Honda LPGA Thailand - R3

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Amy Yang & Minjee Lee tied for lead in Thailand
Posted on
February 23, 2019
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February 21-24
Siam Country Club, Pattaya Old Course, Chonburi, Thailand
$1,600,000

Round 1, Round 2, Round 4


Amy Yang, the two-time champion of the Honda LPGA Thailand shot a second consecutive round of 6-under 66 in Round 3 to take a share of the lead. Yang can't seem to explain why Thailand has been the site of two of her three LPGA Tour wins.


โ€œI really don't know. Only thing I know is I'm enjoying this tournament and I enjoy this golf course so much. That's it,โ€ said Yang, who hit 10 of 14 fairways and 15 of 18 greens in regulation on Saturday. โ€œI played so solid today. Hit a lot of solid shots and made some good putts out there. I feel good. I played good today.โ€

Minjee Lee shares the lead with Yang after a third round 67.

โ€œI feel pretty solid. I've been holing a couple more putts this week than the other two weeks that I played, so that's a good sign. I have been hitting it pretty solid, so that's pretty nice, too,โ€ said Lee.

Jenny Shin made two bogeys through her first five holes, struggling to make putts on her round Saturday. The second-round leader finally managed to make birdie on the par-5 7th, but couldn't get back to even par until she reached No. 17. 

โ€œI was okay after those two birdies. It was a grind on the front nine but I was optimistic until the end and was rewarded with an eagle,โ€ said Shin who has Travis Wilson, Stacy Lewis' caddie, on her bag this week. โ€œI had lots of fun with my caddie today. More than the last two rounds. It would've been tough without much laughter to get through.โ€

Things turned around just in the nick of time on No. 18 when she holed out for eagle from 60 yards using a 58-degree sand wedge.

โ€œI got goosebumps all over when I heard the crowd!! It was a phenomenal feeling! It almost washed away all my frustration from my lip outs today,โ€ exclaimed Shin, currently solo third at -13. 

Last week's winner of the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open, Nelly Korda shot up nine spots on the leaderboard to a tie for fourth after shooting one of the day's low round score of 6-under 66 for an overall score of -12.

โ€œI'm just hitting it really solid and just have a bit more confidence obviously coming off of last week,โ€ said Korda who, with a win, would be the first player to win back-to-back tournaments since Shanshan Feng won the 2017 TOTO Japan Classic and Blue Bay LPGA. โ€œObviously [Jessica] is really upset she can't be here. No, I know she's been watching on TV and she's a little jealous that I'm out here and she's home on the other side of the earth. But, yeah, going to take it day by day.โ€


Brooke Henderson , along with fellow competitors in the field, have taken full advantage of the convenient and inexpensive Thai foot massages this week. Henderson, currently tied in seventh with four other players ( Yu Liu , Carlota Ciganda , Danielle Kang and Lizette Salas ), finished her round and revealed her plans to unwind and kick her feet up.

โ€œFoot massage. Pretty excited about that,โ€ Henderson said after she carded another 6-under 66 round. โ€œDinner, rest, and get ready for tomorrow.โ€

Henderson's best Honda LPGA Thailand finish is T7 in 2018 where she finished 16-under par.


Pos.
Player
To Par
R1
R2
R3
Total
T1
Amy Yang
-15
69
66
66
201
T1
Minjee Lee
-15
65
69
67
201
3
Jenny Shin
-13
65
68
70
203
T4
Nelly Korda
-12
69
69
66
204
T4
Austin Ernst
-12
69
66
69
204
T4
Eun-Hee Ji
-12
63
71
70
204
T7
Brooke M. Henderson
-11
66
73
66
205
T7
Yu Liu
-11
68
70
67
205
T7
Danielle Kang
-11
65
71
69
205
T8
Carlota Ciganda
-11
70
67
68
205
T7
Lizette Salas
-11
66
68
71
205
12
Amy Olson
-9
68
67
72
207
T13
Cristie Kerr
-8
75
67
66
208
T13
Shanshan Feng
-8
71
71
66
208
T13
Michelle Wie
-8
68
72
68
208
T13
Ariya Jutanugarn
-8
68
72
68
208
T13
Moriya Jutanugarn
-8
69
68
71
208
T13
Katherine Kirk
-8
66
71
71
208
T19
Sei Young Kim
-7
71
71
67
209
T19
Megan Khang
-7
70
69
70
209
21
Angel Yin
-6
70
72
68
210
T22
Jodi Ewart Shadoff
-5
70
72
69
211
T22
Lindy Duncan
-5
69
73
69
211
T22
Jennifer Song
-5
66
75
70
211
T22
Lydia Ko
-5
73
67
71
211
T26
Muni He
-4
71
70
71
212
T26
Mo Martin
-4
67
74
71
212
T26
Hyo Joo Kim
-4
70
70
72
212
T26
Bronte Law
-4
68
72
72
212
T26
Ayako Uehara
-4
68
71
73
212
T26
Ryann O'Toole
-4
69
68
75
212
T32
Marina Alex
-3
69
76
68
213
T32
Mi Hyang Lee
-3
71
73
69
213
T32
Brittany Altomare
-3
69
75
69
213
T31
Sung Hyun Park
-3
69
72
72
213
T31
Jacqui Concolino
-3
69
71
73
213
T31
Charley Hull
-3
69
71
73
213
T32
Georgia Hall
-3
72
66
75
213
T39
Jeong Eun Lee
-2
73
73
68
214
T39
So Yeon Ryu
-2
74
71
69
214
T39
Lexi Thompson
-2
74
71
69
214
T39
Thidapa Suwannapura
-2
72
73
69
214
T39
Pernilla Lindberg
-2
73
71
70
214
T39
Pornanong Phatlum
-2
71
73
70
214
T39
Pannarat Thanapolboonyaras
-2
72
71
71
214
T39
Gaby Lopez
-2
71
72
71
214
T39
Sandra Gal
-2
69
73
72
214
T48
Emma Talley
-1
74
75
66
215
T48
Anna Nordqvist
-1
73
73
69
215
T48
Jin Young Ko
-1
72
73
70
215
T48
Atthaya Thitikul (a)
-1
70
75
70
215
T48
Celine Boutier
-1
72
71
72
215
T48
In Gee Chun
-1
69
73
73
215
T48
Ally McDonald
-1
69
72
74
215
T55
Azahara Munoz
E
73
71
72
216
T55
Chella Choi
E
71
72
73
216
T57
Pajaree Anannarukarn
1
77
72
68
217
T57
Wei-Ling Hsu
1
76
72
69
217
59
Sarah Jane Smith
2
74
74
70
218
60
Nasa Hataoka
3
73
74
72
219
T61
Beatriz Recari
4
74
73
73
220
T61
Annie Park
4
74
72
74
220
T63
Su Oh
5
73
75
73
221
T63
Suzuka Yamaguchi
5
73
75
73
221
T65
Benyapa Niphatsophon
6
75
75
72
222
T65
Caroline Masson
6
71
76
75
222
67
Paula Creamer
7
72
75
76
223
68
Hina Arakaki
8
71
77
76
224
69
Angela Stanford
11
72
75
80
227
70
Ribka Vania (a)
13
74
81
74
229
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