Meijer LPGA Classic R3

Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R3

June 16-19
Blythefield Country Club, Belmont, Michigan
$2,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes

Defending champion Nelly Korda took the lead on Saturday at the Meijer LPGA Classic after firing a 6-under 66 to reach 18-under.

Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R3

“I had a left-to-righter on 17 that I under-read, and I knew that my putt on 18, when I got up to it, that it was going to be a left-to-righter and I just gave it a little bit more than I thought. I trusted in my line and it just barely dropped in, but it was a perfect putt and it was great to hear the crowd go wild, too. That was really cool.”

This is Korda’s 14th time holding the lead or co-lead through 54 holes. She went on to win seven of those times, most recently at the 2021 Pelican Women’s Championship.

Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R3

Korda is playing in her second competitive start since being diagnosed with a blood clot in her left arm in March and she is grateful for the opportunity to compete. She hit 9 of 13 fairways and 15 of 18 greens in round three.

“So far, I’ve played pretty well and hopefully I can continue. There are still 18 more holes, still a lot more golf to be played. I’m just happy to be out there playing again. This tournament actually always attracts a lot of the top girls on any type of ranking, so it’s cool. Obviously, anything can happen and there are a lot of girls that are close to me and Jennifer [Kupcho], so hopefully, I can put together a good round tomorrow and see how it goes.”

Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R3

Overnight leader and fellow American Jennifer Kupcho lies one shot back at 17-under after a third-round 69. She hit just six fairways on Saturday but met her goal of shooting 3-under.

“I think I kind of just controlled what I could control. Obviously, I do want to win but I didn’t have it today, so was just trying to keep myself in it. There was a lot of golf left starting today, so I kind of just tried to remind myself of that and that there is more golf tomorrow,” said Kupcho. “(Nelly is) a really good player. The whole top of the leaderboard are all good players. Anything can happen. Anything can happen on the back nine.”

Canadian Brooke Henderson lies in third at 15-under followed by American Lexi Thompson at 14-under.

New Zealand’s Lydia Ko (65) and Australian Minjee Lee (66) are in a tie for fifth at 13-under.

