October 24-27
LPGA International Busan, Busan, Korea
$2,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4
After 54 holes at the BMW Ladies Championship, a pair of KLPGA Tour rookies sit atop the leaderboard, both looking for a potentially career-changing victory on Sunday. Somi Lee and Seung Yeon Lee share the top spot at -13, with former LPGA Tour player and current KLPGA star Ha Na Jang just one stroke behind at -12. With a win, all three players would have the option to accept LPGA Tour Membership, either effective immediately or starting with the 2020 season.
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Seung Yeon Lee closed strong, carding birdies at 14, 15, 16 and 17 to shoot a 4-under 68 on Saturday, bouncing back from an early double bogey at No. 6.
โI really tried to focus on the present,โ said Seung Yeon Lee, who won the KLPGA Tour's NEXEN - Saint Nine Masters in April. โI wasn't thinking about how many birdies I was making, how many pars I was making or if I wasn't too wrapped up in how I made a double bogey. Instead I just focused on every shot. I knew I was making birdies, but I was focused so much on the present that I didn't know I had made four consecutive birdies.โ
Somi Lee birdied six of her final 10 holes in the third round to shoot a 5-under 67. Two weeks ago, she was runner-up to Rolex Rankings No. 1 Jin Young Ko at the Hite Jinro Championship, one of the KLPGA Tour's five major championships.
Danielle Kang's mindset during her recent success?
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Three LPGA Tour players are tied for fourth at -11 โ last week's winner Danielle Kang, four-time LPGA winner Amy Yang and Su Oh, who is looking for her first victory in her fourth year on Tour. Kang started the day with a one-stroke lead after back-to-back 67s, but she could not find that same rhythm on Saturday. After opening with three bogeys and one birdie over her first five holes, Kang came back to life on the back nine, coming home with birdies on 11, 12 and 15 for a Saturday round of 1-under 71.
โIt was a very frustrating round today. I hit the wrong number twice. Every mistake you could possibly think of, we made it,โ said Kang, who is aiming to become the LPGA Tour's first back-to-back winner since 2017. โI was proud that we were able to capitalize on certain holes and make some birdies coming in. I know that finishing in the red numbers was important. There was a lot of birdies out there today and I knew. I didn't see much of the leaderboard, but I knew people were going low, so I was kind of frustrated.โ
Su Oh happy to be back in gear and back at home
2019 has been an up-and-down year for Australia's Su Oh. She tied her career-best finish with runner-up showings at the ISPS Handa Vic Open and the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give, but she also went on a streak of six consecutive missed cuts in the spring and early summer.
After two days of working on her putting, Oh is finally back in contention. She sits just two strokes off the lead heading into the final round of the BMW Ladies Championship.
โHit the ball good today and rolled some putts in the hole this time,โ said Oh. โSo that sort of kept my round going. Some really good par saves. I think I still left a couple out there like coming in. I think the nerves got there a little bit. I was trying to like make some putts but I still made some good par saves, and overall I played pretty well.โ
This week is also a homecoming for the 23-year-old. Oh was born near Busan and attended school just down the street from this week's official hotel before moving to Melbourne, Australia, at age 7.
โI think it's a lot nicer that I have like family here, so they all came out to watch,โ said Oh, whose father's family still resides in Busan. โI can tell where they are always. So it's been really nice and they've just been giving me food. Yeah, so that's been good.โ
Rolex Player of the Year update
Rolex Ranking No. 1 Jin Young Ko is tied for eighth at -9 after a third-round 71. Ko can clinch Rolex Player of the Year honors by finishing sixth or better. She can also earn the award if Jeongeun Lee6 does not win the tournament. Lee6 heads into Sunday tied for 12th at -8.
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Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
