England’s Charley Hull is one shot behind leader Lydia Ko after the third round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore.
Ko shot a four-under 68 on Saturday to move from one stroke behind to one stroke in front on 10 under overall on the Tanjong course at Sentosa Golf Club.
Hull, who birdied two of her first four holes, was a stroke behind in second after a 68. Jeeno Thitikul had the best round of the day, a 66, to move into third place, three strokes behind Ko.
“My mindset is going to be no different from literally the last three days. Just go out there, play golf, hole some putts and have fun,” said two-time LPGA Tour event winner Hull.
A Lim Kim, who led after the first two rounds, moved in the wrong direction with a 73 and was tied for fourth place, four strokes off the lead.
Defending champion Hannah Green had a 67 to move 16 places up the leaderboard and was five behind leader Ko, who had three bogeys with seven birdies, including four on her back nine.
Ko is chasing her 23rd LPGA title and looking to finally break through in Singapore in 11 appearances. Her best result at the tournament was a runner-up finish in 2015.
Lydia Ko has a one shot lead over Hull
“I made a few mistakes but I was able to bounce back with a few good birdies as well,” said the former world No 1.
“It really doesn’t matter what the context is, as long as you can put a good score, and under the circumstances, I felt like I playing really solid. So hopefully these past few days will give me good rhythm for Sunday.”
The Singapore field features nine of the top 10 players in the world rankings – and 13 of the top 15 – minus only top-ranked Nelly Korda and Rose Zhang.
The Singapore tournament is the second of three events on the LPGA’s first Asian swing of the year. The final event will be played next week at Hainan Island, China.
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