SHANGHAI — American Solheim Cup participant Angel Yin shot a 7-under 65 on Saturday to maneuver right into a share of the third-round lead on the Buick LPGA Shanghai event.

Yin was tied with European Solheim Cupper Maja Stark, who had a one-stroke lead after two rounds.

Yin and Stark, who shot 70, had 12-under totals of 204 on the Qizhong Garden Golf Club course within the LPGA’s first return to China since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pavarisa Yoktuan of Thailand bogeyed her last gap for a 69 and was a shot again in third place.

Two-time defending champion Danielle Kang of the United States shot 73 and was 4 strokes behind the leaders.

Stark mentioned it wasn’t her typical ball-striking displaying on Saturday however credited her placing with preserving her on the high of the leaderboard.

The Swedish participant rebounded after a bogey on No. 12 with back-to-back birdies on 13 and 14. A 3-putt on the par-5 seventeenth set her again as soon as once more, however the 23-year-old was nonetheless inside putting distance of her second LPGA Tour title.

“It would mean a lot to win it just it prove to myself that I can actually do it when we have a lot of top players here,” mentioned Stark, who’s trying to grow to be the season’s fourth wire-to-wire winner.

Yin’s 65 was her greatest 18-hole rating because the third spherical of the 2021 Honda LPGA Thailand. Citing “bad communication” along with her caddie for a three-putt bogey on No. 1, Yin carded eight birdies afterward, together with 5 in her final eight holes for a back-nine 31.

“I’m just going to try to live in the moment, what’s in front of me, and try to hit my shots and stop living in my own head and overthinking everything,” Yin mentioned. “And then if it works out, it works out.”

The occasion is the beginning of a four-tournament Asia swing, with later stops in South Korea, Malaysia and Japan.