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The Blue Bay LPGA part of the race to the CME Globe As Sunday arrives on heyen island two players stand out from the pack young women from separate hemispheres locked together at the top of the leaderboard but their Saturday was one of contrasting fortunes there was the 23-year-old Jessica cter she of blue blood sporting pedigree a mid- round birdie Rampage
Helping the American to a brilliant 66 her best round since May for Australia’s Mii Lee though the cruise control she had switched on during the first two days suddenly became disengaged and her day was one of struggle in spite of those differing round three paths they share The Field’s
Best score with 18 holes in front of them but looming large behind one of the game’s most powerful presences Thailand’s area janagan showed everybody just why she is the world number two and the air apparent to the player of the year crown with a spectacular Saturday
65 it set the 20-year-old up for a crack at a sixth Victory this year and she’ll have a familiar face for company in the Quest for the crown her fellow tie pting on patam close enough to possibly capture that elusive first official Victory Germany’s Carolyn Masson remains
In the hunt able to draw on the Positive Vibes of her maiden LPGA Triumph earlier this year and for the first time in a long time the top of the leaderboard features one of the game’s best known names Michelle we ending a frustrating run to display glimpses of the Brilliance that
Earned her the US Open title 2 years ago but it’s three who Stand Tall above the others with a combined age of just 63 years perhaps as it has done for much of the 2016 season Sunday will once more prove the stage for the Young Guns to
Shine what a spectacular day this should be hello everybody from Peter donigan a big Welcome to our fourth round coverage of the Blue Bay LPGA of 2016 from magnificent Gian Lake Blue Bay on hinen island in China and the first three days have produced some stunning Golf and it
Was dramatic at times yesterday this is what it looks like as we head into Sunday just quarter of the United States Mig Lee of Australia locked together at 11 under two shots clear of area janagan of Thailand at 9 under after her brilliant round yesterday Caroline
Masson has had a great week poting on patam well is that Victory just around the corner Pila Lindberg is within seven of the lead and Lee Lopez and Michelle we are within eight it’s been hot it’s been steamy Sandy McKenzie what’s it going to be like on the Sunday hot and
Steamy Pete it’s a beautiful tropical day here high temperature of around 31° quite a bit of Breeze around so far this morning and that’s going to get up to around 24 K but the big thing is 90% humidity so it’s going to be a tough one
Out there playing so not only is the golf course a test but the weather conditions are going to provide a test of their own for the best players in the field and these are the players we’re looking out for today Kate Burton here we have Lee Lopez she’s ranked 199th in
The world and could do with a good finish here to get into the CME Group tour World Championship Michelle we one of the biggest names in golf tied for third here in 2014 the former US Open champion and Daniel K looking for her first win on tour well Carolyn Mason has
Won on tour she won last month at the mat your life LPGA classic playing alongside porn on patam who’s searching for her first win as well as panila W Lindberg the former Alpine race skier who finds herself with an outside chance today and the final group what a
Thrilling three bow it is Jessica cord superb round yesterday of 66 to share the lead with mini Lee who just went in the wrong direction but she holds on but the round of the day belongs to era janigan a round of 65 to be within Striking Distance so how good a final
Group is this and let’s waste no time in joining them out on the golf course and Jess cter first of all with a second shot at the sixth hole she’s even ped today hole location at six is just in the front right corner only nine Paces
On and that too is a bit of a sucker pin like the right pin was at seven yesterday justess about whole high but still has a bit of a task she was very happy with this PA that she made on this whole yesterday tough hole location tricky shot now for
Janan need to get this to sit down from that rough she has that’s okay from there just spoke about that part at 6 yesterday and said it was actually possibly the most important hole for her all day gave her some momentum and then she really took that M Lee didn’t have a
Lot of momentum yesterday but she held it together and she too right off the pin so no certain birdies there by any stretch for our final group and there has been a little bit of movement at the top of the leaderboard let’s bring you up to date with some of the big moments
From earlier today first of all we go to the second half four playing shorter today at 344 yards and here is the 21-year old from China Sim Fang started with a par and rolled in a long range birdie ped two M Lee struggled to find birdes yesterday she
Finished with one on the 18th here she is with her third from the back of the green on the opening hole oh what a way to start great birdie from Lee Germany’s Caroline Masson started with a par today this is her second shot to two we’ve already seen that whole location
Just six Paces on and five from the right at the second and she gets a bit of action on that pulls the string and pulls it back down to about 4T and that was her first birdie of the day it was a disappointing start for Danielle K she
Made double on the opening hole responded well with a birdie on the second and this was her on the third hole 530 yards par five that was a superb iron in went on to make a biry so got back to even par for the day and Michelle we after starting with the
Bogey was also looking at birdie in the same group here at the third hole so Michelle got the birdie Danielle got the birdie and I think they were both pretty happy about it do a little dance have a little smile move on on the fourth all Carolyn m on tends
To play very well here at Blue Bay and rolling in another PT with that very good stroke of her that was on the fourth hle didn’t look as though it was going to be a great start for shiu ly when she made bogey at the first but then she
Made a birdie at two a birdie at three a birdie at four this one at eight fourth birdie of the day for the Chinese star AR janigan dropped a shot on the opening hole PA up until the fourth this was her just a few moments
Ago oh that was a great iron shot and just staying and moving towards the hold it was a good birdie for janigan and we believe there is a bit of news out there about area janagan we’ll check in with that a little bit later on so there are the highlights from earlier
Today third shot here for M Lee if this was Thursday or Friday you’d be thinking this might even go in yesterday she couldn’t ha anything and again not a great read from the young Australian that time she went up to 32 putts yesterday and that was
The big difference in her score yes and it was the um lack of six to8 foot parts that she holded yesterday there Bogies on the card that she had eliminated the previous two days nasson oh this path through seventh is so hard it’s a really narrow landing area
And that’s going to be a very difficult part with the hole located on that back tier it’s like an upturn sorer a long skinny upturn sorcer hard green to hold Jess cter wasn’t that pleased with the result but she is whole High here so she can have a run at
This that just bobbled on her and she’s only got it just over halfway [Applause] the unmistakable figure of porong patam who successfully avoided my golf cart this morning as she was walking out of the clubhouse got the shock of her [Laughter] life that was online yeah so was the golf
Cart but that’s going to be coming up and over the Ridge and we’ve seen the difficulties of that over the first three days you can’t knobble the players she’s a little unfair she hasn’t W yet on tour be great to see her do well today bobbled its way and just running
Out of pace for Janan all three players in our final group then having some difficulty making their par Pila Lindberg at even par today she’s got the ability of shootting very low when she gets on Pilla but she too is going to have to come up and over
The ridge if you’re just joining us the key to this golf course is being in the right area of the greens that’s a very good pass away from six feet from Jess cter and it’s the front line you know that hasn’t been good to Jessica cter on fire Friday she
Was 4 over through seven and then battled back strong on the back nine good chance for Simmon fun that’s unfortunate playing today with Candy Kong and Chris mares so an important save for Jess cter and this means that M Lee who is the leader by one at present needs to hold
This and as we said first couple of days this would have been a gimme a formality oh that was a bit too close for comfort a winner already this year on tour one of three teenagers too when she’s now 20 years old C on Pilla Lindberg having to come up and
Over the rise and look how it runs on once it gets over that rise tap in for par for area Janan so 9 under is where she started the day and I mentioned there’s some news about area now this is at the second hole earlier
Today and she was about to walk up and address her part now watch her reaction so she feels as though the ball has moved or oscillated a little bit but it’s it’s for those of you who watch the US Open this year with Dustin Johnson will know about this rule did she cause
It to move what does the ruling official say will one and asking her playing companions as to what has happened now LPGA officials have been looking at this vision and they’ve looked at it several times to see whether they’re going to penalize it as yet they have not made a
Firm decision but they’ve got to tell her and it’s the same with the Dustin Johnson scenario she needs to know what the situation is when you get onto the back nine is she going to be penalized or not she’s only two shots behind the lead well three shots now with you look
At the leader board so critically important for them to make a decision soon and the officials are on their way out to talk to area janagan now and to give her no news or the bad news this is what the leader board looks like M Lee leads by one from Jess
Quarter and area janagan and it looks like it’s a battle in four but the young Australian shaking off the Saturday Blues leads the field in the final round at Blue Bay we’re in the third staging of the Blue Bay LPGA and going back a couple of years ago it was Leanne pace of South Africa in her biggest moment in a weather interrupted tournament that went all the way through to Monday lean was able to catch a victory with a 19
Underpath score and a very broad grin and then 12 months ago SE young Kim after a 19 under score won it with two under in a year where only four players were able to break par and the conditions were very challenging and she got her name on the trophy to join lean
Pace who will it be as the third winner of this emerging title The Blue Bay LPGA looks as though we might have a battle in four at the top and one of those four is this player Carolyn Masson who puted from off the green and the ball bobbled around on her so she
Left herself 6 ft or so that’s going to be a bogey and it’s going to be her second bogey of the day meantime our last group arrives at 72 and watches and waits Carolyn was back to scramble town yesterday after that remarkable job she did on Thursday where she only hit nine
Greens she only hit nine greens again yesterday and had 26 putts panilla had 25 puts yesterday and there’s part of the reason for that that was a very good two- put to save her power andain at minus [Applause] four patam looking to tidy up for a par
To remain at six under but she finds herself six back of leader mini Lee you’ll see the tie players a por on patland Maring black is a sign of respect as the passing of the king of Thailand just the last couple of weeks third shot at the par five for
Michelle we who’s had a bit of a rocky start chance of getting one back there but Michelle’s put three Bogies on the card so far is two overpar for the day for 170 is a distance ARA janagan hits a six this is straight at the flag
But it is not going to be enough to get to this tiny back Plateau that’s small Target today for the players any player who can walk away with a three on the seventh oh there’s another chance to have a look now a janigan is taught by
Gary Gilchrist he must be one of the most busy professionals on tour it is a great swing look how strong her lower base is and how she gets through the ball she creates an awful lot of talk in her swing and generates a great deal of Club head speed
It’ll be one more Club from M Lee 5 on this is turning over to the left it’s going to be short and left well that is almost exactly what carollyn Mason had although it’s now rolling a little further away and we saw she elected to take the poter and the ball just jumped
On it m Le she’s taught by Richie Smith and I think this is one of the best swings on tour look at that doesn’t even quite get to parallel at the top clears her hips beauti and an exceptionally good ball Striker as well not many moving Parts with that
Swing 6 IR distance for Jess as well this is starting right coming in it’s looking long it’s looking really long wow that is air mail by a long is that going to be a nervy chi back want to be too aggressive or that will run passed down to the lower slope
Bit of a contrast to yesterday where she nearly popped it in for a one she certainly did well being a tall player JS can generate a huge amount of Club head speed and if you look at the way she clears her hips and gets through the
Ball she taught by Dave wheen who used to look after Paula Creer but there’s a great deal of power in that golf swing and with that PIN placement you talked about walking off the seventh hole with a birdie the name Jo claton is the only one who’s made birdie at seven
Today just the one birdie it’s the hardest hole on the golf course today now that’s a site that we don’t see too often but around that part of the golf course the carts are a necessity yes it’s a big walk around this go of course the players are
Allowed to catch a cart to the next hole to speed up play corong having a good look at it but everyone seem to like it pins on the lower tier today on seven yeah stand eight panila just looking anxiously that’s the reason why yes with that tea move forward that bunker will
Come into play so that’s a shame cuz you want to favor the left side cuz that certainly is a faster shoot down the Fairway to give yourself a chance of getting home two driver for Carolyn Masson off that bogey where’s that going that’s going the other way that’s right and that’s
Right of right wow better have another one there I think another very distinctive style of Michelle we on the green and the part grazes the whole she finished in a TI for third two years ago loves coming to Blue Bay chairman gal enjoys having her here as
Well just heard Carolyn messon sing out to porong patlin that she was going to hit another one reload here let’s go on the other side so we’ll just have to see what happened to the first one but that was way right yes good luck finding that golf bard