Meijer LPGA Classic 2022 R3

Pos.	Player	To Par	Scores	Total
1	Nelly Korda	-18	67-65-66	198
2	Jennifer Kupcho	-17	63-67-69	199
3	Brooke M. Henderson	-15	68-66-67	201
4	Lexi Thompson	-14	65-69-68	202
T5	Lydia Ko	-13	70-68-65	203
T5	Minjee Lee	-13	68-69-66	203
T7	Atthaya Thitikul	-12	68-69-67	204
T7	Madelene Sagstrom	-12	65-69-70	204
T9	Leona Maguire	-11	69-68-68	205
T9	Jessica Korda	-11	68-68-69	205
T9	Caroline Masson	-11	67-68-70	205
T9	Anna Nordqvist	-11	65-70-70	205
T9	Carlota Ciganda	-11	68-65-72	205
T14	Haru Nomura	-10	71-70-65	206
T14	Cristie Kerr	-10	69-72-65	206
T14	Hannah Green	-10	70-68-68	206
T14	Xiyu Janet Lin	-10	70-67-69	206
T18	Chella Choi	-9	68-74-65	207
T18	Su Oh	-9	73-67-67	207
T18	Peiyun Chien	-9	72-68-67	207
T18	Wei-Ling Hsu	-9	70-69-68	207
T18	Brittany Lincicome	-9	69-69-69	207
T23	Na Yeon Choi	-8	69-71-68	208
T23	Gina Kim	-8	71-68-69	208
T23	Sarah Schmelzel	-8	71-68-69	208
T23	Amy Olson	-8	69-70-69	208
T23	Gerina Mendoza	-8	64-72-72	208
T28	Hye-Jin Choi	-7	70-72-67	209
T28	Alison Lee	-7	70-71-68	209
T28	Dana Finkelstein	-7	71-69-69	209
T28	Celine Boutier	-7	70-69-70	209
T28	Allisen Corpuz	-7	69-70-70	209
T28	Paula Reto	-7	71-65-73	209
T34	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	-6	70-72-68	210
T34	Yealimi Noh	-6	70-70-70	210
T34	Na Rin An	-6	67-73-70	210
T34	Wichanee Meechai	-6	68-71-71	210
T34	Lilia Vu	-6	68-71-71	210
T34	So Yeon Ryu	-6	68-71-71	210
T34	Megan Khang	-6	67-72-71	210
T41	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	-5	73-69-69	211
T41	Eun-Hee Ji	-5	73-69-69	211
T41	Hyo Joo Kim	-5	72-70-69	211
T41	Alena Sharp	-5	72-70-69	211
T41	Yu Liu	-5	71-70-70	211
T41	Frida Kinhult	-5	71-70-70	211
T41	Kaitlyn Papp	-5	69-71-71	211
T41	Isi Gabsa	-5	68-72-71	211
T41	Brittany Altomare	-5	72-67-72	211
T41	Mirim Lee	-5	69-70-72	211
T41	Lindsey Weaver-Wright	-5	69-70-72	211
T41	Ryann O’Toole	-5	67-72-72	211
T41	Bianca Pagdanganan	-5	67-72-72	211
T41	Nasa Hataoka	-5	71-67-73	211
T41	Robynn Ree	-5	71-67-73	211
T41	Ruixin Liu	-5	67-71-73	211
T41	Stacy Lewis	-5	67-71-73	211
T58	Pornanong Phatlum	-4	71-71-70	212
T58	Albane Valenzuela	-4	70-72-70	212
T58	Angel Yin	-4	74-67-71	212
T58	Jaye Marie Green	-4	71-70-71	212
T58	A Lim Kim	-4	70-70-72	212
T58	In Gee Chun	-4	68-72-72	212
T58	Tiffany Chan	-4	70-69-73	212
T58	Katherine Kirk	-4	68-71-73	212
T58	Andrea Lee	-4	66-71-75	212
T67	Gemma Dryburgh	-3	73-68-72	213
T67	Pajaree Anannarukarn	-3	69-72-72	213
T67	Jasmine Suwannapura	-3	68-73-72	213
T70	Ayaka Furue	-2	72-70-72	214
T70	Brittany Lang	-2	69-72-73	214
T70	Cydney Clanton	-2	69-71-74	214
T70	Jeongeun Lee5	-2	70-69-75	214
T74	Allison Emrey	-1	70-72-73	215
T74	Pernilla Lindberg	-1	69-73-73	215
76	Morgane Metraux	Par	68-72-76	216
77	Charlotte Thomas	+1	70-70-77	217
78	Sophia Schubert	+3	71-70-78	219
	Dottie Ardina	CUT	74-69	143
	Patty Tavatanakit	CUT	73-70	143
	Jennifer Song	CUT	72-71	143
	Ally Ewing	CUT	71-72	143
	Sei Young Kim	CUT	71-72	143
	Stephanie Kyriacou	CUT	71-72	143
	Sarah Jane Smith	CUT	71-72	143
	Amy Yang	CUT	71-72	143
	Lauren Coughlin	CUT	70-73	143
	Mi Hyang Lee	CUT	70-73	143
	Elizabeth Szokol	CUT	70-73	143
	Linnea Johansson	CUT	68-75	143
	Aditi Ashok	CUT	75-69	144
	Alana Uriell	CUT	75-69	144
	Maria Fassi	CUT	74-70	144
	Gaby Lopez	CUT	74-70	144
	Katherine Perry-Hamski	CUT	73-71	144
	Lizette Salas	CUT	73-71	144
	Emma Talley	CUT	73-71	144
	Cheyenne Knight	CUT	72-72	144
	Yuka Saso	CUT	72-72	144
	Stephanie Meadow	CUT	70-74	144
	Natasha Andrea Oon	CUT	76-69	145
	Amanda Doherty	CUT	75-70	145
	Lauren Stephenson	CUT	74-71	145
	Jenny Coleman	CUT	73-72	145
	Haeji Kang	CUT	73-72	145
	Haylee Rae Harford	CUT	72-73	145
	Sarah Kemp	CUT	72-73	145
	Brooke Matthews	CUT	72-73	145
	Emily Kristine Pedersen	CUT	72-73	145
	Ashleigh Buhai	CUT	71-74	145
	Fatima Fernandez Cano	CUT	70-75	145
	Jenny Shin	CUT	70-75	145
	Sanna Nuutinen	CUT	80-66	146
	Yaeeun Hong	CUT	77-69	146
	Sung Hyun Park	CUT	75-71	146
	Min Lee	CUT	74-72	146
	Dewi Weber	CUT	74-72	146
	Muni He	CUT	73-73	146
	Inbee Park	CUT	73-73	146
	Kelly Tan	CUT	73-73	146
	Moriya Jutanugarn	CUT	71-75	146
	Ana Belac	CUT	75-72	147
	Jennifer Chang	CUT	75-72	147
	Brianna Do	CUT	75-72	147
	Perrine Delacour	CUT	73-74	147
	Liz Nagel	CUT	72-75	147
	Esther Henseleit	CUT	71-76	147
	Valery Plata (a)	CUT	69-78	147
	Mel Reid	CUT	76-72	148
	Hinako Shibuno	CUT	75-73	148
	Sophia Popov	CUT	73-75	148
	Sadena Parks	CUT	72-76	148
	Caroline Inglis	CUT	71-77	148
	Janie Jackson	CUT	71-77	148
	Giulia Molinaro	CUT	71-77	148
	Casey Danielson	CUT	77-72	149
	Annie Park	CUT	77-72	149
	Mariajo Uribe	CUT	75-74	149
	Ruoning Yin	CUT	75-74	149
	Rachel Rohanna	CUT	74-75	149
	Angela Stanford	CUT	75-75	150
	Marissa Steen	CUT	69-81	150
	Agathe Laisne	CUT	74-77	151
	Christina Kim	CUT	76-78	154