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[이데일리 스타in 주영로 기자] Lydia Go (New Zealand) took the lead on the third day of the American Women’s Professional Golf (LPGA) Tour Lotte Championship (total prize money of $2 million), raising expectations of winning in three years.
In the third round of the tournament held at the Kapolei Golf Club (par 72) in Oahu, Hawaii, USA on the 167th (Korean time), Lydia Go scored 7 birdies and hit 7 under par 65 without seeing them. Lydia Go, who recorded 195 strokes at 21 under par in the middle total, took the lead alone, one stroke ahead of Nelly Coda (US 20 under par 196 strokes).
After winning the Mediheal Championship in April 2018, Lydia Go, who hasn’t added more championships for nearly three years, will reach 16th in total if he stays in first place until the last day.
Lydia Go turned pro after winning the CN Canadian Women’s Open in 2012 and 2013 as an amateur. He won 3 wins in 2014, and set the record for the most wins in a single season with 5 wins in 2015. Lydia Go, who added 3 wins in 2016, suffered a slump after winning the Mediheal Championship in 2018.
Lydia Go, who had not won for more than two years, entered the top 10 three times, including two runners-up in four competitions since the opening of this season, showing much better performance than the previous two seasons.
Lydia Go, who started in second place with a second stroke, managed to pick only two buddies from the nine holes in the first half, but in the second half, she caught five buddies from the 11th, 14th, 15th, 17th and the last 18th hole. done.
Lydia Go’s fairway hit rate was only 64% on this day, but with a green hit rate of 94.4%, she played an unprecedented match.
Nelli Coda, who took the lead in the third round match with a tie for third place by five strokes, cut down nine strokes that day and pursued Lydia Go with one stroke.
Yucca Sasso (Philippines), who was the lead, played an uneasy match with a look at the beginning of the match. In the first half, only 4 bogeys were poured out, and Buddy only 3, losing one stroke and coming down from the lead. In the second half, the game was unsightly, but only adding two buddies, it was pushed to third place (17 under par, 199 strokes), 4 strokes behind the lead.
On this day, the course difficulty was so easy that only two of the 76 people who advanced to the finals played an over-par game. More than 30 players only hit 5 under par.
Yang Hee-young (32) hit a 15-under-par 201 in the middle and climbed to fifth place, while Se-young Kim (28) and Hyo-joo Kim (26) are tied for sixth place (above 14 under par, 202 strokes) in the last day. Park In-bi (33) was tied for 16th place (12 under par 204 strokes).
The tournament, which starts on Wednesday in local time and ends on Saturday, ends on Sunday day in Korean time.