Absolutely no room to work with but she’s going to find the green and there’s only about seven Paces of the green on this top upside down little sorcer it’s such a hard target no wonder it’s the hardest hole on the course today what often you say
That about a par three Lopez now for birdie oh that helps certainly does good outing for Lee Lopez this week at Blue Bay let’s see what sort of contact Mii Lee gets well she’s gone the other way and that is a smart choice brilliantly played it was almost as if she saw what
Happened to carollyn Masson and that turned out to be a an inspired choice to take the chipping Club rather than the putter yes once you take the putter you’re exposed to all the humps and the brakes on the green whereas if you fly it all the way there that takes it out
Of the equation it’s a nice tidy up and down for M Lee and these players will be aware of the pace of play because uh M’s group was put on the clock late in the day [Applause] yesterday she Remains The Leader by one and I guess she’s got to be arriving
Here today Kate thinking well I’ve got my bad one out of the way as Michelle TI is up there at the eighth and you’d be hoping well if I’m going to have a bad one it’s better to have it on Saturday rather than Sunday most definitely she’s
A winner on tour this year at the lot Championship her second win on the LPGA she’s only 20 years old so she’s um one of six players on the LPGA Tour M Lee to win twice before in her teenage years well talking of teenagers a janad is now
20 still very young and it has been a very very good three days for janagan look yesterday in round three 13 out of 14 Fairways hit doesn’t have the driver in the bag this week just uses the three-wood or the two on and then puts
Herself in a good position to be able to hit 15 out of 18 greens once you’re doing that you’re giving yourself a chance of birdies they will start to go in that’s beautiful judgment up and over the ridge most of her score has been made on
The par fivs as we saw a moment ago she’s seven under par for the par FS through the first 3 days and two under par for the path threes today she has added one more on the fourth making a birdie there this becomes a very important shot
For Jess cter her numbers look like this the pter has been working that was an exceptional round yesterday 14 greens and 26 putts and she did make mention of the pirate six which gave her the impetus to go on and make five birdies from the next six holes and five birdies
On the toughest holes out on the golf course made birdies on seven eight and n and on 12 there weren’t many people able to make a birdie on the 12th hole so that’s where she really Rose to the top this is big was a good
P and suddenly Mii Lee is out to a two- shot lead always difficult to back up a mid-60s round players don’t often shoot mid-60s on the weekend two days in a row it can be done in the early days where the pressure is not as intense but M Lee
Having shot that 73 three yesterday has bounced back today and it has been a two- shot turnaround between herself and Jess cter ARA now finds herself three back from the lead carolene Masson is five shots away from the lead porong is six back they’re the only five chances
Now it’s going to be a dramatic Sunday at beautiful blue Bay Sunday brings its own kind of heat at the top of the leaderboard and that’s where M Lee finds herself at the moment having entered the day level pegging with Jess cter she’ll need to do all the little things like keeping the fluids up throughout the day on this
Very hot day ride but she’s done it right so far and leads by two here’s porong patum who’ll also need to keep the fluids up especially with the outfit that she normally wears on a very hot day she gets a big kick forward off the shoulder there good kick and that is
Going to be an eagle PT coming for borong and if she’s going to be any little chance those sort of things need to fall she’s not the longest driver on tour 103d in the stats but two very accurate blows then to give herself a chance it down the left hand side and
This is a really good looking dve split the Fairway in range a great shot from chanan got to wonder that after this year she’s won five times if she’s going to work on her driver in the offseason so she can’t put it in the bag more often yeah possibly the answer to that
Would be if it ain’t broke don’t fix it going a very good point five wins to prove it too massong luckily enough able to find her first ball so this is her third shot and she’ll be putting up the slope at a very unlikely look at a
Birdie and she’ll give pong a good look it’s a left to White Breeze coming into their faces this is drifting down the right hand side but should be okay hold still please well that just goes to show you how long area ganigan is cadd Les who used to caddy for two
Years for area janagan Les lard now with Mii Lee J CER is flying this straight right it’s going a long way right well that’s Caroline Masson territory we know there’s a wall over there and hopefully it may have stayed inside that wall but it’s not going to be pretty even if it
Did uh but at the moment there well looking at the local rules that is still in play if they can find it it will be out of bounds if it’s on the left side of the Fairway looking at the local rules yeah that’s a big if
If they can find it because there’s uh a bit of Uncharted Territory in there third shot for Lindberg at eight 10 on four from the right you need to get it up the slope here and she’s done that and has given herself a makeable birdie P yet to win on tour Pilla Lindberg
Ranked 104th in the ranking so good finish here will Propel her to within the top 100 for sure what about the day the 23-year-old had yesterday with that incredible stretch in the middle of her round she was smiling her way through it and understandably so goes to Malaysia next
Week to defend her title at the s d the LPGA Malaysia she’s a good player in Asia Jess cter she has four top five finishes in Asia including that win at s Derby last year and that would also include aera third when she played here
In 2014 as well so this is a course she knows well and having her distance is a huge Advantage around this golf course being able to go at these very difficult pins with les club now is it inside the wall you can see what it’s like on the other side of the wall
And by the look of it they may have it so we’ll check in with that pess is going to the other side of the wall we’ll see what sort of Li she’s pulled if they have in fact managed to find the Ball bong patam is going to be looking intently at her playing companion putting first Caroline Mass on because por On’s got an eagle putt coming and Kate if she is to win she’s presently six back from the lead this probably a birdie will help but an eagle would certainly put her
Back into the conversation again most definitely and with the POR On’s not a long hitter of the ball but she’s very accurate on the golf course and accuracy will certainly stand her in good stead here but got to start making some more birdies the key this week most of the
Players have agreed is just keeping a boat off the car the birdies are out there but it’s very easy for a momentary lapsing concentration to find yourself with a 25 ft Putt and walk away with a three part they’re so undulating these greens Meson has struggled on the front
Nine so far this week she’s only even par for the front nine and she’s made all seven of her shots under par on the back nine cor on keeping a very close eye on this one not electing to run around and have a look at the line from behind
Behind that’s nice speed that’ll give her a good indicator of the speed that she requires after a t- shot you’d have to say the Carolyn’s probably pretty happy with the path yeah and the par is what she gets to remain at minus 7 search party out
Yeah we are all looking Pete it is so thick and please tell me there’s nothing nasty in here but um apart from that snake behind you you me I’m watching carefully for a number of things but this is so thick and deep she didn’t bu another one because she thought it hit
The palm tree but it didn’t it air mailed that so it’s out here somewhere and uh well we’re going to have a little time to look but not too much longer I don’t think it was right over the top of our camera so we saw that so we know the
Line that it’s come in on but it really it could be anywhere yeah it’s incredibly thick and you could be right on top of it and not see it in here I just hope I make it out alive well it’s a long walk back to the tea as well no
The big snake was found this palm tree I thought it hit the right edge of the palm tree yeah when to the Palm right well I thought it hit the palm palm tree but he said he didn’t cuz I saw the Palm Tree Bend when it like looked like it was going over
It they only have a limit of time they can’t be there all day and if they can’t find it and it’s back to the te that’s a long walk back yes there was a snake found this week at the CB classic where the girls will move to next week to the
TPC quala lumo 6 fo python Eagle P for pornanong has she learned about the pace not quite and the players are always disappointed when they don’t get Eagle putts to the hole give them a chance of going in should be enough to pick up one and she will move
To within five of the lead tough pin on nine it’s all the way in the back right hand segment Michelle drilling her ball and not getting it right whoa look at that look at what she has to contend with at one slope then another might have one of those snakes
That you were talking about it’ll be going in two or three different directions birdie P for panila Lindberg from above the hole at the eighth just took a leftand turn 3 ft from the hole could easily be at Wimbledon today looking very smart out there a
Dress not very often we see a tennis dress out on the golf course golf Doling dress even but I like it came into this week played in Korea last week was in a TI 39th and then in a fub on LPGA tie 56th so top 10 finish would be a very
Good result for Lindberg porong moves to within five and so she’s still in the hunt so of just thinking the last player one of the last players that are recall seeing a golfing dress is Paige McKenzie who does a lot of work for the Golf Channel in the United States now
And a big hello to everyone watching in the early morning on the Golf Channel time’s just about up you would have to think for Jess I think we just found it in its Deep Jungle and I’m not giving you a yardage from up here because I have no idea it’s a wrong way
Okay I don’t think we be to get it out of there yes we go back in L it’s very interesting now what her options are that’s her CAD Carl Bradley he’s going to race off and get a yardage and they’re just talking about going back as far as they can on the
Line might be able to get it out sideways but I don’t know what the likeliness of that is it’s a big risk isn’t it when you’re already Two Shots behind the leader early on could easily leave it in there when if she takes a drop she can
Take it to Club LS that doesn’t help her at all it’s the same lie she can go back on the line between the hole and where the ball is but that’s not helping either cuz that’s not a good lie might even have to go back to the two yeah
That’ll take her out down the 13th Fairway which will be definitely Uncharted Territory I mean it doesn’t matter my unplayable is going right yeah you don’t think I mean I don’t think I don’t you no I’m saying like this way I don’t think I don’t think it’s
Worth it because all best you can do is do down there then you’re going to lay it up again we can take it back there and just lay it up all right I don’t think it’s worth the risk so do you want to just stay here and I’m going to go
Stay back there I’ll stay here you walk back there I take the same ball it’s a new ball yeah there is an absolute chance if she had a do miss completely right here I’m going stand you go get the p and I’ll walk back so what will happen is that she
Will keep her cadd in a direct line to the hole how far back is she going to go I don’t know but I’m traing back there Kate s you get a yardage for that can you back AIT I’m it’s just a long way it’s a lonely old place isn’t it she
Looks as though she’s the only person on the golf course there and yet she’s second in the go golf tournament at present a miscalculation from Michelle we with her second shot at the ninth hole come on trickle down it was the right idea ran out of steam at the
End but you’re putting your game under a lot of pressure if you’re going to try and make up and downs from those situations need to hit it close if you’re going to mount a challenge this Sunday so after some sort of delay Sandy has gone off to Chase Jess
Cauter so I don’t know whether she’s in range of Mii Lee oh I can see Mii if I turn around sorry I forgot there are other players here um m is a long way out as well the wind is blowing directly into them maybe fractionally from the leftand
Side contact is very low it’s heading towards that Ridge in the green it’s going to come up way short but okay not too short that’s a good chance of an up and down for G Le up and down on the seventh home in particular in light of
What’s happening to Jess at the moment because she’s two in front now if she gets up and down from there she moves to 13 underp Jess could have anything here so this could be the decisive hole of the golf tournament right now we’re still waiting to hear what’s
Going to happen with area I love it looks like it’s the two AR it’s actually a 3K what solid contact just leaking a little right that was reasonably close for comfort and You’ back area to get up and down or a very good chance of getting up
And down as well on the 13th faway just caugh it playing the eighth hole he’s going to actually see nothing of course there’s a big mound in front of her strong cross Breeze left to right we should get this down in the front over Le that would be a good shot anywhere
Short of the graen in the front it’ll be a good result and no I don’t have a yardage for you and we didn’t think you would I don’t think anyone would have had a yardage for that shot the line will be where her cat stands there’s Kyle
Kyle got to be a little bit careful here as well because the water does jut out from the angle that she’s coming from Breeze is going to push it back that way as well it’s left to right crosswind it’s quite strong at the moment too Mighty important for Jess cter now
This is a third contact is pretty good it’s well left it’s looking fine from here yep and that’s exactly what her caty was talking about don’t take the risk of trying to squirt it out and leaving it in there you probably take your medicine in that situation and just get it on The
Fairway again for par Melle we slides one by that’s going to be an outward nine of 39 so things have looked so promising for the 2014 US Open Champion who’s had such a testing year having won just $64,000 so far in 2016 a big moment coming then at eight
Because M Lee’s got a good chance of getting herself up and down to move to 13 under par Jess cter is going to have some work to do to make her par the gap between them at the moment is two ARA janigan could also pick up a shot but
