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LPGA Classic 2021 R2
October 01-03
Seaview, Bay Course, Galloway, New Jersey
$1,750,000
Round 1, Round 3

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South Koreans Jin Young Ko and Inbee Park, numbers 2 and 3 in the world respectively, are heading into the final round tied for the lead having both signed for rounds of 66-65 at Seaview, after both produced 13 birdies, 21 pars and two bogeys over the first 36 holes.

LPGA Classic 2021 R2

The one difference between their rounds on Saturday seemed to be the wind with Ko facing light breezes in the morning while Park dealt with gusting winds in the afternoon.

“It was a little windier out there, but the weather was a bit warmer than yesterday morning. So, striking the ball a little bit better than yesterday,” said Park. “Bogey-free would’ve been nice, but one bogey on No. 8. Hit over the green with the downwind, just didn’t get up and down.”

LPGA Classic 2021 R2

Park has won once this year, at the Kia Classic in March, while Ko is searching for a third victory in her last five starts. She is a combined 48-under in her last 16 rounds.

“I would say my game was perfect on the front nine and is [overall] pretty good, like better than earlier in the year,” said Ko. “I changed my swing coach [last year], so swinging or putting, everything is getting better right now.”

LPGA Classic 2021 R2

Since KPMG Performance Insights began tracking stats in June, Park, a 21-time LPGA champion, is converting 63% of her putts from 10-15 feet, which greatly outshines the LPGA Tour average of 29%.

“Jin Young is a really, really good player, too, so I think it’ll be really fun out there tomorrow playing with her,” said Park. “Obviously, you need some birdies out here to win tomorrow. Knowing the No. 2 player in the world is hunting for the same thing I am hunting for, definitely need a good performance.

“I’m putting very good the last couple days. Holed some really, really good putts. I think that’s what we need on this golf course, and I have been doing that. When I got speed right, I got the line right.”

LPGA Classic 2021 R2

Second-year rookie Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand will join them in the final grouping on Sunday. She fired a bogey-free 65 in the second round and lies two shots back at 9-under. Tavatanakit won her first title at the ANA Inspiration in April.

“I was really focused the last two rounds and haven’t really felt that intensity on the course in a while,” said Tavatanakit. “I feel like it got me back into a good momentum going into last couple weeks of the season. I want to enjoy it more because a couple of times I have been in contention, I tried too hard to force things to happen and I didn’t really enjoy it.”

American Brittany Lincicome (67) and Dane Nanna Koerstz Madsen (68) share fourth place at 8-under. They will be joined by Australian Su Oh (65, T6) in the penultimate grouping.

