Gainbridge LPGA R3

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R3
January 27-30
Boca Rio Golf Club, Boca Raton, Florida
$2,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Lydia Ko made the best of the wind and cold to shoot even par 72 and retake the solo lead by two shots at 11-under overall in the Gainbridge LPGA. Ko has now held or shared the lead after three rounds sixteen times in her LPGA Tour career, most recently at last year’s LOTTE Championship which she ultimately won.

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R3

“Going into today, I knew that it was going to be pretty difficult. Playing in the wind, any sort of temperature, makes it a lot tougher, and I knew that today was going to be a little bit more of a grind. You have to be more focused and move on when you do make mistakes.

“Finishing with pars the last couple holes, I got away with it there. To finish even par after a tough day, I think it was a solid day in the office.”

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R3

Afer winning in Hawaii last year, she will aim to win in consecutive seasons on Sunday for the first time since the 2015 and 2016 LPGA campaigns. Ko earned eleven top-10 finishes in twenty starts in 2021

“It’s great to be back in contention. I played really solid and consistent, especially in the back half of my season last year,” said Ko. “When you keep putting yourself there, you feel like at one point it’s going to fall. I’m playing alongside the best female golfers and some of the best athletes in the world, so it’s not easy.”

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R3

Last week’s Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions winner Danielle Kang carded a 2-over 74 and moved down into second place.

“Today was rough. I checked out a little bit for the back nine,” said Kang. “I did everything I can to stay in contention and give myself a chance tomorrow. It was tough out there. I missed a lot of putts. There was a lot of gusting [wind over] shots and I never missed so many putts by so far [a margin] in a while.”

Celine Boutier fired a 69 to move into third place at 8-under. Hers was one of two bogey-free rounds on Saturday, the other coming from Anna Nordqvist (71).

“I didn’t even realize I had gone bogey-free. I was honestly just focusing on one hole at a time, doing my best each hole. Moving up the leaderboard as much as I could was my goal for today.

