HAENAM, South Korea — Sei Younger Kim’s eagle on the seventeenth gap helped enhance her result in 4 strokes going into the ultimate spherical of the BMW Girls Championship after taking pictures a 3-under 69 on Saturday.
On a blustery, cloudy day at Pine Seaside Golf Hyperlinks on the Korean peninsula, Kim completed with a three-round whole of 19-under 197 regardless of a bogey on the 18th.
Yealimi Noh (67) and Nasa Hataoka (69) have been tied for second.
American Brooke Matthews, who had trailed Kim by a stroke after the second spherical, triple-bogeyed the par-3 fifteenth and fell six strokes behind Kim and right into a tie for fourth place after a 74.
Defending champion Hannah Inexperienced shot 68 and was at 11 beneath, eight strokes behind Kim and tied with fellow Australian Minjee Lee, who shot 71 on Saturday. Brooke Henderson additionally shot 71 and was 9 strokes off the lead.
That is the primary of consecutive LPGA tournaments in South Korea, with the Worldwide Crown staff occasion scheduled for subsequent week. After the Worldwide Crown, two extra LPGA occasions are scheduled on the five-event Asian swing — at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and in Japan.