Kia Classic R3

Kia Classic 2021 R3
March 25-28
Aviara Golf Club, Carlsbad, California
$1,800,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Park remained focused on moving day and shot a 3-under 69 to take a five shot lead into the final day.

Kia Classic 2021 R3

“I am really getting a good feel of it,” said Park. “It is tough putting on these greens (poa annua), but I have handled myself really well on the greens. Same gameplan that I have done last three days, would be nice to do again tomorrow.”

LPGA Tour rules staff moved up the tee boxes at the 6th, 9th, 16th and 17th on Saturday to make two reachable par-4s and trim the course length by roughly 300 yards from round two. In turn the 9th and 16th both saw three eagles this afternoon, while the 8th and 18th had one each.

Kia Classic 2021 R3

“It was actually a big surprise,” said Park. “I didn’t know the L PGA was going to move four tees up in one day. I never seen this kind of setup before, so they tried something new. It took a long time on the golf course today waiting to go for greens but it was fun. At the same time, I was a little bit annoyed because I couldn’t take advantage of them. But yeah, a fun setup.”

Mi Jung Hur and Minjee Lee will join Park in the final-round grouping tomorrow. Hur shot six birdies for a 5-under, while Lee managed four birdies and an eagle on the 9th to shoot 68 to tie for second at 7-under.

“I actually didn’t really know where the pin was exactly, but my caddie [Jason Gilroyed] was like, ‘Aim at the little tree that’s poking out on the right side,’” said Lee. “ I hit it at that with a 3-wood and went to about 6 feet under the hole, so it was a nice look at eagle and converted.”

Kia Classic 2021 R3

Also tied for second is Mel Reid. The Englishwoman managed a 1-under 71 playing in Saturday’ s final grouping with Park. She hopes to take advantage of the promising scoring conditions tomorrow in her chase of the 54-hole leader.

“I’ve probably saved 10-15 putts over the last two days, so I’m hoping they’ll all drop tomorrow,” said Reid. “I’m going to have to do something special to get it done. I think tomorrow the gameplan is to stay aggressive and there is nothing to lose. I’m going to try and get as close as I can to Inbee.”

“She’s an unbelievable golfer and going to be hard to beat. She doesn’t make any mistakes, that’s why she has won like a gazillion majors. One of the best players to ever play our game. I will definitely give it my best shot.”

