U.S. Women’s Open R3

December 10-13
Cypress Creek & Jackrabbit courses
Champions Golf Club, Houston, Texas
$5,500,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Overnight leader Hinako Shibuno started her round with a four shot lead but four bogeys on the Cypress Park Course led to her first over-par round of 74 at the U.S. Women’s Open.

Shibuno felt the pressure of playing in the final group and missed the encouragement of the crowd she received when she won the Women’s British Open in 2019.

“Last year when I won the major, there was a large number of people out in front of me and because of the audience, that gave me power and also it’s easy for me to get on a momentum as well,” said Shibuno. However, now there’s no people, no audience and it’s very difficult for me to get on a momentum, because when I get a run of birdies, when I get the birdie, it’s silence.”

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She held on to a one shot lead over first round leader Amy Olson who shot even-par 71.

“I’m really pleased with how I played today. It was such a grind,” said Olson. “Pars were a great score on every single hole today. Fortunately made a couple good birdies, especially the one on 17 coming in. Some really solid par putts and that’s really what it comes down to, making those putts whether they’re for birdie or par.”

Moriya Jutanugarn was 2-under through thirteen holes and within two strokes of the lead but dropped a shot at the 14th and double-bogeyed the 17th to card a 1-over 72 and tie for third with Ji Yeong2 Kim.

Teenager Yealimi Noh, who shared the 54-hole lead at the Volunteers of America Classic before finishing tied for second last week, is tied for fifth, four shots off the lead.

Should she win on Sunday she would become the youngest U.S. Women’s Open winner in championship history at 19 years, 4 months and 17 days, a record set by Inbee Park (19 years, 11 months, 17 days) when she won in 2008.

“I didn’t know that. Just hoping to play my best tomorrow and not have any regrets,” said Noh. “I was really excited for this event because it’s my first [U.S. Women’s Open]. Last week definitely gave me a lot of confidence going into this week.”

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The heavy overnight rain made the course tougher on Saturday and the scoring average jumped to 74.697, more than a stroke higher than Friday. Only Ji Yeong Kim2 (-4) and Hae Ran Ryu (-1) carded sub-par rounds on Saturday.

