Johns Creek (Georgia, USA), Jun 26 (EFE) .- Americans Lizette Salas and Nelly Korda confirmed their great moment of play by concluding the third round of the PGA Women’s Championship with a cumulative of 201 (-15 ), five strokes less than the three players who share third place (206, -10).
Salas relied on precision and big putts to compensate for Nelly Korda’s play, and they finished tied after they turned over a score of 67 (-5) and 68 (-4), respectively.
The Mexican-born golfer was virtually flawless as she delivered a record of 30 in the first nine holes to go from a one-shot deficit to a two-shot advantage.
Then Salas, 31, made his first bogey of the week after 45 holes, on par 4 of the tenth and did not make another birdie the rest of the round, but maintained his status as favorite to take the title tomorrow Sunday, when he play the fourth and final round.
Both will enter Sunday with a more than enough advantage when it comes to thinking about the final triumph, although the chasing trio led by Thai Patty Tavatanakit, the 21-year-old star, who won the first LPGA Major of the season in the ANA Inspiration, will also arrive with an option to victory.
Tavatanakit made four straight birdies towards the end of his round for a record of 65 hits (-7), the best of the day.
Along with Tavatanakit were also the Italian Giulia Molinaro (66, -6) and the French Celine Boutier, who had 69 (-3) to share the third place.
While the Spanish Luna Sobrón, who entered the weekend’s competition, signed a record of 72 strokes (even) that allowed her to accumulate 217 (+1) to move up 12 positions in the provisional classification by occupying thirty-seventh place, which shared with four other golfers.
