CME Group Tour Championship R3

LPGA Tour Championship 2021 R3
November 18-21
Tiburón Golf Club, Naples, Florida
$5,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Rolex Rankings No. 1 Nelly Korda took a share of the lead of the CME Group Tour Championship at 14-under on Saturday. She produced five birdies, two bogeys and an eagle at the par-5 17th for a 67.

LPGA Tour Championship 2021 R3

“I struck my driver really well and then I just had like 145 over the bunker and I hit like a little controlled 9-iron,” said the American of her eagle. “It was so downwind and I hit it perfectly.”

LPGA Tour Championship 2021 R3

Overnight leader Céline Boutier, retains a share of the lead with two birdies and two eagles for a 72. A win on Sunday would make her the most successful Franchwoman in LPGA Tour history.

“Even though I’ve been in this position before I’ve only won twice on Tour, and there are so many good players in the stretch. So I just feel like I just, again, have to keep focusing on my game and try to get as confident as I can in my putting tomorrow and see what happens.”

LPGA Tour Championship 2021 R3

Rolex Rankings No.2 and defending champion Jin Young Ko of South Korean fired a 66 to reach 14-under, starting her round with a run of seven birdies and a bogey from the 2nd hole before parring the rest of her round.

LPGA Tour Championship 2021 R3

Japan’s Nasa Hataoka completes the leading group having played a bogey-free 64 including four consecutive birdies to close her round.

“I was feeling I can make every putt on front nine. I had great round, but I had a lot of good shot, good putt on front nine, but I had a lot of miss shot for back nine,” said Ko. “But it’s pretty good, and I shooting better than yesterday, so it was fine.”

Mexico’s Gaby Lopez (69) lies one shot back tied in second place alongside American Mina Harigae (69).

LPGA Tour Championship 2021 R3

Lopez was tied for the lead through the 15th but double bogeyed the par-3 16th before closing with an eagle at the par-5 17th and a bogey at the 18th.

“I had just terrible swing on 16 and that got me in trouble. I took a double bogey out of there, and I was still calm after that. I know I was hitting the right shots and I was playing the way I wanted. I came to 17 and I hit a beautiful drive, beautiful 5-iron, and it happened to go in,” said Lopez. “You know, I tried to stay calm all day long. I tried to stay calm throughout the tournament. Sometimes when I bring this emotion I just can’t stop it.”

“I feel that I dragged it into 18. It was hard to keep it together. But at the same time, it’s something that I love from my game, something I embrace so much. I’m sure that I’m going to learn from it. I know I’m going to have the discipline next time to calm down. But it’s exciting. I love this position. I love to see myself grow.”

Ireland’s Leona Maguire shot a bogey-free 66 for a share of seventh place at 12-under alongside Dane Nanna Koerstz Madsen (67) and American Lexi Thompson (68).

LPGA Tour Championship 2021 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
T1	Nasa Hataoka	-14	69-69-64	202
T1	Jin Young Ko	-14	69-67-66	202
T1	Nelly Korda	-14	66-69-67	202
T1	Celine Boutier	-14	65-65-72	202
T5	Gaby Lopez	-13	66-68-69	203
T5	Mina Harigae	-13	65-69-69	203
T7	Leona Maguire	-12	67-71-66	204
T7	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	-12	68-69-67	204
T7	Lexi Thompson	-12	67-69-68	204
T10	Megan Khang	-11	67-69-69	205
T10	Jeongeun Lee6	-11	64-71-70	205
T10	Minjee Lee	-11	66-68-71	205
13	Georgia Hall	-10	67-68-71	206
T14	Xiyu Lin	-9	69-69-69	207
T14	Danielle Kang	-9	71-66-70	207
T14	Anna Nordqvist	-9	68-69-70	207
T14	Eun-Hee Ji	-9	67-68-72	207
T18	Madelene Sagstrom	-8	69-70-69	208
T18	A Lim Kim	-8	71-67-70	208
T18	In Gee Chun	-8	69-69-70	208
T18	Brittany Altomare	-8	69-69-70	208
T18	Su Oh	-8	68-70-70	208
T18	Sei Young Kim	-8	65-73-70	208
T18	Wichanee Meechai	-8	70-67-71	208
T18	Ally Ewing	-8	68-68-72	208
T26	Carlota Ciganda	-7	70-72-67	209
T26	Hannah Green	-7	66-73-70	209
T26	So Yeon Ryu	-7	66-72-71	209
T26	Jasmine Suwannapura	-7	66-72-71	209
T26	Lydia Ko	-7	69-68-72	209
T31	Lauren Stephenson	-6	69-71-70	210
T31	Ryann O’Toole	-6	72-67-71	210
T31	Lizette Salas	-6	70-69-71	210
T34	Charley Hull	-5	69-75-67	211
T34	Ariya Jutanugarn	-5	71-71-69	211
T34	Brooke M. Henderson	-5	71-70-70	211
T34	Patty Tavatanakit	-5	68-73-70	211
T34	Yu Liu	-5	71-69-71	211
T34	Wei-Ling Hsu	-5	66-73-72	211
T40	Amy Olson	-4	74-70-68	212
T40	Jenny Shin	-4	72-72-68	212
T40	Jennifer Kupcho	-4	65-78-69	212
T40	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-4	73-69-70	212
T40	Yealimi Noh	-4	72-70-70	212
T40	Moriya Jutanugarn	-4	70-71-71	212
T40	Yuka Saso	-4	66-73-73	212
T40	Jessica Korda	-4	68-69-75	212
T48	Caroline Masson	-3	71-70-72	213
T48	Chella Choi	-3	69-72-72	213
50	Esther Henseleit	-1	70-70-75	215
T51	Emma Talley	Par	70-74-72	216
T51	Amy Yang	Par	72-68-76	216
53	Matilda Castren	+1	70-77-70	217
T54	Austin Ernst	+2	72-75-71	218
T54	Hyo Joo Kim	+2	69-72-77	218
56	Elizabeth Szokol	+3	71-73-75	219
T57	Sophia Popov	+4	77-75-68	220
T57	Stacy Lewis	+4	69-74-77	220
59	Jenny Coleman	+6	73-75-74	222
	Angel Yin	W/D	79