Jess cter having her trials and tribulations at the eighth hole this could be a big moment on this Sunday at Blue Bay yeah Carol Masson has just bombed away with her t- shot at the ninth taking it down the left hand side she is one of the players still in the fight at five shots back from the lead big shot now for cter 130 yd for Jess it needs to be good
It’s looking very good this is straight at it no well what an unlikely and adventurous par this would be for Jess cter is she going to be in the hunt to get her name on the trophy well after that shot it certainly seems that way only two names on this wonderful trophy
At the moment Leanne Pace in 2014 say Kim last year it is a lovely piece of silverware one that would look very good on the mantle piece at home and the 350 $1,000 that goes along with it is not too shabby either it’s just the third staging but it’s emerging this Blue Bay
LPGA and it’s produced some wonderful quality golf so far this week and I don’t want to leave this has been a quite superb week we put up in the most wonderful Hotel the Greentown Blue Bay Resort the players are staying at the Western hotel and it’s utter luxury from
Start to finish and a world class golf course as well well I’m lucky enough to be here for the first time Kate and you and Sandy and everyone has been telling me about this place and I think you’ve undersold it it’s it’s just fabulous so then Jess looks likely to
Make her part to remain at minus 10 Mii looking then to get up and down to take the lead out to three shots we know how good she is with this club in her hand very [Applause] Good B above her feet for Lindberg and needs to get it to that back tier no go don’t sit look at that such a small area where the hole is actually located M’s probably going to get up and down area may not very uncharacteristic error she’s in the position where she
Needs everything to keep on going right as good as she is very testing part required for Simmon F to hang on to a par a 10th hole she’s quite expressive on the golf course very tall player as well from China and it’s such a hard hole today
It’s playing the third hardest hole on the golf course there has been one birdie but there’s not many out on 10 and for the week it has been the second hardest hole overall Mass on from the left hand side of nine go that won’t get up there
Either it is such a big step there and it’s just like a little plateau in the back ride corner porong will be looking for this ball to release coming out of the rough and unfortunately it’s released a bit too far especially when you landed on that Plateau yes and that’s the worry
For the players if you’re short you’re penalized and if you’re long you’re penalized because it runs off into that Sr at the back you just got to think that that’s flown on her because she would not have been looking to land that on the plateau this becomes a pretty important
Part now very much just to stay within Striking Distance of M Lee come on go go go with her length that is going to feel like a bogey we mentioned she’s made most of her score on the PA fives this week and to walk off with the five very
Disappointing for ARA here’s her fellow tie coming from all the way at the back of nine now that’s lovely touch what an incredibly important part this is for Jess quarter this will be one of the most adventurous fibes of all time she’s covered some territory and it
Might be just the little spur that she needs if she can get out of this with the par oh that is something that that is so impressive to dig deep I think AR just gave it the thumbs up she knows how important that was she talked about the importance of six
Yesterday if she’s to win today she’ll talk about the importance of that whole R there well and to think that after that drive she marched back a good 30 or 40 yards to find an area in which to drop the ball then had to play a blind third shot back onto the
Fairway that was gritty determined stuff from the American as good as a was Mii Lee still has the chance of making her lead go from two to three and yesterday’s trouble seemingly well and truly behind her the young Australian has 10 holes to play and is staring down the barrel of
Her third LPGA Victory to add to the title in the loty championship that she won earlier this year so the lead three Jess cter remarkable power at eight area janagan and not so remarkable power at eight she’ll be very disappointed Mass on important on patum now Caroline Masson porong patam Germany and Thailand
Find themselves six back from the leader so they’re going to need to do everything right they’re going to need a collapse from the leaders and it doesn’t look like happening especially for the young Australian the 20-year-old Mii Lee leads by three in the final round of the Blue Bay LPGA The number one player in the world is of course New Zealand’s Lydia Co she is not here this week area janagan has the opportunity of making up a little bit of the Gap but the Gap is a substantial one at the top of the Rolex world ranking
Miss it is in fact 4 and 1 half points or thereabouts and that is more than half of the score that area has accumulated so that just goes to show the dominance of Lydia Co the move last week was that Lexi Thompson made up one
Place she went up to fourth in the world Brook Henderson drops to fifth still some achievement for the 19-year-old Canadian but that is a very impressive top 10 all the way down to Amy Yang and Lydia Co standing at the top of the tree in the Rox world rankings we should make
Mention of the fact that MB Park is not playing for the rest of the season yes that injury after winning the gold medal at the Olympics what a terrific achievement but we’re not going to see in for the rest of 2016 while she nurses that injury gets better and leaded by [Applause]
Three this is a tough hole though we’ve seen how difficult it is with that back right hole location and here’s an example of how difficult it’s been because panila Lindberg has about 18 ft or thereabouts to save her par it is actually statistically just the 10th hardest Hall on the golf course
Looks a whole lot harder than that from what we’ve seen so far at nine nice draw from Jatan will be ideal on the shape of this hole nice strong Breeze into her as well and she’s turned this over this is right to left it’s a long way left
Too that’s a tricky STS just come up Shy of the bunker meantime ahead of the green porong patam could complete a very cleever up and down that’s nicely done after a ball hit the plateau maybe she got a flyer out of the rough and it finished up all the way
At the back to get up and down from there very nicely done Jess cter just bombing one over the right side of this left bunker straight down the middle it’ll be in a really good [Applause] spot she’s got to fill that after that par at the last it feels like a birdie
And that she is very much got the golfing Gods with her it’s going to be a f ating back nine those are the gold high tops that belong to Michelle we has struggled since that wonderful win at the US Open two years ago player that’s won over 5.2 million in career
Earnings now she’s just outside the top 50 in the all time earnings on the LPGA Tour that’s going to take her unfortunately to four over par for the day and contrasting fortunes for the players there you talked about Jess thinking that she felt as though she
Made a birdie Mii did make the birdie but ARA would walk off thinking that she’d made a bogey even though she put a five on her car because with her length she would have been looking at four at worst it’s interesting though looking at AR janagan and her last seven starts
Tied for 13 last week in career is her worst finish in the last seven starts well let’s find out how the composition of the leaderboard has arrived at where it is as we take a look back at the highlights from the last hour first of all Lee Lopez with the
Look of the birdie at this eighth hole the par five been a good week for Lee and that was on the way to an outward nine of 39 though this was an eagle opportunity for por and on patland two ly blows to the green on eight
Not quite enough for patam but she would go on to make a very good birdie but the story of the last hour has been just quarter with her drive way right they took a lot of time and eventually found the ball she took it back after taking a
Penalty drop this was her third shot getting it into the Fairway but still a long long way from home so it’s hard to call this an up and down but that’s what she was looking at and then she produced this with her for [Applause] absolutely spectacular and went on to make an incredible
Par M Le also on the eighth hole just came up Shy she got up and down beautifully on the seventh hole she would go on to do exactly the same on the eighth hole to keep her lead three at the top 13 under the nearest Challenger quarter being three
Behind and here is our leader with her second shot at the ninth so difficult to land it on the right level here because there’s not much real estate around that hole also the ball is a little bit above her feet there’s Breeze into her she’s at 143 she’s going with a
99 it’s an 8 on distance but she knows she can’t land it near the flag oh so unlucky another two ft and that would have been up on the Dance Floor this is not going to be easy well as you can see she just cannot stand in the
Bunker it’s 131 to get it all the way there just 104 to get it to the front but then difficult thing for area here is she’s got this big long bunker in front of her all the way to the green whether she can carry it and land
It that far and run it up it’ll be one heck of a shot if she does but firstly 134 J on a much better line and it’s looking pretty good oh again just can’t get it up the bank well this is where I find it hard
To believe Kate that this is the T hardest hole on the golf course from what we’ve seen nobody’s been able to get it near the flag now on the same level that they need to wow what a tough shot for Janan gripping right down the shaft that was with a wedge and what
Contact she has made oh that is I think it’s gone over has it we can’t see it from here but what a great shot what a brave shot as well to take on right online well all she needs to do is do exactly what her fellow tie did porong
Patam and then she’ll be able to scram ramble a par 13th home and a good chance for the US Open Champion Britney Lang to get back to even par oh that’s a lovely putt that brings her back up into a tie for 11th there’s are is palm tree from
The other day and Carolyn Masson has just been able to avoid it it is such a daunting shot in though this hole has been so difficult right throughout the week There’s part of the reason that’s daunting it’s a front hole location today so it’s difficult to stop it at
That front hole location it’s been the second hardest hole on Thursday then it dropped out of the hardest holes on Friday and back to the third hardest hole yesterday breez is with them too that makes it even harder to stop it difficult driving ho the 10th very narrow Fairway and then you
Tug it slightly left and you’re on a down slope in the rough with a palm tree to contend with the second is so long in as well very very good hole have you had a look at area shot yet Sandy yes I have and it’s fairly unpleasant balls well above her feet on
A down slide so she’s got the combination of the two very little green to work with there’s not too many Paces there but she’s got to be able to carry because if she gets this head it’s just going to pop and stop into the little bank that degree of difficulty a lot
Just going to try and slide this under and and get it to land soft well how to imagine she could actually check it up before the pin but that was a good result she could get out of this with a fall something por andong
Was able to do a few moments ago from a very similar position second to 10 for Pilla Lindberg and perhaps both of the players guarding against the fact that they’re down Breeze and it’s a front pin coming up a little shy this would be tough thought Patman once again yeah that’s no doubt as a byproduct of the breeze being at their backs and if you landed on the 10th the tenth is we’ve heard this week it’s one of the hardest screens on the golf course so if you landed on you’re at the back and that’s
What they were trying to guard against so coming up short is a much preferable option there at 10 up the step for quarter for birdie an unlikely one a good a good Pace as [Applause] well well what that shot of Jess’s did was give Mii Lee a really good idea of
The pace she’s just about a yard further around slightly different line but uh that was a really good put of jesses so she get a good indicator well in the group before that Sandy panilo Lindberg had a very similar put to Jess and only just managed to
Make it up the step it’s an easy thing to do so as should say it’s a really important teach for Mii Lee instruction about the pace that’s required good PA for quarter she remains three back this is a wonderful example of how angulating the greens are here at Blue
Bay this isn’t the only green like this as well this is the ninth or but you step on to the 10th the 11th is testing slopes away and then the 12th hole the PA for 12th hole proved to be such a difficult hole over the last few days
The best place to experience looking at the ninth hole is that beautiful clubhouse that we just saw in the background with a nice cool drink in your hand oh that is one of the most stunning clubhouses there it is has she learned from what Jess cter has just shown her Looked like it was going to pull up 8T short at one stage yes had a bit of the panilla limberg’s about it that part he’s looking very cool and composed back to the demeanor that she showed on Thursday and Friday when she shot the lights out with 6567 over the first couple of
Days por and I’m chipping from just at the front of the 10th and that is not the result she was after from that distance even though she’s trying to use a bit of the backboard it’s not going to help her that much and that is a miscalculation to complete what would be
A very good up and down and considering where her drive landed that is an excellent path for Ara janagan and the world number two goes out in even par she’s got four shots to make up on Mii Lee but we know what she’s capable of oh
No I you see the funny side of it panila Lindberg that was stereo disappointment from Kate Burton and panila Lindberg and now she’s got the same shot all over again just enough to get your attention well hold a very good outward nine she’s a very unflappable player as
Well as a Chim Min JY she’s 20 years old she only took up the game 10 years ago when she was 10 she swam before then what a 10 years it’s been carollyn Masson avoiding what panila Lindberg did a moment ago from a different direction giving herself the chance of staying atus
7 here’s Michelle we the back of the 11th hole oh now come on around come on around and that is a beautiful touch from we wow you love that short game a good three that tapping will be fought Michelle we hard to imagine from what we’re
Seeing so far this week on a golf course that she likes that she hasn’t finished any better than 25th this year in 22 events so it’s nice to see some form back for Michelle after that US Open Victory a couple of years ago Mii Lee goes out in 34 and after starting level
