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08/29 18:32 CDT Yin chips in for birdie on 18 to take the 3rd-round lead at TPC
Boston
Yin chips in for birdie on 18 to take the 3rd-round lead at TPC Boston
NORTON, Mass. (AP) --- Ruoning Yin chipped in for birdie from just off the 18th
green to take the third-round lead Saturday at TPC Boston in the FM
Championship.
Yin also holed a 20-foot putt for birdie on the par-3 16th in a 4-under 68. At
12-under 204, the Chinese star had a one-stroke lead over South Korean players
Sei Young Kim and Hyo Joo Kim.
Yin has five LPGA Tour victories. winning twice in 2023 and three times in 2024.
Sei Young Kim, the first-round leader after a 64, rebounded from a second-round
74 with a 67. Hyo Joo Kim had a 70. She has two victories this season, the
Founders Cup and Ford Championship.
Somi Lee (70) and Jenny Bae (72) were tied for fourth at 8 under.
Miyu Yamashita, the Japanese player tied for the second-round lead, dropped six
strokes back with a 75. Sunday in Canada, she tied the tour's 72-hole scoring
record in a nine-stroke victory.
Top-ranked Nelly Korda was tied for 49th after her third straight 72 in the
final event before the Solheim Cup matches in the Netherlands.
European captain Anna Nordqvist was 1 over after a 73 in her final event on the
LPGA Tour.
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