South Korean Amy Yang put herself in a robust place to hoist her maiden main title when she carded a near-flawless seven-under-par 65 within the third spherical of the Chevron Championship on Saturday to take the early clubhouse lead. Yang has 19 top-10 finishes within the majors and reminded the sector why she is a perennial contender on the Club at Carlton Woods close to Houston as she produced 5 birdies on the entrance 9 and solely a single bogey on the par-4 11.

“It was one of those days — everything felt so easy and everything felt in sync,” she mentioned in a televised interview. “I just did my best out there, (was) patient and just had fun.” She sat one stroke again from American Allisen Corpuz, who had the lead of 10-under par on the 14th gap, and was tied with Megan Khang, whose putt lipped out for a bogey on the par-5 thirteenth.

South Korean Chun In-gee acquired the group going with an ace on the par-3 17 after beginning on the again 9 however has plenty of floor but to cowl after carding a disappointing six over par within the opening spherical of the 12 months’s first girls’s main. The second spherical of the match wrapped up early on Saturday after organisers had been compelled to halt play on account of darkness. The begin of Friday’s motion was delayed two hours on account of torrential in a single day rain.

South Korean Kim A Lim was on the prime of the leaderboard via 36 holes however appeared to have misplaced a few of her brilliance on Saturday with a double bogey on the par-3 third and a bogey on the par-4 fifth gap.

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