With Jess cter at the beginning of the day she makes the turn on Sunday where they say it all begins with a three-shot lead the young Australian is she heading for a third LPGA Victory So we arrive at the back nine on Sunday where it all begins they say poron patam is she still in the mix everything is going to have to go right if the tie is going to score her first official Victory Caroline Masson has been able to scrap her way into contention so far
This week like porok everything is going to need to go right for her but she’s still there in the conversation as is area janagan we know with her prodigious length what she’s capable of she leads the player of the year title she’s the world number two Jess corer needs to produce some of
The magic that she came up with in this stretch of holes yesterday if she’s going to challenge across the last nine holes but it’s victory number three that is currently in the grasp of the young Australian the 20-year-old from Perth Mii Lee has her eyes on the prize as we
Enter the back nine on sundow big tail Breeze coming in from their right this is way down the right side going to make it a much longer shot in oh that will be a long shot in it’s such a narrow Target landing area as well for the players no point taking the
Driver you’ll hit that down slope very nice four from Carolyn Masson boy you like her fighting in the trenches beside you and booming this down the left hand side this is a big eye and it’s going to be in great shape area has played the back nine this
Week in minus5 Jess cter has played the back nine Inus nine M Lee has played the back nine in minus 4 interesting stats there so quarter is certainly still in this see that was a good three three from Michelle from that range see very tasty up and
Down big tail Breeze helping out down the left hand side and this will be long and very very good ideal spot from which to attack she’s in good spirit she goes next week to defend Sim der LPGA where she rounded off the weekend with two rounds of 65 to win by
Four oh pressure on a Sunday I’m walking what pressure just a Sunday afternoon stroll around one of the more picturesque golf courses they get to play Breeze at their backs at the 11th where it measures 185 yd today the exact measurement is 162 to the front and the pin 23 Paces on
And just six from the left it’s all about where to land the ball on the 11th because just before that hole where it’s located today is a down slope and as we have seen so often this we players landing on the down slope and going goodbye all the way through to the back
And I dare say with the leaders now in the stretch of Halls cap M Lee in the back of her mind would be thinking if I can get through 10 11 12 13 at even par and it’s going to make life very difficult for the others behind me if
She can manage a birdie somehow in this stretch of holes that’s like a diamond this is a tough back line the 12th is playing the seventh hardest hole and the 13th is the fifth hardest hole oh God not thrilled and that’s why it’s got to be a very awkward stance
It’s going to be quick as well when it gets closer to the hole too on that down slope Derek red d red her new caddy on the back good time right gooded do I go right of the yes you want to go at the right edge of the green probably
Y’s 180 she’s got a tail Breeze behind her she’s going with a five IR now five IR for her usually carries 175 he’s just settling a little bit now the group in front of them all three players came up short lowball trajectory straight at it now what’s it going to do
A St come back oh that’s so unlucky it was such a good shot good there’s the problem we spoke about K you landed on the green downwind yope right next to the hole there you go I hit it good you heard us say it was a great
Contact 168 with an 8 iron 4 area right jeez wouldn’t you like those numbers one 168 and an eight ey that is heading right short right all about where you landed on 11 if you’re going to have a chance of getting close you have to say it’s an element of luck as
Well good shot from poron to the heart of the green on the flattest part as well 161 and it’s going to going to be a soft dat just leaking right I don’t know whe it’ll hold come back oh come on those literally the only way to stop it on that
Level you know it’s not actually that bad a result for Jess C she leaked to the fraction right slight downhill slope that she had to hit from but we haven’t seen well certainly in our coverage we haven’t seen any players get it on the right level doing
It still 10 on the car I understand that but that’s because I’m hitting miraculous shots and making cuts from across theen as when one birdie all die at 10 today second hardest hole on the course let’s move ahead one pillo Lindberg 185 Ys in front of her at the 11th
Yeah good shot and a good commercial shot almost towards the center of the green outside chance of a birdie there at 11 there have only been five of them so you look at the holes that they are in now and this is why you could call it the championship stretch there been one
Birdie at the 10th 5 at the 11th two at the 12th and six at the 13th so if you can get through an even P you’ve done your job if you somehow manufacture getting through there one under par then you have made up significant ground on
The field Mii Lee three shots clear of Jess cter ARA janagan at N9 under Caroline Masson at seven under you’re watching the final round of the Blue Bay LPG of 2016 it is a gloriously spectacular setting as you head towards the clubhouse up the Magnificent 18th with milon doar residences in the Western
Hotel on the left side of the lake and victory awaiting on the right side of the lake perhaps for Mii Lee who was unlucky with her second shot at 10 so she’s going to have to come up the Ridge and then down and get the pace just right incredibly unlucky Pete that
Second shot of hers was really well hit now it hits the ridge down and can it stop it can stop in the hole oh goodness that was a good effort you’ll take two from there one would have been a bonus just a little concerned about standing in her playing companion’s line
So even though it is a short putch she will mark it the self assurance of someone well beyond 20 years of age well it’s a very longrange part for panila Lindberg and that’s going to pick up pace now oh and that’s got a very good chance
Of going in and a nice try from the Swedish player from one blonde let’s venture to another and Charlie Hull also doesn’t waste much time on the golf course from England Charlie having a decent outing this is her first event on the Asian swing so we looking forward to seeing
Charlie next week and then the tour rolls over after Malaysia next week off to Toto in Japan before heading back to Mexico and the United States in the CME Group TOUR Championship Charlie’s picked up a couple of shots today porong unable to pick one up here at
11 she’s going to be in line for a very high finish though her year so far has been punctuated by three top 10 finishes including that runner-up finish at the HSBC Women’s Champions early this year good up and down again from AR janagan as was the case at the previous
Hole something’s got to start happening though but what a par this would be for mange came up Shy and left chipped to to this spot and then is hoping that this is going to take a very sharp right to left it won’t and so a drop shot for
Masson very easy to do on the 11th hole and that effectively is going to end any hopes that she had you would think and a good four from cord but it’s a back nine that can be very draining mentally you can be punished for hitting
Good shots you could be 5 foot 5 yards left of the pin Into the Heart of the green and then find yourself with having to get up and down for the most unliking spots so it really is a test of patience which I know the players talk about to
The ENT degree especially when you catch up with them after they round but this is a classic example of don’t let it get you down the golf course be tenacious and hang on a drop shot for Carolyn Masson takes her back to minor 6 and Mii was almost punished for a good
Shot there into 10 it was only her skill that was able to get her out of it and a power for Charlie so her day has been a good one two under for the afternoon she’s four under for the week and that places her in sixth place and
The top six places are all outright places no ties in the top half dozen that’s a lot of money to play for this week one of the biggest purses in Asia $2.1 million 315 to the winner 195,000 or thereabouts for second $141,000 for third a chance for we on the 12th hole
And that’s rare to have a chance on the 12th make the most of it oh yeah and she would have known that was an opportunity squandered to hit two good shots and give yourself a look of Birdie at 12th still four over par for the day and
One over for the week but the signs have been there Michelle did make an appearance on the front page of the leaderboard not today though M’s got that position to herself after starting the day in a joint venture with Jessica cter the margin between them three so
ARA’s got four to make up and really it’s shaken down now into a battle in three with a combined age of 63 three years between 20-year-old Mii Lee 23y old Jess bter 20-year-old AR janagan a couple of other youngsters Charlie Holland Brook Henderson on the
Front page of our leader board in a good week for South Africa’s Paul arito who’s picked up one today Colombia’s mariao rbe having picked up a couple Britney linum has had a very adventurous day which included an eagle and the par 4 sixth not the day that ather or Chris
Tamales were looking for one and two over respectively eight holes to play for Mii Lee in a quest for a third LPGA Victory and a second one in 2016 why don’t we have a closer look at the clubs that M Lee does carry you see that she’s
Got the three wedges and then starts with a five iron up STS and golf clubs and it’s interesting how the complexion of the golf bag has changed so much you know it’s only really ARA janagan who carries anything below a three iron for sure maybe if Laura Davis was tearing it up
This week you’d see one as well that’s it’s used to very good effect for M Lee who’s got quite a high ball flight as well 79 for Mii and this is coming back right on the flag gets over the ridge that looks great from here but it’s running on we
Can see that’s all right though that’s on the right level that be an uphill PT that she has another chance for Mii to extend her lead I think she says that all week I’ve hit it good yeah it was only a couple of times yesterday where she got a little
Ragged but I liked her determination yesterday the way she was able to hold it together it was almost as if she said to herself well I’m having a bad day let’s just hang on and make the most out of it one less eight iron for area starting
Right it’s trying to come back whether it catches some slope it’s just got to move a [Applause] little she’s got that lovely infectious smile area and that’s a smile that she works into her golf swing as well works with pier neelson and Lin marot from
Vision 54 on the mental side of the game which you have to say has made an enormous difference to the succcess she’s had this year the green here is very very protected and you can’t feel the wind there’s plenty of it behind them flag is also not moving it’s
Protected that’s an eight for Jess as well it’s coming back on the flag now needs all the right bounces oh come on this could be one of the very best shots we see on 11 all week area hole high and with a makeable birdie put wo Jess pretty happy with
That she’s played the path through so well played them brilliantly yesterday a battle in three so it seems good to see the galleries out because of all the confusion last week Aus just talking about confusion last week and a lot of that confusion was with how the players actually arrived here from Korea
Good looking swing from por who whose brother uh wow teaches her he plays a bit on the Asian tour she gives him a call in the evening yes you made it here in the end this week did you Pete it was an adventurous Journey from South Korea to Hanan Island via Shanghai adventurous
Is one way to describe it Kate yes talking of patience ni J nice drive down the left hand side for panila and this 12th hole with the pennis cut over on the right we talked before about the amount of dollars that are up for grabs here in
A $2.1 million purse so yeah even though masson’s probably out of the hunt for the title now there still a lot of bucks to be won over the next couple of hours ping from up the slope on 13 this is Simmon F not the day she was after Kate she’s
Made one birdie today that was at the second but there’s been plenty of Bogies thrown into the card as well so she is three over for the day yes one of several Chinese players competing this week no sh Shan Fang competing this week I know that shiin came into the week is
Feeling a little bit of extra pressure as really being the next uh Chinese player expected to do well seeing so many Chinese players there just over 2,000 of them registered with the China LPGA the China sorry the China Golf Association as amateurs that’s a lot of young Chinese golf is about to break
Through four of the six players who play their trade on the LPGA Tour are here this week for the six Chinese players that is stalking for Mii who has the least likely of the three opportunities you would think although Sandy from the back here this is not
Unmake we’ll get back to Sandy in a moment yeah de I am here just for a moment uh it’s definitely makeable but there will be a little bit of a slide left to right as she starts cuz she’s slightly up that big Ridge but uh I mean
These are three pretty good shots this is such a tough pin placement we’ve made mention of the absence of birdies there’s only been five twos here all day paulito made two here mariao rebe also made her two Amy Yang was another play to walk off with a two three realistic
Chances of adding to that she’s giving most of them a chance of going in we’ talked about the equation here 10 through to 13 if you can walk off even par especially when you’re a three- shot leader that’s nearly done the job second shot for Carolyn Mass on at
12 to a hole that is 32 Paces on no it’s not it’s over there in the front right corner now a good chance more area janagan he has the more difficult part of the three Kate she cuz she’s coming down off the mostly to the top of that
Ridge so it will be quick but I don’t know if there’s a lot in it it pretty well is the area the opposite side to where it runs straight off this green prob be little right to left what a good part that was though for area janigan one of the best parts we’ll
See on 11 today trying to close the gap it remains at three second shot at 12 for porong patum w nearly putting it in the hole on the Fly and is it going to take the backboard no it’s just going to hang up on the ridge well that was nearly a slam
Dunk great chance now for cter area had a share of second placing for about 23 seconds the Gap back to two game on again what a difficult shot this is for panil Lindberg on the 12th his pin is all the way at the back no it’s actually not
Kate because it did come out on the pin sheet that it was 32 on and five from the right hand side but you’ll see where it is oh yeah so uh I don’t know what happened there I just double checked our pin sheet and uh there must have been an
