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By Todd Kelly |
March 27, 2021 9: 54 pm
Inbee Park shot a second straight 69 and her third spherical in the 60s this week to race out to a five-shot lead heading into the final spherical of the Kia Classic.
Park, who has 20 wins in her LPGA career, had four birdies and a bogey on Saturday at the Aviara Golf Membership in Carlsbad, California.
Mel Reid, Minjee Lee and Mi Jung Hur are all at 7 below, five back.
Madelene Sagstrom doubled the primary hole on Saturday however then ripped off birdies on seven of her subsequent eight holes, made the turn with a 31 and went on to put up the most efficient spherical of the week so far with a 64. She indubitably realized one thing after posting scores of 72 and 74 the primary two days. Sagstrom is in a three-way tie in Fifth with World No. 1 Jin Younger Ko and Lexi Thompson.
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A large yarn on Saturday was the eagle frenzy.
There have been 11 eagles in the spherical, with Amy Olson having two of them, one on the eighth hole and another on 16 after she drove the golf green.
.@AmyOlsonGolf played the #AonRiskReward hole completely 🦅 @GolfChannel | @Aon_plc pic.twitter.com/EbkmEEsOOf
— LPGA (@LPGA) March 27, 2021
Marina Alex also had two of them.
She, too, eagled the 16th and then two holes later, she one-hopped in another eagle to full her spherical.
ARE YOU KIDDING?! 😱
Nothing however cup for @Marina_Deee and her second eagle of the day. 🦅#SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/lNK6Q9WhIk
— LPGA (@LPGA) March 28, 2021
Other eagles on Saturday:
- Minjee Lee, Ninth
- Cydney Clanton, eighth
- Nelly Korda, eighth
- Ssu-Chia Cheng, 16th
- So Yeon Ru, Ninth
- Aditi Ashok, eighth
- Hannah Green, Ninth
The Aviara route on Saturday was playing 6,125 yards, constructing two drivable par 4s.
Yardage the primary two days checked in at 6,408 and 6,437.
Amy Olson, Aviara Golf Membership, Inbee Park, Kia Classic, Marina Alex, LPGA
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