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Hinako Shibuno	-4	68	67	74	209
2	Amy Olson	-3	67	72	71	210
T3	Moriya Jutanugarn	-1	68	72	72	212
T3	Ji Yeong2 Kim	-1	75	70	67	212
T5	Megan Khang	E	70	69	74	213
T5	Lydia Ko	E	71	70	72	213
T5	Yealimi Noh	E	72	69	72	213
T5	Kaitlyn Papp (a)	E	71	68	74	213
T9	Ariya Jutanugarn	1	70	70	74	214
T9	Cristie Kerr	1	71	69	74	214
T9	Sei Young Kim	1	72	69	73	214
T9	Jin Young Ko	1	73	70	71	214
T9	A Lim Kim	1	68	74	72	214
T9	Hae Ran Ryu	1	72	72	70	214
T15	Jeongeun Lee6	2	73	69	73	215
T15	Ingrid Lindblad (a)	2	72	69	74	215
T15	Maja Stark (a)	2	70	72	73	215
T15	Lindsey Weaver	2	70	70	75	215
T19	Perrine Delacour	3	72	71	73	216
T19	Linn Grant (a)	3	69	69	78	216
T19	Cheyenne Knight	3	75	69	72	216
T19	Bronte Law	3	73	72	71	216
T19	Lizette Salas	3	72	69	75	216
T19	Sarah Schmelzel	3	71	69	76	216
T25	Jennifer Kupcho	4	70	72	75	217
T25	Stacy Lewis	4	72	68	77	217
T25	Eri Okayama	4	76	69	72	217
T25	Pauline Roussin-Bouchard (a)	4	70	72	75	217
T25	Madelene Sagstrom	4	74	71	72	217
T25	Yuka Saso	4	69	71	77	217
T25	Linnea Strom	4	69	75	73	217
T25	Sayaka Takahashi	4	73	72	72	217
T33	Hannah Green	5	72	73	73	218
T33	Minyoung2 Lee	5	74	68	76	218
T33	Brittany Lincicome	5	70	75	73	218
T33	Inbee Park	5	71	72	75	218
T33	So Yeon Ryu	5	72	73	73	218
T33	Lauren Stephenson	5	72	72	74	218
T39	Ashleigh Buhai	6	71	69	79	219
T39	Hye Jin Choi	6	70	73	76	219
T39	Nasa Hataoka	6	71	73	75	219
T39	Yui Kawamoto	6	73	72	74	219
T39	Jessica Korda	6	72	73	74	219
T39	Pernilla Lindberg	6	74	70	75	219
T39	Gaby Lopez	6	74	71	74	219
T39	Azahara Munoz	6	71	70	78	219
T39	Anna Nordqvist	6	73	71	75	219
T39	Gabriela Ruffels (a)	6	71	72	76	219
T39	Jenny Shin	6	72	70	77	219
T39	Seon Woo Bae	6	75	68	76	219
T51	Chella Choi	7	73	72	75	220
T51	Mamiko Higa	7	73	72	75	220
T51	Charley Hull	7	69	73	78	220
T51	Mone Inami	7	73	71	76	220
T51	Minjee Lee	7	74	71	75	220
T51	Sophia Popov	7	69	76	75	220
T57	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	8	70	72	79	221
T57	Ally Ewing	8	73	72	76	221
T57	Mina Harigae	8	70	74	77	221
T57	Jennifer Song	8	77	68	76	221
T61	Brooke M. Henderson	9	72	73	77	222
T61	Danielle Kang	9	72	71	79	222
T63	Su Oh	10	75	70	78	223
T63	Na Rin An	10	72	72	79	223
T65	Mi Hyang Lee	11	72	73	79	224
T65	Kana Mikashima	11	75	69	80	224
CUT	Celine Boutier	4	73	73		146
CUT	In Gee Chun	4	76	70		146
CUT	Carlota Ciganda	4	71	75		146
CUT	Austin Ernst	4	75	71		146
CUT	Amelia Garvey (a)	4	70	76		146
CUT	Mi Jeong Jeon	4	72	74		146
CUT	Eun-Hee Ji	4	74	72		146
CUT	Nelly Korda	4	73	73		146
CUT	Brittany Lang	4	73	73		146
CUT	Alena Sharp	4	75	71		146
CUT	Sarah Jane Smith	4	76	70		146
CUT	Maria Torres	4	75	71		146
CUT	Rose Zhang (a)	4	73	73		146
CUT	Anne van Dam	4	73	73		146
CUT	Brittany Altomare	5	71	76		147
CUT	Cydney Clanton	5	74	73		147
CUT	Minami Katsu	5	74	73		147
CUT	Nanna Koerstz Madsen	5	75	72		147
CUT	Agathe Laisne (a)	5	77	70		147
CUT	Teresa Lu	5	73	74		147
CUT	Ryann O’Toole	5	73	74		147
CUT	Bianca Pagdanganan	5	72	75		147
CUT	Emily Kristine Pedersen	5	75	72		147
CUT	Marianne Skarpnord	5	76	71		147
CUT	Patty Tavatanakit	5	69	78		147
CUT	Lexi Thompson	5	74	73		147
CUT	Momoko Ueda	5	74	73		147
CUT	Jing Yan	5	74	73		147
CUT	Pajaree Anannarukarn	6	76	72		148
CUT	Mirim Lee	6	74	74		148
CUT	Yuna Nishimura (a)	6	73	75		148
CUT	Sung Hyun Park	6	70	78		148
CUT	Gerina Piller	6	69	79		148
CUT	Ayaka Watanabe	6	77	71		148
CUT	Angel Yin	6	75	73		148
CUT	Saki Asai	7	76	73		149
CUT	Fatima Fernandez Cano	7	79	70		149
CUT	Georgia Hall	7	81	68		149
CUT	Auston Kim (a)	7	75	74		149
CUT	Katherine Kirk	7	75	74		149
CUT	Xiyu Lin	7	76	73		149
CUT	Caroline Masson	7	71	78		149
CUT	Olivia Mehaffey (a)	7	77	72		149
CUT	Pornanong Phatlum	7	76	73		149
CUT	Mel Reid	7	75	74		149
CUT	Jasmine Suwannapura	7	76	73		149
CUT	Lala Anai	8	78	72		150
CUT	Ayaka Furue	8	76	74		150
CUT	Esther Henseleit	8	76	74		150
CUT	Yu Jin Sung	8	76	74		150
CUT	Meghan Maclaren	8	77	73		150
CUT	Kelly Tan	8	75	75		150
CUT	Beatrice Wallin (a)	8	75	75		150
CUT	Caterina Don (a)	9	77	74		151
CUT	Caroline Hedwall	9	76	75		151
CUT	Nuria Iturrioz	9	71	80		151
CUT	Yu Liu	9	76	75		151
CUT	Lucie Malchirand	9	75	76		151
CUT	Emilia Migliaccio (a)	9	74	77		151
CUT	Benedetta Moresco	9	80	71		151
CUT	Annie Park	9	76	75		151
CUT	Morgan Pressel	9	73	78		151
CUT	Ana Belac	10	76	76		152
CUT	Nicole Broch Larsen	10	77	75		152
CUT	Sakura Koiwai	10	77	75		152
CUT	Emma Spitz (a)	10	75	77		152
CUT	Asuka Kashiwabara (a)	11	79	74		153
CUT	Hee Young Park	11	77	76		153
CUT	Ho-Yu An	12	78	76		154
CUT	Allisen Corpuz (a)	12	78	76		154
CUT	Jeong Eun Lee	12	79	75		154
CUT	Jaye Marie Green	12	78	76		154
CUT	Frida Kinhult	12	78	76		154
CUT	Angela Stanford	12	80	74		154
CUT	Amy Yang	12	77	77		154
CUT	Lei Ye (a)	12	77	77		154
CUT	Christina Kim	13	81	74		155
CUT	Heejeong Lim	13	77	78		155
CUT	Kristen Gillman	14	79	77		156
CUT	Janie Jackson	14	74	82		156
CUT	Ina Kim-Schaad	14	73	83		156
CUT	Lily May Humphreys (a)	14	75	81		156
CUT	Maria Fassi	15	83	74		157
CUT	Kim Kaufman	15	78	79		157
CUT	Christine Wolf	15	77	80		157
CUT	Erika Hara	19	83	78		161
CUT	Alessia Nobilio (a)	21	81	82		163
CUT	Seung Yeon Lee	21	78	85		163
CUT	Emily Toy	28	88	82		170
WD	Mi Jung Hur	7	78			78