Hyo-Joo Kim again on pole First round leader Hyo-Joo Kim fired a...

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Hyo-Joo Kim again on pole
First round leader Hyo-Joo Kim fired a...
Hyo-Joo Kim again on pole First round leader Hyo-Joo Kim fired a third round one-over-par 72 to regain her guide at the Evian Championship. On a day when tricky gusts and tucked pin positions made the Evian Resort Golf Course play much more durable than the first two days, a round made up of four birdies and five bogeys observed the 19-year-old South Korean end on eight-under-par, one stroke in advance of seven-time major champion Karrie Webb from Australia. Kim, whose opening round of 10-under 61 was the lowest in major championship history, is now in the key position to collect a major of her own. “I was calm, but if I win, I will get excited,” Kim said, through translation. She felt that the par-3 16th hole was the toughest, because she watched fellow South Korean MJ Hur play in the pairing in advance. Hur was leading on nine-under-par after birdies on the fourth and seventh holes, but she triple bogeyed the 16th after topping a chip shot and sending the ball across the green into a h2o hazard. She dropped in the same place and then took a few more strokes for a six, on the most difficult hole on the golf course, playing an average of 3.49 for the championship. The 2009 Safeway Classic champion recovered with two steady pars to sign for a 72 and outright third position on six-under-par. “I had a good round all day long except the No. 16,” said Hur. “I’m satisfied with this round because the pin positions were so tough all day long.” The shot of the day was produced by Colombian Mariajo Uribe, who played in bare toes from the h2o hazard onto the 18th green, only to miss the putt resulting in a bogey. With matching rounds of 70, she and Swede Anna Nordqvist share fourth position on five-under-par, with Na Yeon Choi, Ha-Na Jang, Lydia Ko and halfway leader Brittany Lincicome all on a few-under-par in a tie for sixth position. The world’s first and next ranked players, Stacy Lewis and Inbee Park respectively, sit in a tie for 10th place just five strokes from the guide together with the defending champion Suzann Pettersen of Norway, who played the front nine in level par and birdied the 10th but slipped again with bogeys on 11 and 14 and then a double bogey on 17. While there is an experienced chasing pack, Kim will be paired with LPGA and World Golf Halls of Famer Karrie Webb on Sunday, teeing off in the last group at 1.20pm. Korean LPGA rookie Kim is playing in her first major, whilst Webb is seeking her eighth major title and if she wins the Evian Championship, she will be the only player to have received all six of the different majors which have existed in her life span.