October 17-20
Qizhong Garden Golf Club, Shanghai, China
$2,100,000
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After 54 holes at the 2019 Buick LPGA Shanghai, two Americans have pulled clear of the field. Playing in the final group, Jessica Korda and Danielle Kang both returned rounds of 6-under 66 on Saturday at Qizhong Garden Golf Club. Korda leads the field at a tournament-record -15, with Kang just one stroke behind at -14.
Korda carded eight birdies on Saturday, including sticking her approach for birdie at No. 18 to 3 feet, to pull one stroke ahead of Kang. Despite the low numbers on her scorecard, Korda said sheโs been battling through some swing issues since arriving in Shanghai.
โI've been struggling a little bit with my swing, so I've been working on it every day. It's slowly starting to kind of take its groove,โ said Korda, who has five LPGA victories, most recently at the 2018 Honda LPGA Thailand. โAnd then just making some putts. You know, my speed has been pretty decent and giving myself some opportunities, which is what I need out here.โ
The third round of the @BuickLpga saw plenty of birdies as players set themselves up for Sunday in Shanghai.
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Kang stepped to the tee at the par-4 17th two strokes off Kordaโs lead. She promptly drove the green, setting up an eagle at the Aon Risk Reward Challenge hole and briefly pulling into a tie for the lead before Kordaโs birdie at 18.
โI hit a dragonfly on my practice swing on the tee box so I was kind of panicking about that,โ joked Kang, who is looking to defend her victory here in 2018. โHonestly, I know people might think that shouldn't throw you off, but Olly (Brett, her caddie) was joking around the entire time that the dragonfly is okay. The yardage just came out to be a perfect 5-wood and he said I could cover the entire bunker, so went middle of the green and he said rip at it and I did.โ
Brooke Henderson, who led by two strokes at the start of the day, had an up-and-down round on Saturday, carding an eagle, two birdies, three bogeys and a closing double bogey for a 1-over 73. The Canadianโs tee shot at 18 found the penalty area to the left of the fairway and she two-putted to drop to -10 overall, five strokes behind Korda.
Japanโs Nasa Hataoka and American rookie Kristen Gillman are tied for fourth at -9. Rolex Rankings No. 1 Jin Young Ko shot a 68 on Saturday and is tied for eighth at -6.
Pos. |
Player | To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
Total |
1 |
Jessica Korda | -15 |
68 |
67 |
66 |
201 |
2 |
Danielle Kang | -14 |
69 |
67 |
66 |
202 |
3 |
Brooke M. Henderson | -10 |
69 |
64 |
73 |
206 |
T4 |
Nasa Hataoka | -9 |
67 |
73 |
67 |
207 |
T4 |
Kristen Gillman | -9 |
73 |
66 |
68 |
207 |
T6 |
Sei Young Kim | -8 |
73 |
67 |
68 |
208 |
T6 |
Angel Yin | -8 |
68 |
71 |
69 |
208 |
T8 |
Yu Liu | -6 |
76 |
66 |
68 |
210 |
T8 |
Jin Young Ko | -6 |
72 |
70 |
68 |
210 |
T8 |
Jodi Ewart Shadoff | -6 |
69 |
72 |
69 |
210 |
T11 |
Nelly Korda | -5 |
71 |
72 |
68 |
211 |
T11 |
Ariya Jutanugarn | -5 |
73 |
69 |
69 |
211 |
T13 |
Na Yeon Choi | -4 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
212 |
T13 |
