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MIDLAND, Mich. — Ally Ewing and Jennifer Kupcho dealt with a robust wind and the robust foursomes format for a 3-under 67 on Saturday, giving the American duo a one-shot lead going into the ultimate spherical of the Dow Championship.
The South Korean tandem of Haeji Kang and In Kyung Kim was tied for second with a staff of former No. 1s in Atthaya Thitikul and Ruoning Yin. The ultimate spherical is fourballs, the better format to attain.
Ewing lastly acquired a birdie putt to fall from about 18 ft on the tenth gap, and so they picked up one other birdie on the par-5 eleventh. A mushy bogey on the sixteenth gap dropped them again right into a tie after which Ewing hit a great tee shot on the par-3 18th to arrange Kupcho’s birdie.
“I did not actually know the place we stood. I knew we have been close to the highest,” Kupcho mentioned. “Truthfully, I do not suppose it issues going into tomorrow. One shot lead is not that a lot when it is the format of finest ball tomorrow. Like anyone can exit and shoot 11 below. It is simply going out and specializing in our personal recreation tomorrow.”
They have been at 15-under 195 in the one official staff occasion on the LPGA schedule. Kupcho gained it two years in the past with Lizette Salas.
Kang and In Kim had the low rating of the day, a 65 that included an eagle on the par-4 fifth gap the place the tees have been moved ahead to make it reachable. Kang hit driver to close perfection, over the water establishing a brief eagle putt.
They have been at 6 below for the spherical till the South Koreans made their lone bogey on the 18th.
Thitikul of Thailand and Yin of China misplaced some momentum within the simpler fourballs format on Friday, a 66 that was two pictures worse than their opening foursomes rating. After which they acquired off to a tough begin, making bogey on the par-5 third gap and taking a double bogey on the subsequent one.
However they picked up the tempo and once more thrived in foursomes. They responded to the double bogey with three straight birdies, and so they picked up 4 extra birdies on the again 9. Thitikul polished it off with a 20-foot birdie putt on the final gap.
“We had a tough begin, which is me being silly,” Yin mentioned. “I made a few errors, and Jeeno simply talked to me and say, ‘Hey, I do know we simply must hit the ball, and we’ll make birdies. I’ve you; you may have me. That is all you should know.’
“Yeah, we bounced again in the best way we have been robust on the market.”
Grace Kim of Australia and Auston Kim, an LPGA rookie from Florida, have been a part of a five-way tie for the lead going into the third spherical. They managed a 69 as they scrambled to remain in place within the robust wind. They have been solely two behind.
“We knew that foursomes weren’t going to be too low score-wise. We clearly tried our greatest, and the wind was up there. It acquired a bit gusty, and membership choice was essential,” Grace Kim mentioned. “We simply tried to maintain it in play and make as many pars as we might. Clearly if we’ve birdie alternatives, we would take them. I feel 1 below is a reasonably respectable rating, particularly with the situations we had right this moment.”
Additionally two pictures again have been Amanda Doherty and Caroline Inglis, who posted a 66.
Lexi Thompson and Brooke Henderson have been six pictures out of the lead, however that they had 14 groups in entrance of them. They fell again with a 71 wherein they managed just one birdie.
