Nelly Korda’s three-shot lead has disappeared on the Ladies’s Open, leaving the world primary to begin the ultimate spherical two strokes behind Jiyai Shin.
Korda endured a back-nine collapse on the Previous Course at St Andrews, recording a double bogey and three bogeys to complete the third spherical on 3-over-par 75.
She is 5-under for the event, sitting in third place behind Shin (7-under) and fellow American Lilia Vu (6-under).
Shin, a two-time Ladies’s Open champion, demonstrated why she is a hyperlinks maestro as she capitalised on Korda’s struggles.
Regardless of two bogeys, Shin produced a 5-under 67 with assistance from seven birdies.
The 36-year-old South Korean, winner in 2008 and 2012, appears to be like within the temper to make it three Ladies’s Open triumphs after she tamed the notorious Street Gap seventeenth with a birdie.
Bidding for her seventh title this season, Korda mentioned it was a “robust day”.
She anticipated the ultimate spherical can be performed amid testing climate circumstances.
“I believe the winds are going to be excessive. There may very well be rain as nicely,” Korda mentioned.
“I will preserve a constructive angle. Take it one shot at a time.
“I performed very well the primary two days, so I will take that momentum into tomorrow.”
Australia’s Steph Kyriacou is a part of an eight-way share of nineteenth place on even-par after posting a 72 within the third spherical.
Grace Kim, the one different Australian to make the lower, is tied for seventieth place on 5-over.
Kim managed a 1-over 73 within the third spherical.
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