Amendment from earlier in the day that changes the complexion of the whole for sure with that whole Lo yeah most certainly so it’s back to Two Shots now for Mig Glee over Jess quarter AR janigan within three having made that birdie so aart for Mii birdies for Jess
And area and so the action is pretty hot on a very steamy day here at Blue Bay the final day at Gian Lake so if you get a chance to come here try and make time for the visit to the Western Spa two shot for area janigan at this 12th hle the good thing is if we did shout jockey to the spa tonight they wouldn’t have to use a lot of oil he’s only
Little oh but but he’s very precious and we love him dearly now this is from up on the ledge sitting right up on top of the ridge so she’s only going to have to help this on a away and that’s nicely judged could have easily got away from
Her cor’s tied fourth she’s seven back from the lead so the wings are out of the question still searching for That official win on tour she won the 2012 HSBC Brazil cup but that’s not an official LPGA event but she keeps on knocking having her chances
Must find the Fairway on this path for and Jess is going to do that it’s just down the left Center great drive from Jessica cord who’s going to have company next year on tour her sister Nelly has qualified by finishing ninth on the Symetra Tour so top 10 get through to
LPGA in 2017 it’s pretty good playing alongside your sister pela lindberg’s opportunity for a birdie up ahead not quite the right pace for that line and so our leader has had her Advantage reduced from 3 to two nice ball flight here from Mii and that’s going to be long down the center
And she’ll get a good look at this pin come a little higher up on the ridge huh way blue is he really she’s pretty relaxed isn’t she mile Le for a 20-year- old she always has been mov as an amateur what an illustrious amateur career she had back to back Australian amateur
Wins that’s a good pass save from Caroline Masson so she remains in the battle with porong padum the other three have separated themselves from the rest of the field and so it’s a battle within a battle going on for fourth this will be a good way to finish for Maro orbe
Little fist pump very expressive player we love watching her play and what a very tidy back nine indeed round of 69 and an elementary tidy up for panila Lindberg just looking at the best completed rounds of the day Jane Park shot a 3 under 69 today and that is the
Best of the players who are currently in the clubhouse 70 for Marina Alex and of course mariao joining Jane park with that 69 now making her way to the scorers Hut before getting into the clubhouse on this Sunday at Blue Bay warm welcome to you right around the
World to our coverage of this final round big hello to everyone in the we small hours of the morning on the Golf Channel in the United States wherever you happen to be watching I know Australia will be watching today with one of their favorite golfing daughters
Mii Lee the action coming way on Fox Sports in Australia Peter donigan and Kate Burton in the box with you Sandy McKenzie out on course well I’m going to give you a yardage to the front cuz that’s all I have cuz the pin’s not where we thought it was
No it’s about 8 or 10 on I think Sandy 168 for yes and she hit it about 164 a chance to check in with the world number five and major Champion Brooke Henderson whoa how quick does that pop she just breathed on it that gets Henderson to three
Under say one of only 10 players under par she’s got to be feeling hot today all in black too speaking of which Breeze behind them at 13 for point along patum and got a nice kick as well onto the short stuff 162 to the front this is with 79
This is going a little Right breez is coming into them from the right but I think it’s going to stay up on that bank oh and that is not easy she’s going to find herself quite a way above the hole well Mii Mii elected to go with a
Lot longer Club off the tea and she’s got it way up on the rise gives her a really good look it’s 144 to the front so we can add approximately 10 to that breeze is actually really strong it’s a cross Breeze but is coming into them from the left hand
Side so that’s going to make the ball drift a little more to this front right location just a big discussion going on here there’s a lot of factors if you get it short it’s going to stay short Breeze is a big issue they’re not sure about this at all well an from carries
145 taking the breeze factor and the fact you don’t land this too close to the flag now the decision’s been made so time to commit to the shot believe that you’ve got the right Club in your hand and she has gone with eight that’s her carry for this figure of 145 it’s ri
Right of the flag she’s a bit further down the slope than where area is so not as difficult but still not easy seem to be the right Club certainly right distance driver for panila who’s had a mix bag on this hole this week she made par on Thursday bogey on
Friday double bogey on Saturday doesn’t look as though there’s too much chance of that progression continuing the par 54th Charlie hell uses a bit of body English the englishwoman to get that into the hole for her fifth birdie of the day very productive day for Charlie and her cadd Adam
Woodwood 21 Paces on 11 left as the pin at 13 so the right hand side is nice and that is perfect breeze at their backs so the fast pace of Carolyn Masson and penilla Lindberg striding down the fairways towards what will be a good
Paycheck at the end of the day V Lee is the closest one to the $315,000 paycheck which will be awarded to the winner but she still got Jess cter the 23y old from the United States and ARA janagan the 20-year-old from Thailand breathing down her neck but the Australian is getting closer she’s
Played two on the back nine is she stting to a third victory in her Career what a year it’s been on the LPGA Tour in various parts of the world and it will go back home for the final event of the year the race to the CME Globe will be decided in Naples Florida next month AR janagan closed the Gap last
Week she’s got the opportunity of really impacting on the standings at the top but any one of those nine players is able to come up statistically and win the race to the CME Globe yes in the top three if they were to win it outright they would win the CME Group TOUR
Championship and just a small matter of a million dollars that goes with it which uh Lydia C has won the first two additions and important though for other players we were talking about this earlier Pete that players like Lee Lopez she’s currently 76 in the CME ranking so
A good finish here would help her get into that field that is very nicely done from an awkward spot up above the hole for area janigan that chipping club which L her down a bit at the eighth hole has worked very well ever since there’s that massive bunker in
Front of poron patam as she fires in her second shot to 13 [Applause] power will be a good score from there looking away from the hole it’s been a very useful Club in her bag this week not wedge from off the green she has got up and down from some
Unlikely spots that was certainly more straightforward but it’s a tidy round of golf today compared to yesterday when she went in the wrong direction dropping shots where she was saving so many good putts on Friday she certainly seems assured you know what else is going to stand here in
Good stead the last five holes these three players are very similar Jess and area are- 6 for the last 5 M’s – 7 but Mii is -6 for the last three three holes this week so she knows how to handle the run home second shot for penila Lindberg at this
13th and an eight IR could have been useful with a seven she’s got a very very long shot like poron coming up must hold this and cauter and the Gap is still two as they march on to the 13th all the way up ahead Germany Sandra gal
Who started off so well very good round on Thursday but it’s been a bit difficult after that but she finds a nice way to finish oh what a topsy turby round it’s been though for gal string of Bogies and a string of birdies wow stats for the
Week of birdies and Bogies she’s thrown a bunch both of them on the scorecard good save from ARA after being up on the bank with her second shot at 12 so there still should be a Twist in the tail they’ve almost matched their scores the last group that’s T Le Yang
Tiding up for her power at the last and it was a tough day for her but it’s more about the experience really of getting to play with these great players and here are the players who have proven to be the greatest this week as I was talking about the scores on the back
Nine so far area has gone par birdie par Jess has gone par birdie par Mii has gone par par par that’ll be enough to get it done for the Australian if that continues yeah they’re starting out to the right just drawing back to the the center of the Fairway so should be in
Great shape tricky shot for ponon Patman we think she’s going to take a little wedge and fly over the trouble or run it through and work with the Contours of the green and try and go in bold attempt Breeze coming into them from the right and this is drawing it started Center
But it’s drawing across the Fairway it will run out of room they still in good shape the only thing is she’s got a left pin so it’s not the angle she would like to come in on although when you’ve got that bunker to contend with there’s no easy approach
Shots Mii Sandy has looked very calm and composed and cool in the lead starting down the right hand side just drawing back into the Fairway and it’ll be right in the center she going to make them work for it isn’t she Mii yeah and that’s the way it should
Be going with the flat stick which will be very interesting watch this ball and how much it’s going to move it’s going to come around from her right then it’s going to move back to the left a nice big snake wish you’d stop talking about nice
Big snakes well have you seen the one that they spotted on CB classic which is where the players will head to next week TPC KL and on the other course the East course where the girls will be playing but they are draged a big 6ot python out
I don’t know if it was on The Fairway but I’ve seen a couple of photos of it and know it’s not one that you’d like to come across that’s for sure um I’d love going to Malaysia i w get the opportunity of going there this year
Because I’ve got the uh the big horse racing Carnival in Australia coming up the melbour cup Carnival but after hearing that I’m probably pleased that I’m not going there’s a lot of wildlife on the golf course we look forward to joining Steve tilker and his team there
Next week what a great stop on tour that is yeah always one of the best tournaments of the year and certainly the players love it Mass on from long range looking good very nicely done oh that could be worth a few dollars come the end of the
Day Caroline Masson moves back to seven under and gets herself a one- shot advantage over porong patam who is still trying to make her par Danielle Kang she had a wonderful opening start in 2014 here and she made a hole in one on the 17th hole to win a Buick Lacrosse
Car dialing in herons once again that’s a tremendous shot in from Kang who’s still searching for her first win on the LPGA it’s not been the day she was after unfortunately Daniel K six overp for the day this is a very testing part in light of what has just happened with Caroline
Masson oh that’s a pressure putt she has very good putting numbers por on patum and she showed it right there she’s 16th in putting averages and that was a pressure hole for the tie shall we now eager to get close get it to spin back dribble down towards the
Hole and that is excellent oh that helps knocks it a bit closer fortunately the ball will have to be replaced but Mich we St it is oh we saw that dramatic haul in one of the 16th of the Masters this year where balls were ricochetting off each other it was extraordinary
Lindberg a very good two put this would be if she could pull it off everything at this stage of the day is worth a lot of dollars even if the win is out of the question done nicely done that’s very good from where she was I think she thinks it was pretty
Well done too she’s having a good time out on the golf course K Yohan on the back from South Africa good team they are together wouldn’t it be good to get one back for Kang here currently four over oh well played it’s been a bad year for Danielle
Kang she as you say hasn’t had a win but she finished on the tie for fourth at the Australian Open best finish bit of a cross Breeze blowing down here at the moment n and area have exact near the same distance 164 to the flag the problem is of course the pin is
Stuck over that mound on the back of the bunker we’ heard her say a few times she thought she’s really hitting her eyes well that’s with 79 it’s looking good gosh it looks good that is outstanding take a rolls on to about 12 ft but certainly one of the better approaches we’ve seen
At 13 area from exactly the same distance for her 164 going one less of course this is with eight punches that in really firmly and again it’s online and stay there and that is a good shot and a good chance for area janiga no still up well she’s impressive ARA janagan in
A number of ways not only is she’s number two golfer in the world they’re the 2.3 million in earnings this year it’s a short game that’s so good as well we talk about her long game but her short game she’s fifth in psur Green in regulation 147 for
Jess with nine that’s good too looks great wasn’t that far away from first bounce in three birdie parts coming but they’re about to leave this very tough stretch behind them this was just a moment ago so it is a birdie for Michelle we who really has been tormented by the
Dark Art of potting over the years that stance and style has changed bit of Steady As She Goes at the top of the leader board the Gap remains at two all three with birdie putts coming though at 13 so things may change unless of course they
All make them or they all miss them then will stay the same hope you’ve got that Carolyn Masson finds herself six back from the lead so the battle is between three Mii Lee Jess quarter ARA janagan try to get their name on this trophy A battle in three at the top M Lee Jess quarter area janagan fighting it out all three have birdie putts here at 13 so these are vital now especially for Jess and area a little just a par there then for the American to remain minus 11 Two Shots the advantage for the young
Australian and this title is going to go the way of so many titles of 2016 on the LPGA Tour it’s going to go to a young player there’s been just a a handful of occasions or even less than a handful of occasions where players beyond their mid
20s have been able to win this year and that stays up opportunity then for Mii Lee to stretch the lead back out to three again and the remarkable thing also about this year Kate is I remember towards the end of last year we were looking at the standings in the Louise
Tug Rolex Rookie of the Year and saying what a magnificent class it is well so many of those players who are in the rookie class of 2015 have gone on to win this year yeah and they certainly have yes there been a number of First first time winners this
