New Zealand’s Lydia Ko shot a 68 to take the lead heading into the ultimate spherical of the HSBC Girls’s World Championship on Saturday in Singapore.
Ko combined seven birdies with three bogeys on a steamy day through which the temperatures hit 89 levels on the Tanjong course at Sentosa Golf Membership. She completed the spherical at 10-under 206 for the match.
Charley Hull of England matched Ko’s 68 to seize sole possession of second place, one shot again at 9 beneath.
Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand moved into rivalry with a spherical of 66, carding seven birdies and a lone bogey on the par-4 ninth gap to take possession of third place at 7-under 209.
And in fourth place, 4 photographs again at 6-under, are Minjee Lee of Australia (68), Thailand’s Pajaree Anannarukarn (70) and second-round chief A Lim Kin of South Korea, who had 4 bogeys on the day on the best way to a 73.
Ko, who has 22 profession wins, is making her eleventh look on the HSBC and not using a victory there.
“I am excited to be within the ultimate group tomorrow,” Ko mentioned. “I have been within the ultimate group a pair instances at this occasion earlier than and I have not essentially taken it over the end line, and I hope tomorrow is the day to do it. … No matter what occurs tomorrow, I am simply actually excited for the season forward. I am excited to be in rivalry and hopefully I can play some good golf and see the place that places me on the finish of the day.”
Hull had 4 birdies and was one in all simply two gamers to put up a bogey-free spherical. The way in which her day began did not point out she’d flip in a robust spherical.
“I awakened this morning and I really was sick. I threw up, after which I form of bought my head collectively,” she mentioned. “Then I really did my private greatest in my 5K run in 26 minutes, knocked one other minute off. I used to be fairly completely satisfied about that. Thirty seconds off, really. That stored me in a great house for the remainder of the day. Simply went out on the golf course and performed golf.”
Thitikul has 9 consecutive top-10 finishes, courting again to final season. Her 66 tied for the bottom spherical of the week, and he or she did not anticipate the climb up the leaderboard.
“It feels good,” she mentioned. “I believed I am not going to be on high of the leaderboard that a lot this week. However like noticed myself in, like, rivalry, which is greater than I anticipated.”
With a victory on Sunday, Thitikul can be the primary Thai participant to win the HSBC Girls’s World Championship.
–Area Stage Media
