HAENAM, South Korea — Sei Younger Kim’s eagle on the seventeenth gap has helped improve her result in 4 strokes going into the ultimate spherical of the BMW Women Championship after capturing a 3-under 69 Saturday.
On a blustery, cloudy day at Pine Seashore 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 tied for fourth place after a 74.
Defending champion Hannah Inexperienced shot 68 and was at 11-under, eight strokes behind Kim and tied with fellow Australian Minjee Lee, who shot 71 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 crew 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.