Year Masson having to negotiate 525 Ys so that shot was for position and that is not really the position that she wanted in fact P been 14 wins this season by the LPGA 2015 rookie class that’s a lot out of 28 tournaments half just over no half
Exactly got the calculator there it’s a blonde one it gets there eventually well you don’t need a calculator to know how important this is with the other two having missed their birdie opportunities Mii Lee can’t take advantage of it three fours so they do go through through that
Stretch of holes we said if Mii Lee with her lead could go through the stretch of holes at even par then she’d be content she’s done that both Jess and ARA though with those birdies at 11 have been able to go one under but the Aussie still has the
Lead oh yeah that’s in a good position what a fabulous hole this is the 14th it’s beautiful if you do get the chance to come out to this part of the world on heyan island make the most of it stunning Golf Course Corner long starting it down the
Left hand side there are a couple of ways of approaching this and that should be in pretty good shape as they approach the green here at 14 we’ll go back and look at what’s been going on in the last 60 Minutes or thereabouts carot saganda off that epic
Victory in ker last week found the going tough yesterday but she found the radar with that slamming it in the hole for birdie at 13 The Tall American Jessica corer started the day with a share of the lead on here she is on the 11th
Hole made the turn in one over so eager to get one back that would be one of the best t- shots you’d see on the 11th and she went on to make a good bogey to be just too behind M Lee it’s just making her birdie
And ARA we saw her golf ball on the green she had to do the same thing and did so matching birdies for two in the last group and Mii made her par there aren’t many players under par in this Championship but Brook Henderson is one
Of them two under to this point and this was for a birdie to get to three under she rattle that in down the slope and that move Henderson up into seventh and moving up to sixth place Charlie Hull rolling one in there for birdie at the 14th carollyn Mason enjoys coming to
Blue Bay she’s had some very good results here over the past 3 years birdie opportunity on the 13th from the back of the green tracking tracking excellent birdie for the German to move her up to so possession of fourth and all that interestingly means that so possession
Occupies the top nine spots on the leaderboard you don’t see that too much these days just heading down down the right hand side for area but it’ll be on The Fairway it to be [Applause] fine oh this this is a wonderful chance to look at era swing now if you see how
Really she hardly moves her hips and how strong those legs are doesn’t get it over parallel and has the ability to clear her hips and create a great deal of lag and holds her wrists that’s where she generates a good deal of Club head speed to get that distance off the Te G also taking this down the right hand side a little further R it may miss the Fairway that’s going to be all right legitimate three shot hole even for the longer players I think it’ll be unlikely they’ll get home in two and Jessica cter look it’s the lower
Part of the body that stays so passive big shoulder turn just a parallel and then drives it down on a slightly shallower shallower plane on the downswing and what a fabulous extension through the ball for Jessica cord up ahead Carolyn Masson looking to find the green and this whole location
11 on three from the left and to that whole location that’s not such a bad spot but she pays the price for an errant second shot where she was lying up for position but had to find herself coming out of the rough nice ball flight from Mii this is
Just down the right center it’ll be in really good shape good chance to have a a look at Mii Lee swing as well another player who’s able to generate a good shoulder turn all the way to the top see those hips not moving off the golf ball and
Then that transition down brings it down on the inside wonderful extension through the golf ball for a player who’s not very tall you look at her compared to Jess cord she gets it out there a fair distance M Lee She’s technically so sound with the golf swing aage trive of
This week has been 252 she’s got one out there at 280 one of the measure drives so far in this week at Blue Bay penila looking to get it closer than Carolyn Masson was able to do with her third shot and she’s certainly been able to achieve that stopped it dead and a
Birdie put coming for panila and that would create a tie up in the top nine yeah I think first to nth positions all occupied by one player at the moment and here’s one of them outright fifth well how did that not work its way back and not for the first time as well
On the 12th home good at standing on Ledges today get a last view of the world from up there but it’s not where you want to be when you’re putting another quick P similar predicament to Brook Henderson a half an hour or so ago as she made that
Part it’s a purposeful stride from por and on patam and there’s a good illustration of over how big that bank is the higher the camera is the less you see the angle of the bank we’ll go back to that shortly this is the third shot from shall we
Super been a really good fightback from Michelle after going out in 39 she’s getting things back on track again she’s got herself up to potentially finishing in the top 10 and that is going to be a testing length we know that there’s going to be
A little bit in that we saw that when it went past the hall so carolly Masson with a battle to like her P jeez she’s one of the only very few players in the world who can pull off those gold high tops they don’t work so well when you’re under 5 foot five
That’s for sure she’s a very talented uh person Michelle we not only with golf but she is a very talented artist and loves her art and takes a great interest in it she also loves zombies she does and she confesses if you look at her yardage
Chart in her back pocket it is titled nerd Nation she does confess to being a bit of a nerd off the golf course that’s by her own Reckoning well here’s the view from up on the ledge again coming down the slope for porn on as for a birdie to go seven under and
To join Carolyn Mass on she is a very good putter she more often than not gives them a chance of going in even from difficult positions porong remains in fifth place but Carolyn masson’s got a putt for her part to stay at minus 7 so we could
Finish up in a tie for fourth at in just a few moments time mentioned that the other three have separated themselves from the rest of the field and here’s the one who’s standing at the top of the tree 2 3 4 for Mii there’s a crosswind
Going into them from the left hand side she’s giving us a decent crack down the left it’s going a long way left actually but should be okay just in that Landing Zone yeah it’s pretty good angle to come in Sandy look at her Sunday pressure doesn’t appear to be that way it’s been
Very relaxed out here I mean there’s been a lot of chat there’s been a lot of laugh and you just wouldn’t even imagine that this is the final round of a big event and you’re the last three players in the field meantime panelo Lindberg up ahead on the
Green just can’t quite Le that one into the hole and the caddy goes oh no what of expression these two it’s quite f watching them it’s nice in these days isn’t it where professional sports people sometimes have all of the nuances knocked out of them and they’re trying
To be a little bit robotic at times so it’s nice to see people who are expressive in sport yes and caddy we had the chance to watch the Ridder cup with him a few weeks ago in China which was um interesting for us because we had to watch it with Chinese
Commentary just goes to sh commentators aren’t that important the result wasn’t what we wanted that’s for sure big part in dollar terms for massot to stay one clear of porong in outright fourth place and she was walking after that even before I got halfway to the hole it’s $195,000 for fourth place
$88,500 or thereabouts for fifth place so it’s uh in excess of $20,000 that they’re scrapping out now Mason and patam who are locked in a tie for fourth the local flag bearer shiu Lyn wouldn’t this be good on 18 to finish under par for the championship
Hang on to your hats she’s got a wood in her hands 230 to the front and she has just drilled this but it is going left a bit no caught the front of the bunker I think it’s rolled down into that little Hollow so it’s not a bad spot K but it’s
A huge incline there yeah might be to see the base of the pin from that or half the flag for that R very hard to see where they finish from back here sh in a disappointing inward half of 39 it looks so promising at the beginning
Out in 33 but 72 for the young Chinese player to finish just a couple of Paces closer 2 28 to the front but there’s a big steep slide it’s a more direct line down the right hand side depends what it’s got at the end no it’s never going to get up
That bank but that’s fine this battle has hit the pause button for a few holes now ever since cter and janagan made their birdies at the 11th hole Mig Le’s lead was cut then from 3 to2 it remains at two and apart from that 11th hole they have match passs all
The way through that stretch so who’s got the advantage at this par five4 we’re about to find out in our final round coverage of the Blue Bay LPGA of 2016 if there’s any pressure being applied to Mig Lee at the top of the leaderboard it hasn’t been showing so far today and here’s a shot that she will need to pay attention to third shot at 14 for our leader oh she’s she’s caught that fat only 65 Y
And it is down the bottom of the hill that was a big mistake by Mii oh you can see the puff of sand fly as well well let’s have a look at it watch the Contact so I just wonder whether she might might have pulled a lie that she couldn’t see and that is significant it’s going to be a tough up and down now the door is open there’s only two shot oh this needs to sit down though for cter maybe it even run back
Again another little ball but cter has that part for a birdie and M Lee is in a spot of bother now on 14 tough die at the office again for Choy after a really tough day yesterday but she’s able to roll one in there at the 16th pitching low and checking and
That’s going to run up nicely so that’s almost a guaranteed birdie for ARA that would take her to 11 under Jess has got the chance of a birdie to go 12 under and Mii needs to get up and down from there to make her power and stay at
13 we’ve just been in this position over the last 35 minutes or so we’ve been waiting for something to happen it’s an exceptional little chop so she will get up and down so uh dodged one there which is very well done still could have her lead reduced but
That is a good save under the circumstances even though she’s only 20 years old she’s played so much amateur golf as well before turning pro only the last couple of years she won back toback Australian amateur titles she won the US girls junior Championship as well
Beating Lydia Co along the way so these girls have their games ready for the professional circuit and how much that has changed over the years we used to talk about well it’s all good experience we don’t need experience they’re winning as teenagers they’ve got the games and
The access to all the equipment and a Savvy that goes with it pretty talented golfing family as well she comes from so this shot hugely important now and so is the putt to come for ARA janagan the door is open she’s putting up the slope Jess quarter with the
Chance of closing the Gap to one right in the [Applause] middle back forar is put shortly seven Pacers on just three from the right hand side and there’s water over there and porong has played a very commercially sound shot left of the pin about 8 ft that’s almost exactly where
You want it to be if it’s not in the hole M Lee will stay at 13 under Jess quarter has moved to 12 under area with this putt to move to 11 under and the three-way battle continues it promis to be that at the start of the
Day and this is how it’s worked out and in the case of a playoff it will be the 18th hole until a winner is determined what a good hole that is as well ideal position to attack the green here on 15 for Lindberg one of the best we’ll see on here
Today she’s having a ball having a great time why not when you hit shots like that all right a miscalculation from Mig Lee but she does no damage both of her playing companions though having made up shots now at the 11th and again at the
14th but she still got the lead now it’s under even more pressure though that’s Masson to strike her blow on 15 sit and release back down that bank I think she was hoping for a little bit more fortune on that board that’s going to be a slippery
Part not the breeze though that we’ve had over the past few days well certainly not on Tuesday where it was gusting up to well there were reports it was going to get up to 120 km per hour on my app that I had a look at it didn’t
Quite get that bad but it certainly did reak havoc and trees came down and very different conditions today and our thoughts are with the people who’ve been affected by all of these weather events which have been going on in various parts of the world lovely view from the 15th T area has got
The honor very low contact from area just left of those Palms going to bring it out in the center of the Fairway and she’ll be in good shape for a very difficult second although from what we’ve seen Sandy the either the group ahead have played exceptionally well or
It may be a little more accessible than we think because they’ve surrounded the hole and they’re all going to be putting for birdie but that water comes into play with the second shots at 15 low ball flight for Jess this is going left now will it stay on The
Fairway no and not by some distance either there’s hardly a breath of breeze it’s one thing actually it’s not so good for me Pete the breeze was lovely it’s got hot all of a sudden very little breeze out here at the moment very calm conditions it’s very hot area just
Walked past me going to go and put her arms in the air said nearly finish long day higher ball flight as she does from Mii this is also going down left Center it’ll be really good it’s actually landed in the first cut it may just impact on the spin she’s able to
Impart up ahead at the green three birdie putts coming Masson has the longest of them that means the porong patam is going to have a very good opportunity to get fourth place to herself in a moment that counts in many standings as well big chance now for
Patum oh just slithers past the left side a lot of money at stake this week to the C globe and we mentioned a moment ago that difference of around 215,000 between fourth and 5th 315,000 to the winner this week 195,00 for second 141,000 750 for third so between
The three of them they’ve got that prize money sewed up it’s just a matter of who’s getting what yes a great approaching from limberg into 15 looking to capitalize get to three [Applause] under she walks with a spring in her step and well she might after the week
