Se-young Kim (29) tied for 4th in the third round of the LPGA Tour Dana Open (total prize money of $1.75 million).
Kim Se-young shot a 6-under 65 with one eagle, five birdies, and one bogey in the third round of the tournament held at Highland Meadows Golf Club (par 71, 6,555 yards) in Sylvania, Ohio, USA on the 4th (Korean time). hit .
Kim Se-young, who recorded a total of 11 under par 202 over three days, finished the third round in a tie for fourth place with last year’s winner Nasa Hataoka (Japan) and Korean player Lydia Ko (New Zealand).
With a 14-under 199 shot, it is three shots behind the solo leader Lucy Lee (USA).
Se-Young Kim challenges her 13th win on the tour for the first time in a year and 10 months since the Pelican Championship in November 2020.
In addition, the possibility of reclaiming supremacy for the first time in three years since 2019, when this event was held under the name of the Marathon Classic, inflated.
A 20-year-old rookie, Lee, the leader, is the top prize winner with two wins in the second division tour this year, and has secured a spot on the LPGA regular tour for the 2023 season.
At 10 years and 8 months, she was the youngest to advance to the US Women’s Amateur Public Links Round of 64 in 2013, and in the same year, she became the youngest at the US Women’s Amateur Championship and the 2014 US Women’s Open.
Lexi Thompson (USA) and Caroline Marsson (Germany) are tied for second place at 13-under 200, one shot behind the lead.
Choi Hye-jin (23), who was tied for 4th in the second round, could not reduce the number of strokes with an even-par that day, so her ranking was pushed down to 7-under 206 and tied for 27th.
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