Number 1 of the season before this final test, Lydia Ko is in the lead with a game close to perfection in Naples, Florida. The New Zealander only missed a fairway during the first two rounds and after her 65 the day before she returned a 66 (-6) free of any bogey. This is his 27th score in the sixty over his last 35 laps!
New 71 for Boutier
At -13 overall, Ko is five points ahead of South Korean Hyo Joo Kim, winner of five LPGA tournaments including the 2014 Evian Championship. But the main threat is in 3rd place at six strokes with four players to this score including world No. 1 Nelly Korda, Japan’s Nasa Hataoka and Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist. Céline Boutier fell to 26th place after another 71 (-1). No double bogey this time for the Parisian but again two bogeys and three birdies “only” for this 2nd day.