She’s had penilla Lindberg has been smiling her way around the golf course she is up in a tie for seventh but the real battle is at the top Mii leads Jess is second and ARA is still eyeing off the prize as Well these are the two at the top of the leaderboard but they’ve also got some company right behind them will it be Mii Lee will it be Jess quter or perhaps area can come and tip them all out vital second shots here to 15 112 for J she’s got this left of the
Flag and it’s looking good if it gets the right SES it’s a good shot and it’s the right play it keeps on putting the pressure on mja lead deliver mindi just coming out of that first cut of rough just 106 Ys slightly left of the flag looking good though s line of
Jess wow she’s going to give Jess a very good read there she certainly is look at this swing gets it back beautifully right on plane keeps that lower body still weight will favor the left side fractionally when you’ve got a wedge in your hand not a full swing excellent at impact and punching
It through to the Target 104 for ARA again left of the flag nobody’s going to take on that three places on the the right the water so another good shot so it’s going to be a put off again it’s a classy three ball this final group all world class
Players exciting to see how it plays out the next few holes and that’s what we were looking at yesterday as the leaderboard was shaking itself down to find out who was going to play with who when we saw these three were playing together we thought wow
What a Sunday we’re in for and we were right Pilla on the teth 16 has a good long look at it just down the left but in pretty good shape whole location is on the left hand side there at 16 hatam nice draw would help cut off the corner oh and that’s
Exactly what patam has done that is in great shape tough second though and with the hole all the way in the back left hand portion 26 Paces on got to trust the distance in up ahead VRA forari to finish out and she does so with a birdie nice
Way to finish it’s been a tough week just the two birdies on the closing day for beatric but she finishes at plus4 and such is the toughness of this golf course especially over the last couple of days that we now are reduced to only 12 players being under par and three of
Them are locked in the battle right here at 15 on this hole this week M Lee has made par every day what she is going to do here is twofold she’s going to attempt to make birdie and she is going to give Jess quarter a very good look at what she needs line
Wise and Pace wise once they finish these holes they’re in the last three repeating the figures again from earlier this week in the last three holes Jess C’s gone around in three under par ARA janigan has gone around in three under par and this player Mii Lee has gone around the last
Three holes in six under par and now Jess knows Pace wise what she’s got to do and a huge opportunity now presents itself to Jessica cord to draw a level with [Applause] Lee G Le’s win oh it’s frustrating to look leave them short well Jess has got a good look
At the line it looks straight enough now so it’s all about the pace here she came up with that big putt up the hill at 14 to make biry and now she comes down the slope towards the water with a similar length to take a share of the lead for
Straight off the club she knew she didn’t have the strike she wanted an opportunity goes begging M Lee will hold the lead but now it’s AR’s turn to get to within one Laria janigan five wins that she’s had this year yes we I am right there have
Been five in 2016 she has held the lead or share of the lead after 54 holes so were she to Prevail today she would be coming from behind now for those of you who like following the stats that might be quite telling but this is certainly going to make a very big difference
Should she hold this to be just one behind M Lee and level pegging with quarter they’re all going to walk off with their fours then and head to the 16th which is the fifth hardest hole on the course there have only been four birdies all day at
16 there’s only been three birdies at 17 so you’d have to think that power on both of those those would be a very good score and birdie would be exceptional and then comes the par five 18th where ARA and Jess will get the opportunity of using their
Length what a battle this is turning out to be really is ning stuff on this Sunday at Blue Bay the Australian still maintains that one shot cushion an opportunity goes begging for both Jess cter and area and Mii for that matter they have separated themselves from the
Rest of the field the action has been hot on the course all day there are ways you can keep cool but there are three players with other things on their mind just at the moment at Blue Bay the spectacular 16th Carolyn Masson of Germany with her second shot level in fourth place she hates it o and that is why flirting with the hazard christes on the 17th w that’s a great putt I know it reads like Chris tulus but she says tamales we’re going to go with that and
That’s a great putt on a very small green the 17th look it almost start singing you say tulus I say Talus yeah that’s another that and that’s the world’s biggest green as well the 17th 81 Paces wide second shot for porong so the doors open for her after what’s just happened
And she takes advantage of it too we know what a good pter she is you think four for certain and possibly a three and Carolyn is going to have to work to make her par this is just a little awkward for panilla all know her feet promotes left and right
Shot that stay short stay short when you say it that way 14 that’s feels like feels [Applause] like so good I mean if you I’m I really like like I said remember we up there not no yeah [Applause] yeah I read nothing special this this is on a very exposed part of
The course and any Breeze that they’ve got is from the right a lot of discussion about this shot whether they’ve got the right club or not they’ve changed clubs and if they took one more then they possibly might have been better off sticking with the original
One this battle which has been going on since the start of the day continues to rage on as we come down the stretch on Sunday M Lee is the leader by one but the Chasers are two very talented players Jess cter at 12 under the card ARA janagan at
11 under the card both of whom let opportunities slip at the previous hole we’ve got three to play the Australian is still in the box seat but we’re entering a stretch where anything can happen the next two holes are tough there have been very few birdies on 16 and 17 throughout the
Day little Interruption for areia so as they often do they just go back and go through the whole routine again her routine is always a very quick one though once she’s up there she pulls the trigger and that is long when you consider that she doesn’t bother with
The driver Kate Burton has made her way up towards 18 Sandy McKenzie has come in right at the right time to see the power of ar janagan oh it’s an incredibly powerful swing Pete big turn and then she drives through with the body and uh absolutely prodigious mixed bag for Jess quarter on
The 16th hole so far this week that is in great shape you’ve been watching this battle firsthand all day Sandy it’s turned into an extraordinary tussle one that we H that we were are going to get at the start of the day and it’s panned out
That way yeah we thought we really would have um a battle in three here at the top and we have just two shot separating them mini drives off nobody’s really broken away now where’s that going oh okay way right off the tea incredibly humid conditions out
There and I promise not to too close to you at least stay up wi very warm and steamy but it has been fantastic stuff for to be able to be out there and watch Caroline Masson after a miscalculation with a second shot has missed the green right at
16 and now that Ridge is going to pull it up a long way from the hall so Advantage porong big time in the battle for fourth as I’ve heard you saying there’s so much to play for Rolex Ranking points CME points there’s a lot of money at stake
And uh every position you can climb makes a very big difference in a number of areas that’s the place to be I wish I was with them well they’re hard at work still might be a little bit cooler than where you were today exactly I don’t think so difficult little shot here for
Vanilla limberg balls below her feet on an up slope not a lot of room to work with and it was one of those second shots Andy where they just weren’t sure they spent a lot of time talking about it a lot of time deciding about the wind direction and the
Club yeah that’s lovely very nicely done so she be able to pop that in for her PA there aren’t many people who could walk around the golf course quicker than you but I reckon penelo Lindberg i’ put penelo in a race with you yeah I’ve left a few of him awake at
Times my poor little battery carrier today he struggled well he is the third member of the trio we get Charlie in the race too third shot to the final hole for the young englishwoman 17 on four from the right there’s the pin goes up on that top tier
And it’s going to stay up there for Charlie and the chance of a closing birdie and that would put her in the race for fourth place too all smiles from Charlie and Adam now this is big massong can make at best a par and even that looks
Unlikely horong is a very good putter she’ll need to be to hold this but if she can just get it stoned dead she’ll have fourth place to herself momentarily at least she is a good putter how good is that and you you cannot appre apprciate on your TV watching that how difficult
That putt is because it is such a climb it is quite Steep and I haven’t seen her today because I’ve been back with the other group but I’ve heard you talking about her and that’s what porong does she’s got very good judgment of pace and and her line is very good on these
Greens not a lot of big movers today Amy Yang had four under but there’s only 12 players in the red so far today it’s also a big Pat for Caroline messon otherwise she’ll drop down for the moment in a tie with Charlie H but although she has a birdie put on 18 so
They could be swapping places very quickly it’s not only in the last group where the pressure puts are happening so we’re about to see a pressure putt Charlie Hull possibly not aware unless she’s had a look at a leaderboard but she’s certainly not aware of what’s going on
Here now so Masson needing this to drop just one and would have got I know it’s a lot shorter but similar line moments ago to porong so she’ll have got a little indication what it’s going to do on this level this is for p and she is going to
Drop just one we’re almost assuming that it was going to be a two-part so close and so now the German does drop back to equal with Charlie Hull in fifth place at five under por on for the time being at least has got fourth place to herself very nice up and down for
Penilla there not an easy whole 16 especially with that PIN placement it’s a hard level to find so should be more than happy to walk away from there with p not the side you wanted to be Mii lead down the right hand side 16 left uh yeah for sure
Yeah why do I have to aim well I mean you got to Bar aim as far right as you can without hitting the palm tree it’s going to go right to left it’s going to go right to left off that Li and the wind’s going to push it right to left okay
As you could hear us say she can see I just got to go at the edge of this country which is like at that t yeah exactly she can see absolutely nothing from where she is slight UPS slope she’s on to got to be a little wary of those little palm
Fronds sticking out there we saw the other day with ER janagan you only have to hit one and it can knock the ball straight out of the sky so this needs to be tight but don’t get too cute with it she did catch it now what’s it done to the ball
Oh wow that is some shot that is very very good it would have taken a little sting off it maybe just as well yeah cuz if it hit up on that top level going with a it could have bounded forward very very easily sometimes there the breaks you need Chella Choy very tough
[Applause] weekend but almost a spectacular finish for Chella and that will be a birdie at the last for a round of 74 she’ll finish outside the top 10 she looked as though she was going to be inside it for a lot of the first couple of days but a very tough Saturday but
Nice to see the smile back on her face she had such a difficult day yesterday it was a real struggle for CH yesterday there was just disappointment on her face the entire day it it never got off to a good start this is a very important shot well they’re all important shots
For Jess cter but if she could manage to stick this close there’s a triangle red triangle just in front of it it’s only 130 y from the front oh she hasn’t got it up the slope she needed another couple of yards on it she’s going back to have a look at
The line just put the club down there on the line of her feet in comparison to where she was heading just having a little check area is beginning to run out of holes now even with her length and she’ll fancy her chances of making birdie at least at the
Last but she’s going to need a birdie probably either at one of 16 or 17 to be up there well with her height and her control and into the wind and she’s hit that right next to the flag stick if anybody can stop it she can so it just
Shows How firm the green is there this part for char Hull to join porong patam in fourth place at 6 under and leaves it on the ledge 3 under 69 to close for the young englishwoman plenty of red figures in there a good week for Charlie Hull in
Her first assignment on this late season Asian swing so Mii Lee might have come up with a spectacular rescue at 16 the is not done yet she still has to make her par J quarter has a long range birdie Putt and AR janagan also has the opportunity an
Outside chance of a birdie and she is going to have to make something very shortly this has turned into a wonderful battle on the fairways between Jess and Mii and throw in area for good measure it has been a most enjoyable Sunday at Blue by
Next week the LPGA Tour heads to K lour and the PGA Tour has been there this week and Justin Thomas at 23 under the card has taken it out from Japan sedi maty Justin Thomas the defending Champion didn’t have the greatest of Saturdays but he certainly got it
Together with a final round of 64 anaban leiri was the man who led them into the final round and a 72 was not enough to get it done with those low scores coming mark lman and Scott hen a couple of Australians up there in the top 10 as
Well but the defending Champion Justin Thomas tastes victory in the CB classic at TPC in quala lour as I said that’s where the LPGA Tour will head next week and Jess cter will be defending her crown there but she’s got other things on her mind at the moment for
Birdie ooh look out o wow that is quick and it’s still running just trying to run it up the slope and run it out but she really got that little hot off the putter let’s have a look at her oh no I can feel your pain
Jess she’s just gone what have I just done so then this becomes exceptionally important for Mii lead to get this close and this is going to go on by as well but it’s a lot more makeable on the one that Jess has got coming back although it looks like it it’s uh
