Monday, July 13, 2009

KERR MAINTANS LEAD

KERR MAINTANS LEAD


Cristie Kerr will carry a two-shot lead into the final round of the US Women's Open on Sunday.

The American is the only player under par after three rounds over Saucon Valley's Old Course in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Kerr, the 2007 champion, is two under for the tournament despite a one-over round of 72 on Saturday.

Korea's Eun Hee Ji is in second place after shooting a one-under round of 70.

Jean Reynolds and Teresa Lu are a further two shots off the pace, while Candie Kung moved into contention after a best-of-the-day 68.

She is one of three players five shots behing Kerr with 18 holes remaining.

Collated third round scores & totals

(USA unless stated, par 71):

211 Cristie Kerr 69 70 72

213 Eun Hee Ji (Kor) 71 72 70

215 Jean Reynolds 69 72 74, Teresa Lu (Tai) 76 69 70

216 In-Kyung Kim (Kor) 72 72 72, Candie Kung (Tai) 71 77 68, Hee Young Park (Kor) 70 74 72

217 Brittany Lincicome 72 72 73, Suzann Pettersen (Nor) 74 71 72, Kyeong Bae (Kor) 75 73 69

218 Giulia Sergas (Ita) 75 67 76, Na Yeon Choi (Kor) 68 74 76, Sun Young Yoo (Kor) 72 74 72, Sun Ju Ahn (Kor) 75 71 72, Morgan Pressel 74 75 69, Song-Hee Kim (Kor) 74 69 75

219 Paula Creamer 72 68 79, Jennifer Song 72 74 73, Ai Miyazato (Jpn) 74 74 71, Meaghan Francella 73 72 74, Anna Grzebien 73 77 69, Nicole Castrale 74 71 74

220 Louise Friberg (Swe) 75 72 73, Akiko Fukushima (Jpn) 76 72 72, Laura Davies (Eng) 72 75 73, Maria Jose Uribe (Col) 75 76 69

221 Lindsey Wright (Aus) 74 70 77, Karrie Webb (Aus) 75 72 74, Amy Yang 75 71 75, Hee Kyung Seo (Kor) 75 73 73, Lorena Ochoa (Mex) 69 79 73, Ji-Young Oh (Kor) 76 71 74, Anna Nordqvist (Swe) 71 75 75, Jimin Kang (Kor) 76 71 74, Momoko Ueda (Jpn) 72 77 72

222 Azahara Munoz (Spa) 72 76 74, Young Kim (Kor) 71 75 76, Alexis Thompson 71 73 78, Kristy McPherson 71 74 77, Brittany Lang 75 74 73, Hye Jung Choi (Kor) 72 75 75

223 Ji-Yai Shin (Kor) 72 75 76, Juli Inkster 78 73 72, Maria Hernandez (Spa) 74 72 77, In-Bee Park (Kor) 75 71 77, Sandra Gal (Ger) 75 71 77, Alison Lee 75 72 76, Mi-sun Cho (Kor) 76 74 73

224 Yuri Fudoh (Jpn) 73 71 80, Jessica Korda 72 77 75, Becky Morgan (Wal) 75 76 73, Shanshan Feng (Chn) 74 74 76, Amanda Blumenherst 75 76 73

225 Allie White 74 73 78, He yong Choi (Kor) 77 74 74

226 Stacy Prammanasudh 73 75 78, Karen Stupples (Eng) 73 75 78, Meena Lee (Kor) 72 79 75, Ji-Hee Lee (Jpn) 77 72 77, Michele Redman 77 73 76

227 Candace Schepperle 73 78 76, Mika Miyazato (Jpn) 75 76 76, Cindy Lacrosse 76 75 76, Christina Kim 72 76 79, Allison Fouch 75 75 77, Stacy Lewis 78 73 76

228 Carolina Llano 73 77 78, Haeji Kang (Kor) 73 78 77

229 Jennie Lee 75 76 78, Mina Harigae 77 72 80, Karine Icher (Fra) 76 74 79

235 Lisa Ferrero (Mex) 77 74 84