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Korda is seeking her 2nd significant win [Getty Images]
Chevron Championship 3rd round leaderboard
-11 (after 12 holes) A Thitikul (Tha); -10 (17) B Henderson (Can), (11) N Korda (United States); -9 (11) JH Im (Kor); -8 (13) L Coughlin (United States), (12) HW Ryu (Kor).
Picked others: -5 J Ewart Shadoff (Eng) -4 L Woad (Eng), G Dryburgh (Sco); -1 G Hall (Eng), C Hull (Eng); Level S Meadow (NI)
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Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul held a narrow benefit over the history-chasing Nelly Korda when round 3 of the LPGA Chevron Championship was stopped due to the fact that of storms in Texas.
Atthaya, the over night co-leader, is 11 under after 12 holes of her round.
World top Korda has a four-foot par putt at the 12th when play at the year’s very first significant resumes on Sunday.
The 25-year-old is bidding to equate to the LPGA record of 5 triumphes in 5 successive starts.
Success would see her sign up with Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2005) as the only gamers to attain the task.
Korda shares 2nd location with Canada’s Brooke Henderson who had 7 birdies and an eagle in her very first 14 holes before dropping a chance at the 16th.
Joint over night leader Im Jin Hee of South Korea is on 9 under through 11 holes.
Jodi Ewart Shadoff leads the British contingent on 5 under, while English amateur Lottie Woad, who won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur previously this month, is a shot even more back together with Scotland’s Gemma Dryburgh.
Atthaya is playing her very first competition of the year after recuperating from a thumb injury however the 21-year-old states she is not fazed by the difficulty of a prolonged day on Sunday.
“I believe it’s not that huge offer,” she stated. “I believe in 2015 in a Malaysia I played more than this in one day with the play-off, 27 holes, which is great. Still young now – still great.”