Kia Classic 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Inbee Park	-12	66	69	69	204
T2	Mi Jung Hur	-7	71	71	67	209
T2	Minjee Lee	-7	72	69	68	209
T2	Mel Reid	-7	68	70	71	209
T5	Jin Young Ko	-6	71	71	68	210
T5	Madelene Sagstrom	-6	72	74	64	210
T5	Lexi Thompson	-6	72	72	66	210
T8	Brooke M. Henderson	-5	73	70	68	211
T8	Hyo Joo Kim	-5	67	72	72	211
T8	Amy Olson	-5	75	69	67	211
T11	Nicole Broch Larsen	-4	70	71	71	212
T11	Wei-Ling Hsu	-4	71	69	72	212
T11	Annie Park	-4	72	74	66	212
T11	Sophia Popov	-4	68	68	76	212
T15	Marina Alex	-3	73	69	71	213
T15	Ariya Jutanugarn	-3	73	74	66	213
T15	Danielle Kang	-3	70	74	69	213
T15	Cristie Kerr	-3	76	68	69	213
T15	Bronte Law	-3	71	72	70	213
T15	Jenny Shin	-3	71	74	68	213
T15	Jing Yan	-3	73	69	71	213
T22	Cydney Clanton	-2	73	72	69	214
T22	Cheyenne Knight	-2	72	72	70	214
T22	Nelly Korda	-2	75	69	70	214
T22	Anna Nordqvist	-2	71	73	70	214
T22	Ryann O’Toole	-2	76	71	67	214
T22	Ayako Uehara	-2	72	73	69	214
T28	Ssu-Chia Cheng	-1	73	74	68	215
T28	Ally Ewing	-1	72	75	68	215
T28	Kristen Gillman	-1	70	71	74	215
T28	Mina Harigae	-1	69	74	72	215
T28	Charley Hull	-1	76	70	69	215
T28	Lydia Ko	-1	74	71	70	215
T28	Azahara Munoz	-1	70	72	73	215
T28	Lizette Salas	-1	75	68	72	215
T28	Amy Yang	-1	69	76	70	215
T37	Ashleigh Buhai	E	70	72	74	216
T37	Eun-Hee Ji	E	71	74	71	216
T37	Sarah Kemp	E	72	75	69	216
T37	Christina Kim	E	70	75	71	216
T37	Mi Hyang Lee	E	72	74	70	216
T37	Leona Maguire	E	72	74	70	216
T37	Stephanie Meadow	E	68	75	73	216
T37	Haley Moore	E	75	71	70	216
T45	Pajaree Anannarukarn	1	79	68	70	217
T45	Aditi Ashok	1	74	72	71	217
T45	Carlota Ciganda	1	76	69	72	217
T45	Dana Finkelstein	1	75	72	70	217
T45	Hannah Green	1	73	72	72	217
T45	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	1	74	73	70	217
T45	Mirim Lee	1	75	72	70	217
T45	Stacy Lewis	1	73	70	74	217
T45	Gaby Lopez	1	75	71	71	217
T45	Pornanong Phatlum	1	74	73	70	217
T45	Gerina Piller	1	71	70	76	217
T45	So Yeon Ryu	1	74	73	70	217
T45	Sarah Schmelzel	1	72	75	70	217
T45	Jennifer Song	1	75	72	70	217
T59	Esther Lee	2	73	74	71	218
T59	Xiyu Lin	2	75	69	74	218
T59	Liz Nagel	2	72	72	74	218
T59	Yealimi Noh	2	72	74	72	218
T59	Alana Uriell	2	74	70	74	218
T64	Brittany Altomare	3	74	71	74	219
T64	Tiffany Chan	3	76	69	74	219
T64	Jenny Coleman	3	72	73	74	219
T64	Brittany Lang	3	73	71	75	219
T64	Brittany Lincicome	3	71	72	76	219
T64	Elizabeth Szokol	3	71	71	77	219
T70	Celine Boutier	4	70	77	73	220
T70	Alena Sharp	4	75	68	77	220
T72	Jasmine Suwannapura	5	70	75	76	221
T72	Angel Yin	5	78	69	74	221
74	Jennifer Chang	7	72	72	79	223
T75	Caroline Inglis	8	73	74	77	224
T75	Pernilla Lindberg	8	71	76	77	224
CUT	Perrine Delacour	4	74	74		148
CUT	Dani Holmqvist	4	73	75		148
CUT	Sei Young Kim	4	72	76		148
CUT	Jennifer Kupcho	4	75	73		148
CUT	Jeongeun Lee6	4	75	73		148
CUT	Yu Liu	4	79	69		148
CUT	Haru Nomura	4	73	75		148
CUT	Sung Hyun Park	4	74	74		148
CUT	Robynn Ree	4	76	72		148
CUT	Sandra Gal	5	76	73		149
CUT	Jaye Marie Green	5	77	72		149
CUT	Jiwon Jeon	5	72	77		149
CUT	In Kyung Kim	5	73	76		149
CUT	Mo Martin	5	77	72		149
CUT	Caroline Masson	5	74	75		149
CUT	Katherine Perry-Hamski	5	74	75		149
CUT	Sarah Jane Smith	5	75	74		149
CUT	Yujeong Son	5	72	77		149
CUT	Emma Talley	5	73	76		149
CUT	Sarah Burnham	6	76	74		150
CUT	Chella Choi	6	74	76		150
CUT	Georgia Hall	6	78	72		150
CUT	Nasa Hataoka	6	79	71		150
CUT	Tiffany Joh	6	77	73		150
CUT	Moriya Jutanugarn	6	74	76		150
CUT	Haeji Kang	6	76	74		150
CUT	A Lim Kim	6	78	72		150
CUT	Wichanee Meechai	6	75	75		150
CUT	Giulia Molinaro	6	72	78		150
CUT	Jane Park	6	72	78		150
CUT	Maia Schechter	6	74	76		150
CUT	Lauren Stephenson	6	78	72		150
CUT	Jackie Stoelting	6	76	74		150
CUT	Kelly Tan	6	79	71		150
CUT	Patty Tavatanakit	6	71	79		150
CUT	Maria Torres	6	73	77		150
CUT	Lindsey Weaver	6	77	73		150
CUT	Matilda Castren	7	76	75		151
CUT	Na Yeon Choi	7	77	74		151
CUT	Maria Fassi	7	76	75		151
CUT	Juli Inkster	7	74	77		151
CUT	Angela Stanford	7	75	76		151
CUT	Andrea Lee	8	74	78		152
CUT	Jeongeun Lee	8	79	73		152
CUT	Roberta Liti	8	74	78		152
CUT	Su Oh	8	78	74		152
CUT	Hee Young Park	8	77	75		152
CUT	Morgan Pressel	8	76	76		152
CUT	Mariah Stackhouse	8	72	80		152
CUT	Suzuka Yamaguchi	8	77	75		152
CUT	Anne van Dam	8	77	75		152
CUT	Daniela Darquea	9	76	77		153
CUT	Lindy Duncan	9	79	74		153
CUT	Megan Khang	9	76	77		153
CUT	Linnea Strom	9	77	76		153
CUT	Muni He	10	75	79		154
CUT	Jaclyn Lee	10	76	78		154
CUT	Paula Reto	10	78	76		154
CUT	Albane Valenzuela	10	75	79		154
CUT	Lauren Kim	11	77	78		155
CUT	Katherine Kirk	11	82	73		155
CUT	Michelle Wie West	11	81	74		155
CUT	Mind Muangkhumsakul	12	78	78		156
CUT	Austin Ernst	13	79	78		157
CUT	Jillian Hollis	15	80	79		159
CUT	Min Seo Kwak	16	78	82		160
CUT	Yani Tseng	22	82	84		166
DQ	In Gee Chun	-4	68			68