December 17-20
Tiburรณn Golf Club, Naples, Florida
$3,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
This feels familiar. 🤔
โ LPGA (@LPGA) December 19, 2020
After carding six birdies, @SY_KIM_lpga leads going into the final round. 👇 pic.twitter.com/S4HQBTHeYG
Defending champion Sei Young Kim shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to reach 13-under 203 and take a one shot lead over Jin Young Ko heading into the final day.
"My vibe was really good because warmer weather, and then I play pairing with Jin Young and Lexi (Thompson). Those are my favorite player, so yeah, it was fun. We wasn't talking much but it was very comfortable and chill out there."
A win on Sunday could see her win the LPGA money title, Player of the Year and move to number 1 in the world.
"Really good chance to chase everything," said Kim. "If I play well tomorrow, good chance."
Fact: Sei Young Kim makes golf look easy. 🤯
โ LPGA (@LPGA) December 19, 2020
An all-star up and down for @SY_KIM_lpga.
Watch on @GolfChannel now! pic.twitter.com/Prkp48ucTq
To move to number 1 ahead of Ko, who has held the position for 73 successive weeks, she would need to win and for Ko to finish solo 10th or worse.
Ko made only three birdies but was bogey-free for a 69.
"I said yesterday my goal is like just bogey-free round on the weekend, so I made it today," said Ko. "I'm looking forward to tomorrow."
Kim and Ko are friends as well as rivals and enjoy playing together.
"Always fun playing with her," Ko said. "We play together last year and we played -- we practiced together at the U.S. Open last week. So we knows each other. But this is competition, so we are close but we have to separate on the course."
Ko is playing in only her fourth LPGA event this season after spending most of the year in South Korea but still has a chance to win the money title following her tie for second place in the U.S. Women's Open last week. The winner's prize money for the CME Group Tour Championship is down to $1.1 million this year but is still the richest in women's golf and Ko is 13th on the list with $567,925 while Kim is second with $1,207,438.
Inbee Park, who tops the money list with $1,365,138, was tied for 28th at 3-under after her third 71 in a row.
Three rounds in the books and one round left in 2020 👏
โ LPGA (@LPGA) December 20, 2020
Check out the third round highlights 👇 pic.twitter.com/cVL9HG05hu
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
1 |
Sei Young Kim | -13 |
67 |
69 |
67 |
203 |
2 |
Jin Young Ko | -12 |
68 |
67 |
69 |
204 |
3 |
Georgia Hall | -10 |
69 |
69 |
68 |
206 |
T4 |
Austin Ernst | -9 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
207 |
T4 |
Brooke M. Henderson | -9 |
73 |
68 |
66 |
207 |
T4 |
Charley Hull | -9 |
72 |
69 |
66 |
207 |
T4 |
Minjee Lee | -9 |
68 |
73 |
66 |
207 |
T4 |
Lexi Thompson | -9 |
65 |
71 |
71 |
207 |
T9 |
Hannah Green | -8 |
69 |
68 |
71 |
208 |
T9 |
Mina Harigae | -8 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
208 |
T9 |
Cristie Kerr | -8 |