LPGA Classic 2021 R2

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
T1	Inbee Park	-11	66-65	131
T1	Jin Young Ko	-11	66-65	131
3	Patty Tavatanakit	-9	68-65	133
T4	Brittany Lincicome	-8	67-67	134
T4	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-8	66-68	134
T6	Su Oh	-7	70-65	135
T6	Perrine Delacour	-7	67-68	135
T6	So Yeon Ryu	-7	65-70	135
T6	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-7	65-70	135
T10	Stacy Lewis	-6	70-66	136
T10	Marissa Steen	-6	68-68	136
T10	Andrea Lee	-6	68-68	136
T10	Cheyenne Knight	-6	67-69	136
T10	Brooke M. Henderson	-6	66-70	136
T10	Celine Boutier	-6	66-70	136
T16	Sei Young Kim	-5	72-65	137
T16	Maria Fassi	-5	70-67	137
T16	Jaye Marie Green	-5	68-69	137
T16	Leona Maguire	-5	67-70	137
T16	Yuka Saso	-5	67-70	137
T21	Sarah Burnham	-4	73-65	138
T21	Sung Hyun Park	-4	72-66	138
T21	Annie Park	-4	71-67	138
T21	Madelene Sagstrom	-4	71-67	138
T21	Tiffany Chan	-4	69-69	138
T21	Hannah Green	-4	69-69	138
T21	Min Lee	-4	69-69	138
T21	Anna Nordqvist	-4	69-69	138
T21	Caroline Masson	-4	67-71	138
T21	Lauren Stephenson	-4	67-71	138
T21	Paula Reto	-4	66-72	138
T32	Jackie Stoelting	-3	72-67	139
T32	Danielle Kang	-3	71-68	139
T32	Gaby Lopez	-3	70-69	139
T32	Ally Ewing	-3	70-69	139
T32	Bianca Pagdanganan	-3	69-70	139
T32	Jennifer Song	-3	69-70	139
T32	Xiyu Lin	-3	69-70	139
T32	Na Yeon Choi	-3	69-70	139
T32	Hyo Joo Kim	-3	69-70	139
T32	Moriya Jutanugarn	-3	68-71	139
T32	Esther Lee	-3	68-71	139
T32	Muni He	-3	67-72	139
T32	Liz Nagel	-3	67-72	139
T45	Brittany Altomare	-2	75-65	140
T45	Georgia Hall	-2	72-68	140
T45	A Lim Kim	-2	72-68	140
T45	Jeongeun Lee	-2	72-68	140
T45	Mina Harigae	-2	72-68	140
T45	Ryann O’Toole	-2	71-69	140
T45	Sarah Kemp	-2	71-69	140
T45	Wichanee Meechai	-2	71-69	140
T45	Mirim Lee	-2	71-69	140
T45	Sakura Yokomine	-2	70-70	140
T45	Eun-Hee Ji	-2	70-70	140
T45	Katherine Kirk	-2	69-71	140
T45	Marina Alex	-2	69-71	140
T45	Lexi Thompson	-2	68-72	140
T45	Ashleigh Buhai	-2	67-73	140
T45	Matilda Castren	-2	66-74	140
T45	Amy Olson	-2	66-74	140
T62	Alana Uriell	-1	72-69	141
T62	Dottie Ardina	-1	71-70	141
T62	Mo Martin	-1	70-71	141
T62	Luna Sobron Galmes	-1	70-71	141
T62	Charley Hull	-1	70-71	141
T62	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-1	69-72	141
T62	Ariya Jutanugarn	-1	69-72	141
T62	Chella Choi	-1	69-72	141
T62	Ana Belac	-1	69-72	141
T62	Haeji Kang	-1	69-72	141
T62	Dana Finkelstein	-1	69-72	141
T62	Celine Herbin	-1	68-73	141
	Jenny Coleman	CUT	74-68	142
	Gemma Dryburgh	CUT	73-69	142
	Azahara Munoz	CUT	72-70	142
	Benyapa Niphatsophon	CUT	72-70	142
	Amy Yang	CUT	72-70	142
	In Gee Chun	CUT	71-71	142
	Gerina Piller	CUT	71-71	142
	Mi Hyang Lee	CUT	71-71	142
	Alena Sharp	CUT	70-72	142
	Sophia Popov	CUT	70-72	142
	Pornanong Phatlum	CUT	70-72	142
	Pernilla Lindberg	CUT	69-73	142
	Albane Valenzuela	CUT	76-67	143
	Nicole Broch Estrup	CUT	76-67	143
	Sarah Schmelzel	CUT	74-69	143
	Louise Ridderstrom #	CUT	71-72	143
	Jennifer Kupcho	CUT	70-73	143
	Yu Liu	CUT	70-73	143
	Lauren Coughlin	CUT	70-73	143
	Bronte Law	CUT	70-73	143
	Maria Fernanda Torres	CUT	69-74	143
	Stephanie Meadow	CUT	69-74	143
	Nasa Hataoka	CUT	69-74	143
	Lindsey Weaver	CUT	75-69	144
	Katherine Perry-Hamski	CUT	71-73	144
	Jenny Shin	CUT	71-73	144
	Esther Henseleit	CUT	71-73	144
	Dani Holmqvist	CUT	72-73	145
	Elizabeth Szokol	CUT	72-73	145
	Lindy Duncan	CUT	71-74	145
	Wei-Ling Hsu	CUT	74-72	146
	Kristen Gillman	CUT	74-72	146
	Aditi Ashok	CUT	73-73	146
	Daniela Darquea	CUT	70-76	146
	Megha Ganne (a)	CUT	70-76	146
	Haru Nomura	CUT	69-77	146
	Kristy McPherson	CUT	75-72	147
	Klara Spilkova	CUT	71-76	147
	Pavarisa Yoktuan	CUT	71-76	147
	Cydney Clanton	CUT	78-70	148
	Christina Kim	CUT	77-71	148
	Ssu-Chia Cheng	CUT	75-73	148
	Brynn Christine Walker	CUT	78-71	149
	Mariah Stackhouse	CUT	73-76	149
	Sydnee Michaels	CUT	72-77	149
	Jennifer Chang	CUT	71-78	149
	Caroline Inglis	CUT	76-74	150
	Brittany Lang	CUT	75-75	150
	Min Seo Kwak	CUT	75-75	150
	Mind Muangkhumsakul	CUT	73-77	150
	Anne van Dam	CUT	73-77	150
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	73-77	150
	Mel Reid	CUT	71-79	150
	Rachel Drummond	CUT	75-76	151
	Sarah Jane Smith	CUT	75-77	152
	Laura Davies	CUT	74-78	152
	Jing Yan	CUT	79-75	154
	Linnea Strom	CUT	77-77	154
	Angel Yin	CUT	80-78	158