Korean Jiyae Shin, who opened with two rounds of 71 (-1) In the first of two days of the Women’s British Open in Scotland, she took a big step to lead the tournament with a total of seven under par at the Old Course at St Andrews on Saturday.
Shin, who won the 2008 and 2012 editions of the tournament, got off to a great start with consecutive birdies He birdied the first two holes before missing a shot on the third. Three consecutive birdies on the seventh, eighth and ninth holes put the 36-year-old in contention before he made another birdie on the 12th hole.
“I’ve been playing golf for a long time, this is my third time at St. Andrews,” Shin said.“I have a lot of experience on links-type courses and it’s not so windy, but I felt comfortable,” he said.
Wu, second place
Defending champion Lilia Wu is in second place, just one shot behind Xin Thanks to a birdie on the last hole, the American shot a round of 71 (-1) that included five birdies, a double bogey and two bogeys to be within striking distance with 18 holes left to play.
World number one Nelly Korda, who led at the halfway point, He had a more complicated day and achieved a round of 75 (+3). The three-time LET winner had a double bogey and five bogeys along with four birdies on her scorecard to slip to third place on five under par. Only two strokes behind leader Shin, including one on the final hole.
Nelly Korda chats with her caddie during the third round at St. Andrews /let
“It’s nice to finish with a birdie, but it wasn’t the best of days,” Korda said. “It was good to see somebody come in, he barely got in, but after making two bogeys on the first two holes, it was good to come back with a birdie.
For her part, the best of the classification is the Spanish Carlota Ciganda who, with 218 strokes (+2), thanks to a round of 70 strokes, rose 34 points to 34th place in the classification.