68 |
74 |
66 |
208 |
T9 |
Lydia Ko | -8 |
74 |
65 |
69 |
208 |
T13 |
Perrine Delacour | -7 |
70 |
71 |
68 |
209 |
T13 |
Xiyu Lin | -7 |
71 |
72 |
66 |
209 |
T13 |
Sarah Schmelzel | -7 |
71 |
69 |
69 |
209 |
T16 |
Cydney Clanton | -6 |
70 |
68 |
72 |
210 |
T16 |
Anna Nordqvist | -6 |
68 |
72 |
70 |
210 |
18 |
Cheyenne Knight | -5 |
71 |
72 |
68 |
211 |
T19 |
Celine Boutier | -4 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
212 |
T19 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | -4 |
70 |
73 |
69 |
212 |
T19 |
Katherine Kirk | -4 |
72 |
68 |
72 |
212 |
T19 |
Nelly Korda | -4 |
72 |
66 |
74 |
212 |
T19 |
Jennifer Kupcho | -4 |
70 |
72 |
70 |
212 |
T19 |
Gaby Lopez | -4 |
71 |
71 |
70 |
212 |
T19 |
Caroline Masson | -4 |
67 |
71 |
74 |
212 |
T19 |
Yealimi Noh | -4 |
73 |
69 |
70 |
212 |
T19 |
Madelene Sagstrom | -4 |
72 |
72 |
68 |
212 |
T28 |
Jodi Ewart Shadoff | -3 |
70 |
73 |
70 |
213 |
T28 |
Ariya Jutanugarn | -3 |
72 |
70 |
71 |
213 |
T28 |
Megan Khang | -3 |
67 |
71 |
75 |
213 |
T28 |
Inbee Park | -3 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
213 |
T28 |
So Yeon Ryu | -3 |
71 |
73 |
69 |
213 |
T28 |
Jenny Shin | -3 |
73 |
72 |
68 |
213 |
T34 |
Christina Kim | -2 |
73 |
72 |
69 |
214 |
T34 |
Brittany Lincicome | -2 |
72 |
71 |
71 |
214 |
T34 |
Leona Maguire | -2 |
73 |
72 |
69 |
214 |
T37 |
Mirim Lee | -1 |
73 |
73 |
69 |
215 |
T37 |
Stephanie Meadow | -1 |
70 |
76 |
69 |
215 |
T37 |
Robynn Ree | -1 |
74 |
72 |
69 |
215 |
T37 |
Linnea Strom | -1 |
74 |
71 |
70 |
215 |
T37 |
Amy Yang | -1 |
73 |
73 |
69 |
215 |
T42 |
Ashleigh Buhai | E |
69 |
77 |
70 |
216 |
T42 |
Danielle Kang | E |
71 |
75 |
70 |
216 |
T42 |
Nanna Koerstz Madsen | E |
66 |
77 |
73 |
216 |
T42 |
Andrea Lee | E |
71 |
72 |
73 |
216 |
T46 |
Brittany Altomare | 1 |
73 |
73 |
71 |
217 |
T46 |
Azahara Munoz | 1 |
73 |
75 |
69 |
217 |
T46 |
Mel Reid | 1 |
74 |
73 |
70 |
217 |
T46 |
Jasmine Suwannapura | 1 |
70 |
74 |
73 |
217 |
T50 |
Nasa Hataoka | 2 |
73 |
70 |
75 |
218 |
T50 |
Sarah Kemp | 2 |
72 |
73 |
73 |
218 |
T50 |
Pernilla Lindberg | 2 |
76 |
74 |
68 |
218 |
T50 |
Jennifer Song | 2 |
74 |
70 |
74 |
218 |
T50 |
Kelly Tan | 2 |
72 |
74 |
72 |
218 |
T50 |
Lindsey Weaver | 2 |
74 |
74 |
70 |
218 |
T56 |
Carlota Ciganda | 3 |
68 |
74 |
77 |
219 |
T56 |
Jessica Korda | 3 |
75 |
74 |
70 |
219 |
T56 |
Lizette Salas | 3 |
71 |
72 |
76 |
219 |
T59 |
Stacy Lewis | 4 |
71 |
75 |
74 |
220 |
T59 |
Yu Liu | 4 |
74 |
77 |
69 |
220 |
T59 |
Hee Young Park | 4 |
73 |
76 |
71 |
220 |
T59 |
Emma Talley | 4 |
72 |
74 |
74 |
220 |
T59 |
Maria Torres | 4 |
76 |
75 |
69 |
220 |
T59 |
Anne van Dam | 4 |
71 |
77 |
72 |
220 |
T65 |
In Gee Chun | 6 |
73 |
74 |
75 |
222 |
T65 |
Maria Fassi | 6 |
68 |
76 |
78 |
222 |
67 |
Angela Stanford | 7 |
75 |
72 |
76 |
223 |
68 |
Kristen Gillman | 8 |
75 |
77 |
72 |
224 |
69 |
Alena Sharp | 9 |
73 |
76 |
76 |
225 |
70 |
Bianca Pagdanganan | 12 |
73 |
79 |
76 |
228 |
71 |
Brittany Lang | 13 |
76 |
78 |
75 |
229 |
72 |
Natalie Gulbis | 16 |
77 |
78 |
77 |
232 |