Gainbridge LPGA 2022 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Lydia Ko	-11	63-70-72	205
2	Danielle Kang	-9	65-68-74	207
3	Celine Boutier	-8	72-67-69	208
T4	Charley Hull	-7	67-71-71	209
T4	Yuka Saso	-7	67-70-72	209
6	Nasa Hataoka	-5	67-71-73	211
T7	Ayaka Furue	-4	69-72-71	212
T7	Stacy Lewis	-4	68-72-72	212
T7	Hye-Jin Choi	-4	67-72-73	212
T10	Ally Ewing	-3	68-73-72	213
T10	Lexi Thompson	-3	70-70-73	213
T10	In Gee Chun	-3	68-72-73	213
T10	Patty Tavatanakit	-3	71-68-74	213
T10	Brooke M. Henderson	-3	68-71-74	213
T10	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	-3	67-72-74	213
T10	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-3	68-69-76	213
T17	Leona Maguire	-2	73-70-71	214
T17	Sophia Schubert	-2	70-72-72	214
T17	Morgane Metraux	-2	72-66-76	214
T17	Aditi Ashok	-2	66-72-76	214
T21	Amy Yang	-1	68-74-73	215
T21	Jessica Korda	-1	72-68-75	215
T23	Anna Nordqvist	Par	71-74-71	216
T23	Rachel Rohanna	Par	70-74-72	216
T23	Megan Khang	Par	70-74-72	216
T23	Atthaya Thitikul	Par	72-71-73	216
T23	Na Rin An	Par	71-70-75	216
T23	Perrine Delacour	Par	69-72-75	216
T23	Georgia Hall	Par	70-70-76	216
T23	Carlota Ciganda	Par	68-72-76	216
T23	Nelly Korda	Par	68-72-76	216
T23	Marina Alex	Par	68-71-77	216
T23	Bronte Law	Par	68-70-78	216
T34	Sarah Schmelzel	+1	71-73-73	217
T34	Pauline Roussin-Bouchard	+1	73-70-74	217
T34	Pornanong Phatlum	+1	72-71-74	217
T34	Yaeeun Hong	+1	70-73-74	217
T34	Jeongeun Lee6	+1	67-73-77	217
T34	Su Oh	+1	69-70-78	217
T40	Kelly Tan	+2	75-69-74	218
T40	Karrie Webb	+2	71-72-75	218
T40	Ryann O’Toole	+2	70-70-78	218
T43	Lindsey Weaver-Wright	+3	74-71-74	219
T43	Jenny Shin	+3	72-73-74	219
T43	Christina Kim	+3	70-75-74	219
T43	Jeongeun Lee	+3	70-75-74	219
T43	Xiyu Janet Lin	+3	72-72-75	219
T43	Wichanee Meechai	+3	72-72-75	219
T43	Hee Young Park	+3	72-72-75	219
T43	Jasmine Suwannapura	+3	71-73-75	219
T43	Gerina Michelle Mendoza	+3	67-77-75	219
T43	Mel Reid	+3	71-72-76	219
T43	Dana Finkelstein	+3	68-75-76	219
T43	Pajaree Anannarukarn	+3	70-72-77	219
T43	A Lim Kim	+3	70-71-78	219
T43	Gaby Lopez	+3	68-73-78	219
T57	Laura Restrepo	+4	71-74-75	220
T57	Emma Talley	+4	76-68-76	220
T57	Albane Valenzuela	+4	71-73-76	220
T57	Linnea Johansson	+4	72-71-77	220
T57	Lilia Vu	+4	70-73-77	220
T57	Madelene Sagstrom	+4	70-72-78	220
T57	Amanda Doherty	+4	68-74-78	220
T64	Cydney Clanton	+5	74-71-76	221
T64	Brittany Lang	+5	72-73-76	221
T64	Stephanie Meadow	+5	75-69-77	221
T67	Amy Olson	+6	69-75-78	222
T67	Jennifer Kupcho	+6	68-75-79	222
T69	Brittany Lincicome	+7	72-73-78	223
T69	Jaye Marie Green	+7	70-75-78	223
T69	Muni He	+7	70-74-79	223
T69	Lauren Stephenson	+7	70-74-79	223
73	Dewi Weber	+8	71-71-82	224
74	Allison Emrey	+10	72-73-81	226
	Fatima Fernandez Cano	CUT	74-72	146
	Esther Henseleit	CUT	74-72	146
	Janie Jackson	CUT	74-72	146
	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	CUT	74-72	146
	Brittany Altomare	CUT	73-73	146
	Moriya Jutanugarn	CUT	73-73	146
	Matilda Castren	CUT	72-74	146
	Elizabeth Szokol	CUT	72-74	146
	Inbee Park	CUT	71-75	146
	Sophia Corinne Popov	CUT	69-77	146
	Luna Sobron Galmes	CUT	77-70	147
	Ana Belac	CUT	76-71	147
	Ariya Jutanugarn	CUT	75-72	147
	Mirim Lee	CUT	74-73	147
	Ruixin Liu	CUT	74-73	147
	Casey Danielson	CUT	72-75	147
	Caroline Masson	CUT	72-75	147
	Angela Stanford	CUT	71-76	147
	Cheyenne Knight	CUT	70-77	147
	Mina Harigae	CUT	78-70	148
	Ashleigh Buhai	CUT	74-74	148
	Paula Reto	CUT	74-74	148
	Bianca Pagdanganan	CUT	72-76	148
	Peiyun Chien	CUT	71-77	148
	Katherine Perry-Hamski	CUT	71-77	148
	Alison Lee	CUT	76-73	149
	Maria Fassi	CUT	75-74	149
	Cristie Kerr	CUT	74-75	149
	Marissa Steen	CUT	74-75	149
	Yu Liu	CUT	73-76	149
	Lauren Coughlin	CUT	71-78	149
	Yealimi Noh	CUT	78-72	150
	Austin Ernst	CUT	75-75	150
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	73-77	150
	Annie Park	CUT	76-75	151
	Jennifer Song	CUT	74-77	151
	Katherine Kirk	CUT	76-76	152
	Jenny Coleman	CUT	74-78	152
	Pernilla Lindberg	CUT	74-78	152
	Beatriz Recari	CUT	78-76	154
	Taylor Collins	CUT	77-77	154
	Haeji Kang	CUT	74-80	154
	Angel Yin	CUT	78-79	157
	Nishtha Madan	CUT	77-80	157
	Na Yeon Choi	CUT	79-79	158
	Laura Davies	WD	71