nishimura-8696772208
T9Danielle Kang-8686773208
T17Rose Zhang-7736967209
T17Xiyu Lin-7706970209
T17Danlin Cai-7687071209
T20Hae Ran Ryu-6746769210
T20Maddie Szeryk-6726870210
T20Jasmine Suwannapura-6687270210
T20Bailey Tardy-6706971210
T24Matilda Castren-5747166211
T24Stephanie Meadow-5747166211
T24Lindy Duncan-5756967211
T24Mina Harigae-5726871211
T24Hye-Jin Choi-5726772211
T24A Lim Kim-5687073211
T24Alison Lee-5687073211
T24Azahara Munoz-5706675211
T32Yan Liu-4727169212
T32Nasa Hataoka-4727070212
T32Patty Tavatanakit-4727070212
T32Anna Nordqvist-4736772212
T32Kelly Tan-4716972212
T32Moriya Jutanugarn-4696974212
T38Emily Kristine Pedersen-3747267213
T38Dani Holmqvist-3756969213
T38Yuting Shi-3756969213
T38Celine Borge-3717369213
T38Arpichaya Yubol-3717369213
T38Madelene Sagstrom-3717270213
T44Carlota Ciganda-2707470214
T44Zixuan Wang (a)-2746971214
T44Weiwei Zhang-2707371214
T47Jaravee Boonchant-1697472215
T47Gina Kim-1727073215
T47Chanettee Wannasaen-1727073215
T47Ruoning Yin-1717074215
T51Hinako ShibunoE757368216
T51Grace KimE737469216
T51Maria FassiE786870216
T51Lucy LiE747270216
T51Minami KatsuE707670216
T51Xiaowen YinE727371216
T51Lydia KoE746973216
T51Perrine DelacourE727173216
T51Shuying LiE687573216
T51Miranda WangE717174216
T51Xizihan Wang (a)E707175216
T51Muni HeE697176216
T63Olivia Cowan1747172217
T63Ruixin Liu1737272217
T63Gabriella Then1717373217
T63Lauren Hartlage1737074217
67Andrea Lee2727472218
T68Morgane Metraux3737868219
T68Zixin Ni (a)3767073219
70Linnea Strom4727672220
T71Yuai Ji5757571221
T71Paula Reto5747176221
T71Pajaree Anannarukarn5737276221
74Yuli Shi6777372222
75Xiang Sui7727972223
76Emma Talley8807173224
77Wenbo Liu10767476226
78Yujie Liu (a)11767378227
T79Yanhong Pan12807870228
T79Amy Wu (a)12797772228
W/DSei Young Kim71
Updated: October 14, 2023
Buick LPGA Shanghai 2023
Date: 12th October - 15th October, 2023
Location: Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
Purse: $2,100,000