Georgia Hall | -4 |
71 |
69 |
72 |
212 |
T13 |
Nanna Koerstz Madsen | -4 |
71 |
69 |
72 |
212 |
T13 |
Marina Alex | -4 |
71 |
67 |
74 |
212 |
T17 |
Lydia Ko | -3 |
69 |
74 |
70 |
213 |
T17 |
Shanshan Feng | -3 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
213 |
T17 |
Brittany Altomare | -3 |
70 |
69 |
74 |
213 |
T17 |
Amy Yang | -3 |
67 |
71 |
75 |
213 |
T21 |
Hyo Joo Kim | -2 |
73 |
74 |
67 |
214 |
T21 |
Megan Khang | -2 |
74 |
71 |
69 |
214 |
T21 |
Gaby Lopez | -2 |
73 |
72 |
69 |
214 |
T21 |
Caroline Masson | -2 |
72 |
73 |
69 |
214 |
T21 |
Su Oh | -2 |
71 |
70 |
73 |
214 |
T26 |
Carlota Ciganda | -1 |
72 |
73 |
70 |
215 |
T26 |
Eun-Hee Ji | -1 |
72 |
73 |
70 |
215 |
T26 |
Jing Yan | -1 |
74 |
70 |
71 |
215 |
T26 |
Alena Sharp | -1 |
72 |
72 |
71 |
215 |
T26 |
Jennifer Kupcho | -1 |
69 |
75 |
71 |
215 |
T26 |
Ashleigh Buhai | -1 |
72 |
71 |
72 |
215 |
T26 |
Annie Park | -1 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
215 |
T26 |
Jeongeun Lee6 | -1 |
72 |
68 |
75 |
215 |
T34 |
Ruoning Yin (a) | E |
75 |
71 |
70 |
216 |
T34 |
Pajaree Anannarukarn | E |
70 |
70 |
76 |
216 |
T36 |
Cydney Clanton | 1 |
76 |
74 |
67 |
217 |
T36 |
Gerina Piller | 1 |
70 |
78 |
69 |
217 |
T36 |
Ruixin Liu | 1 |
72 |
74 |
71 |
217 |
T36 |
Moriya Jutanugarn | 1 |
73 |
72 |
72 |
217 |
T36 |
Nicole Broch Larsen | 1 |
72 |
73 |
72 |
217 |
T36 |
Katherine Kirk | 1 |
71 |
74 |
72 |
217 |
T36 |
Azahara Munoz | 1 |
72 |
69 |
76 |
217 |
T43 |
Jasmine Suwannapura | 2 |
74 |
71 |
73 |
218 |
T43 |
Xiaowen Yin (a) | 2 |
73 |
71 |
74 |
218 |
T45 |
Mi Jung Hur | 3 |
76 |
75 |
68 |
219 |
T45 |
Muni He | 3 |
74 |
75 |
70 |
219 |
T45 |
Jenny Shin | 3 |
76 |
72 |
71 |
219 |
T45 |
Mel Reid | 3 |
69 |
72 |
78 |
219 |
T49 |
Wei-Ling Hsu | 4 |
75 |
74 |
71 |
220 |
T49 |
Simin Feng | 4 |
74 |
73 |
73 |
220 |
T51 |
Tiffany Joh | 5 |
77 |
71 |
73 |
221 |
T51 |
Sarah Schmelzel | 5 |
72 |
75 |
74 |
221 |
T51 |
Amy Olson | 5 |
73 |
71 |
77 |
221 |
T51 |
Minjee Lee | 5 |
74 |
69 |
78 |
221 |
T55 |
Xiyu Lin | 6 |
76 |
75 |
71 |
222 |
T55 |
In-Kyung Kim | 6 |
74 |
75 |
73 |
222 |
T55 |
Mirim Lee | 6 |
77 |
70 |
75 |
222 |
T55 |
Mi Hyang Lee | 6 |
72 |
72 |
78 |
222 |
T59 |
Yanhong Pan | 7 |
77 |
73 |
73 |
223 |
T59 |
Yuli Shi | 7 |
75 |
75 |
73 |
223 |
T59 |
Chella Choi | 7 |
74 |
76 |
73 |
223 |
T59 |
Lizette Salas | 7 |
76 |
73 |
74 |
223 |
T59 |
Sakura Yokomine | 7 |
75 |
72 |
76 |
223 |
64 |
Celine Boutier | 8 |
80 |
74 |
70 |
224 |
T65 |
Jaye Marie Green | 11 |
72 |
80 |
75 |
227 |
T65 |
Paula Creamer | 11 |
77 |
73 |
77 |
227 |
67 |
Cheyenne Knight | 12 |
75 |
79 |
74 |
228 |
68 |
Xiang Sui | 13 |
75 |
79 |
75 |
229 |
69 |
Jienalin Zhang | 14 |
79 |
72 |
79 |
230 |
T70 |
Anna Nordqvist | 15 |
79 |
77 |
75 |
231 |
T70 |
Charley Hull | 15 |
79 |
77 |
75 |
231 |
T70 |
Pornanong Phatlum | 15 |
76 |
78 |
77 |
231 |
T73 |
Yuting Shi | 16 |
79 |
75 |
78 |
232 |
T73 |
Yunjie Zhang | 16 |
78 |
74 |
80 |
232 |
T73 |
Yifan Ji | 16 |
75 |
74 |
83 |
232 |
76 |
Yezhou Lin | 17 |
77 |
81 |
75 |
233 |
77 |
Ying Luo | 18 |
78 |
77 |
79 |
234 |
78 |
Taoli Yang | 19 |
75 |
83 |
77 |
235 |
79 |
Jiaze Sun (a) | 20 |
80 |
77 |
79 |
236 |
80 |
Huize Lian | 24 |
78 |
83 |
79 |
240 |
WD |
Bronte Law | 69 |