
Choi Hye-jin and Yang Hee-young compete for LPGA Tour Buick Shanghai championship
While Choi Hye-jin and Yang Hee-young maintained the lead and competed for the championship in the third round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai LPGA Tour, China's Yin Luoning joined the chase by taking third place.
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The Buick LPGA Shanghai is the first tournament of the LPGA Tour Asian Swing and is being held at Seosan Golf Club in Shanghai, China.
China's Yin Luoning chases down from 3rd place, 2 strokes behind the leader
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Taeyong Choi = Hyejin Choi and Heeyoung Yang compete for the championship at the Buick LPGA Shanghai (total prize money of $3.2 million) on the LPGA Tour.
In the third round of the tournament held at Seosan Golf Club (par 72) in Shanghai, China on the 17th, Choi Hye-jin recorded 4 birdies and 1 bogey, hitting 3 under par 69.
Choi Hye-jin, who hit a total of 9 under par and 207 strokes, maintained the lead for three days and got one step closer to her first LPGA Tour victory.
However, Yang Hee-young, a veteran with 6 wins on the LPGA Tour, chased down Choi Hye-jin by reducing 4 strokes with 7 birdies and 3 bogeys.
Yang Hee-young hit a total of 8 under par and 208 strokes in the interim, rising to sole second place and putting pressure on Choi Hye-jin by one stroke.
Yin Luoning (China), ranked 6th in the women's golf world rankings and silver medalist at this year's Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, also reduced 5 strokes to rise to 3rd place (intermediate total 7 under par, 209 strokes) and joined the championship race.
As a result, this tournament, the first tournament of the LPGA Tour's 'Asian Swing' held in the fall, saw players from Korea and China engage in a close battle for the championship trophy in the final four rounds.
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Choi Hye-jin, Yang Hee-young, and Yin Luoning will compete for the championship in the final four rounds.
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