T1 |
Somi Lee | -13 |
68 |
68 |
67 |
203 |
T1 |
Seung Yeon Lee | -13 |
67 |
68 |
68 |
203 |
3 |
Ha Na Jang | -12 |
69 |
67 |
68 |
204 |
T4 |
Amy Yang | -11 |
69 |
69 |
67 |
205 |
T4 |
Su Oh | -11 |
68 |
70 |
67 |
205 |
T4 |
Danielle Kang | -11 |
67 |
67 |
71 |
205 |
7 |
In Gee Chun | -10 |
70 |
69 |
67 |
206 |
T8 |
So Young Lee | -9 |
72 |
67 |
68 |
207 |
T8 |
Sei Young Kim | -9 |
68 |
71 |
68 |
207 |
T8 |
HeeJeong Lim | -9 |
68 |
70 |
69 |
207 |
T8 |
Jin Young Ko | -9 |
67 |
69 |
71 |
207 |
T12 |
Lydia Ko | -8 |
69 |
71 |
68 |
208 |
T12 |
Jeongeun Lee6 | -8 |
67 |
73 |
68 |
208 |
T12 |
Mi Jung Hur | -8 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
208 |
T12 |
Jing Yan | -8 |
70 |
69 |
69 |
208 |
T12 |
Min Sun5 Kim | -8 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
208 |
T12 |
Yu Liu | -8 |
68 |
69 |
71 |
208 |
T12 |
Hee Won Na | -8 |
68 |
67 |
73 |
208 |
T19 |
Gaby Lopez | -7 |
72 |
70 |
67 |
209 |
T19 |
So Yeon Ryu | -7 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
209 |
T19 |
Hyun Kyung Park | -7 |
70 |
68 |
71 |
209 |
T19 |
Minjee Lee | -7 |
66 |
70 |
73 |
209 |
T23 |
Mirim Lee | -6 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
210 |
T23 |
Kristen Gillman | -6 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
210 |
T23 |
Nanna Koerstz Madsen | -6 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
210 |
T23 |
Ye Jin Kim | -6 |
71 |
66 |
73 |
210 |
T27 |
Angel Yin | -5 |
72 |
73 |
66 |
211 |
T27 |
Charley Hull | -5 |
73 |
69 |
69 |
211 |
T27 |
Min Ji Park | -5 |
72 |
70 |
69 |
211 |
T27 |
Brooke M. Henderson | -5 |
73 |
68 |
70 |
211 |
T27 |
Bo Ah Kim | -5 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
211 |
T27 |
Caroline Masson | -5 |
71 |
68 |
72 |
211 |
T33 |
Nicole Broch Larsen | -4 |
72 |
71 |
69 |
212 |
T33 |
Ayean Cho | -4 |
74 |
68 |
70 |
212 |
T33 |
Hye-Jin Choi | -4 |
70 |
72 |
70 |
212 |
T33 |
Shanshan Feng | -4 |
68 |
74 |
70 |
212 |
T33 |
Alena Sharp | -4 |
71 |
70 |
71 |
212 |
T33 |
Jung Min Lee | -4 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
212 |
T33 |
Nelly Korda | -4 |
69 |
70 |
73 |
212 |
T40 |
Megan Khang | -3 |
74 |
72 |
67 |
213 |
T40 |
Celine Boutier | -3 |
76 |
66 |
71 |
213 |
T40 |
Ji Hyun Kim | -3 |
73 |
68 |
72 |
213 |
T40 |
Jeongmin Cho | -3 |
72 |
69 |
72 |
213 |
T40 |
Ji Young Park | -3 |
71 |
70 |
72 |
213 |
T45 |
Ariya Jutanugarn | -2 |
74 |
72 |
68 |
214 |
T45 |
Jennifer Kupcho | -2 |
72 |
73 |
69 |
214 |
T45 |
Azahara Munoz | -2 |
70 |
72 |
72 |
214 |
T45 |
Char Young2 Kim | -2 |
74 |
67 |
73 |
214 |
T49 |
Morgan Pressel | -1 |
74 |
71 |
70 |
215 |
T49 |
A Lim Kim | -1 |
71 |
74 |
70 |
215 |
T49 |
Carlota Ciganda | -1 |
72 |
72 |
71 |
215 |
T49 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | -1 |
73 |
70 |
72 |
215 |
T49 |
Sohye Park | -1 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
215 |
T49 |
Gayoung Lee | -1 |
73 |
69 |
73 |
215 |
T55 |
Chella Choi | E |
74 |
72 |
70 |
216 |
T55 |
Paula Creamer | E |
74 |
72 |
70 |
216 |
T55 |
Hannah Green | E |
73 |
73 |
70 |
216 |
T55 |
Brittany Altomare | E |
71 |
74 |
71 |
216 |
T55 |
Eun-Hee Ji | E |
75 |
69 |
72 |
216 |
T55 |
Jasmine Suwannapura | E |
73 |
71 |
72 |
216 |
T55 |
Ju Young Pak | E |
73 |
69 |
74 |
216 |
T55 |
Ye Rim Choi | E |
70 |
70 |
76 |
216 |
T55 |
Marina Alex | E |
69 |
71 |
76 |
216 |
T64 |
Jin Seon Han | 1 |
73 |
71 |
73 |
217 |
T64 |
Hyo Joo Kim | 1 |
71 |
73 |
73 |
217 |
T64 |
In-Kyung Kim | 1 |
69 |
73 |
75 |
217 |
67 |
Lizette Salas | 2 |
71 |
75 |
72 |
218 |
T68 |
Anna Nordqvist | 3 |
75 |
73 |
71 |
219 |
T68 |
Mi Hyang Lee | 3 |
72 |
75 |
72 |
219 |
T68 |
Jaye Marie Green | 3 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
219 |
T68 |
Jenny Shin | 3 |
74 |
71 |
74 |
219 |
T72 |
Wei-Ling Hsu | 4 |
79 |
72 |
69 |
220 |
T72 |
Annie Park | 4 |
75 |
74 |
71 |
220 |
T72 |
Song Yi Ahn | 4 |
74 |
74 |
72 |
220 |
T72 |
Ji Yeong2 Kim | 4 |
73 |
73 |
74 |
220 |
T76 |
So Yi Kim | 5 |
78 |
70 |
73 |
221 |
T76 |
Jessica Korda | 5 |
71 |
76 |
74 |
221 |
T78 |
Gyo Rin Park | 6 |
76 |
73 |
73 |
222 |
T78 |
Chae Yoon Park | 6 |
73 |
75 |
74 |
222 |
T78 |
Ashleigh Buhai | 6 |
76 |
71 |
75 |
222 |
T78 |
Eun Bin Lim | 6 |
75 |
72 |
75 |
222 |
82 |
So Yeon Park | 7 |
73 |
71 |
79 |
223 |
83 |
Ally McDonald | 8 |
75 |
76 |
73 |
224 |
WD |
Da Yeon Lee | 75 |