Sitting on a flat Plateau there it doesn’t the where Mii just came from it’s quite a rise so it’s a run downhill all the way but that Plateau runs all the way and then you see this darkened area just below it it runs away again
There so it is very easy to run through as we saw area shot too and How firm this green is bounc next to the hole she couldn’t control it just kept going that gives you a better indication of the slope if she is going to win it’s not a 100% necessary that she
Holds this but it would be very handy well if she could sneak up here to within one of the lead and join Jess quarter who’s in trouble here Jess is um staring at bogy in the face if she doesn’t come up with something special with the other ball there on the left
It’s off the green the possibility then of it two shots with swing between Jess cter and area janagan just to move into a tie for second and she too has run it on by coming in the other direction probably having seen the other two go so quickly
Past and keep running and it’s just in the back of your mind I’m uphill get it to the hole and she’s just done what so many do she’s just given it that bit too much and these greens they do keep running they feel like they’re going to
Stop and it just seems to go forever way too hot off the putter there for area so all these players in trouble on this 16th mingi Lee the more likely of the three you would think to be comfortable making her par with her marker just a few feet from the hole
There but this putt out for Jess quarter assumes enormous proportions this for par to remain 12 under and one back as we standard present with two to play after this how much as that going to cost her well we’re about to find out when Mii puts well it’s now pretty much going to
Depend on Mii because if she can hold this it gives her a two shot buffer with two to play I know a lot can happen on 17 18 there is plenty of trouble but they’re also very bable and especially going up 18 with the likes of ARA and
Jess who are both enormous hitters and M’s no slouch herself she really gets it out there Kelly sha made an eagle at 18 today Jackie concolino made an eagle at 18 it’s not out of the question well it’s quite a turnaround on this hole cuz Mii by far had the worst t-
Shot put herself in a bit of a horrible position and at the moment she’s sitting better than anybody well done confident nice firm stroke from area just that one bogey at the start of the day she hasn’t made the birdies we expected her to um it’s not
Been a lot going on out there today but she’s just been uh sort of plotting along really so then if this was Thursday or Friday and the Ping stroke and results that M Lee had you would guarantee that this one would fall she seemed as though she couldn’t miss from this range over
The first couple of days but yesterday things changed this is the most important part she’s had all week this to maintain a two- shot lead very positively done it’s an incredibly confident stroke isn’t it she picked her line and just bang in you go now she can smile
But you can’t get too comfortable yet because we know what can happen at 18 it’ll take a very good 17th hole from both Jess and ARA because only four players have been able to manage to make it two at 17 it’s still game on but a bit of breathing space for the
20-year-old Australian Mii Lee who leads by two with two to play The beach is not that far away from the golf course here at Gian Lake Blue Bay and the players as they go towards the 17th will be able to see the beach and the pin on 17 almost within distance of just being able to walk down to the go
Sands and dip your toes in the water a birdie almost a necessity here for area janagan but half five to come after this in sitting in the far left corner of this 80 yd wide green it’s a pretty good shot gives yourself a chance how’s that for a view it’s
Amazing isn’t it for the fishing boats all now starting to go out to work in the evening from the harbor and this young lady had to work for her living yesterday she managed to hold it together even though it clearly was not her her day she scrapped it around to a
73 and it gave her a share of the lead and I dare say when she pulled the curtains from her room at the Western Hotel this morning she thought well that’s behind me now Sunday’s another day it’s very hard to maintain that level of play as she was just quite
Brilliant the first two days Flawless just didn’t quite get it together yesterday she’s been solid today [Applause] gallor likes it that’ll do with a two- shot lead does put an enormous amount of pressure on the other two players both Jess and ARA you m sticks it in there
And she makes two parts well they’ve got to make they’ve going to make birdie birdie or P Eagle to catch it and bear in mind too that Mii has been able to make her Birdie on two of the three days so far at the 18th yeah that’s the other part too she’s more
Likely to make um birdie be as anybody I like that one too it’s very deceptive it’s very flat back where the tea is and this is such a deep green and and it looks like it’s okay but you you can be a long long way from the flag see Jess has just caught
That bit of a slope too you’re starting to trickle further away towards the front of the green while they walk up let’s duck ahead to Sim in Fang a fourth shot at the last and a good one it was too he’s had an enjoyable week here but not such an
Enjoyable Sunday and that is going to be a par and theast for Sim fun and that will be a round of 75 for the 21-year-old from China she’s going to be in the top 20 here and she will be the second of the Chinese players on the
Leaderboard sh L is going to finish one better than her still a very productive week for an emerging Talent applying her trade in her rookie year on the LPG I and remember that night because you’ll be hearing some more of it Christ males oh for birdie and that was very
Well done and she thoroughly enjoyed that around to 72 even par minus two and she’s all alone in place she played well yesterday which really moved her up the rankings Pilla Lindberg with this daunting t- shot at the final hole and all you see is water some
Bunkers and a cross strip of grass that you’ve got to try and find and she’s done that CU you can see the tea up there in the sort of top left corner so it it turns it into a dog leg and you’re heading out to the Fairway
Doesn’t actually give you a lot of room it’s easy to run out horong got fourth place to [Applause] herself that’s about as tight as you want to be on the Fairway just about I think she knows it too well this is very unlikely but it would be very
Helpful for Jessica cter if she could hold it for a two only four players have been able to make a birdie here at 17 all day P looks pretty good that’s Exceptional from where she was she was a long long way away Payton that um was beautifully judged by
Jess 24 Paces so you’re a good 75 feet from the front and uh she probably had about 60 of them to go and up the hill as well never easy to judge the pace going to continue on well done like to see this yeah and also get yourself
In the hole for three and say to Mii all right well you’ve got to do it good three from Jess cuz she did find herself much further away from the flag that she uh had anticipated has to be thinking in the back of her mind okay we wait to see
What ARA does with her P but if I can make birdie here then I’m comfortable if I can make par here then in all likelihood I’ll give myself a chance of making birdie at the last and if I make birdie at the last I
Win I think M’s just so good at being in the moment um she does seem to do that very well it’s something she talks about a lot of just forgetting what’s going on around her and and you know the shot that she has at the time and
Uh I think once she gets past this hole and she can get past this hole safely uh she can well never not breathe the S relief Two Shots is nothing and when you got a hole a big hole with water on it it anything can happen with a couple
Of very big hitters breathing down your back if she can hold this the key is just about in the locker wow that was wow that was unexpected bit of a rush of blood and her reaction tells the tale there and quite uncharacteristic of her remember she did on the last hole as
Well oh she’s looking at it like no don’t go too far oh what have I done I just have it again please now that opens the door for area a little bit she’s got a makeable birdie part if she managed to run this one in that puts a little bit of pressure on
Mii she’s not got as many red figures on the card as we expected today that is a good time to change it what a big putt from area jenan and now the hole just got got a whole lot smaller for M Lee well what a gamechanging p that was And Timely and and
M’s got a p that’s a good seven or so feet she’s now going to have that ability to stay in the moment tested she’s got to almost forget what she’s just seen and that is easier said than her heart would have sunk as she saw that one of areas roll
In this then to go to the 72nd hole with a one shot lead well well hasn’t this changed in a heartbeat I’m absolutely I’ve got to say really stunned by that I didn’t expect to see Mii 3 patchy has been very very good and what a moment for area to
Rise now she’s got to compose herself and probably she is opposed to the player in the field more likely than anyone to be able to make Eagle at the last hole ARA janagan there have been two Eagles at 18 so far today M Lee and ARA janagan locked together after 71
Holes Jess cter is only one back this Sensational Sunday battle rages on and now perhaps the young lady from Thailand might be in the driver’s Seat this tournament is just a couple of years old it was 2014 when Leanne pace of South Africa won the first staging the weather played a big factor that year it had to be decided on a Monday and leam was able to kiss the trophy and
Get the Victory and get her name on the trophy as the first player and then SE young Kim joined her and after lean shot 19 under par to win two under par was enough for SE young Kim to get it done last year and it was one of multiple
Wins for her so there are the two names on the trophy it looked like M Lee was going to be the third of them up until what just happened at the 17th hole just a moment ago this pressure putt from area janagan at the most vital of moments so
She came up with a birdie and M Lee after A Rush of Blood with her first putt was unable to make her par a two shot swing and three players eyeballing each other all in the one group go to the 72nd hole with one shot between them
And now maybe with her length it is Advantage area waiting back on the te because they have the group in front playing their second shots panila Lindberg good angle she might be able to sneak it up there oh come on don’t go too far that way that is very
Well done n Lindberg is going to be pting for eagle and at the moment she’s in seventh place with Brook Henderson but two shots behind Charlie Hull and car we just saw a big deep breath from ARA she won’t have any trouble clearing the water it’s a matter of how much she
Can cut off now she’s pulled this a bit where’s this going oh no oh I can’t believe she’s done that that is the only thing she could not do and that is the one shot when things go wrong that is the big Hook is the one
That comes out and uh wow what a time to do it that’s incredible I bet this one’s aimed a bit further right than it was going to be a minute ago very much further right than it was not taking the water on too much but Jess has still got to do something
That’s a really nice drive plenty of run on it as well so it’ll be well down still getting over what area’s just done of all the things to do to find the water and Mii Lee has got to be thinking I may have just dodged a bullet here but
Jess can still beat her it’s still game on this one just simply has to be dry she’s gone the safer route which is quite understandable in between the bunker and the far distance there and she’s found the Fairway so that’s fine might be a struggle from back there though to reach the
Green now area will reload here because I don’t know I don’t know where the L is one just trying to work out where the line was that it crossed the water can’t be too far off the tea look at the look on her face it says
It all the one thing that she could not do angle is incom can’t tell from the other side of know and that’s our cameraman Nathan haer just explaining that we’ve had a look at the vision so it’s very hard for us to tell and that angle is not actually
Available to us so here’s another look at it and that wasn’t even close to clearing it with the line that she’s trying to work out if it crossed on that side on that little tongue of grass but that was a long way in so now she selected the three-wood
Can stay in the bag and now she’s going with the iron so it’s probably going to take reaching this hole nearly out of the equation heading towards that far left bunker on the other side well her only chances making eagle with her second ball now and then she’s
Got to rely on what the other two do what a day of twists and turns especially late in the day and Carolyn Masson has her third shot coming at the last hole big bucks on everything that goes on here and she’s played a gem that’s a very important shot for
Carolyn Masson cuz she’s currently in a toe with Charlie H and that will put her up into a tie with porong for fourth well porong is playing along side of course she’s yet to finish as well so that was just a moment or two ago and here is
Porong seeing if she can come up with something similar good but it’s gone 4T by we know what a good putter she is she’ll have that put for a round of 71 Carolyn massom will have a put for around of 73 but have we seen some drama in the
Last 20 minutes or so this has been incredible ARA janagan just when you thought she was in the box seat does the one thing that she could not possibly do and hits it in the lake at 18 now her task is a Monumental one M Lee if she
Makes birdie will force Jess quarter to make an eagle to make it a playoff it’s still not done in dusted yet but it’s back to being Advantage Mii as we come up the 72nd Hall at Blue Bay we’re still not sure whose name’s going on this trophy we know the two
That are there Leanne pace and saang Kim a little while ago it looked like it was going to be M Lee for much of the day it as looked like it was going to be Mii Lee and then it looked like it was going to be ER dutan and then we saw
What happened on the 18th T so the Australian is in the box seat again but it’s still not done and dusted Jess quarter is in the go Zone they’re waiting for the green to clear AR janagan needs to make an eagle with a second ball and then who knows well [Applause]
Done good day for panila and now a tap in birdie for Carolyn Masson and she will finish in a tie for fourth that has been a fighting week from the German yeah there’s been she’s really hung on she’s not played some great golf but she’s got it up and down and worked hard
And very impressive from Carolyn Masson because it it probably was no greatest week but gee to finish fourth and yeah big effort this oh didn’t know where they open any was well now we look back down the Fairway Pete I have only been in here
What for 2 and 1 half holes since I came off course and I’m exhausted already watching the twists and turns that have taken place who knows what is going to happen coming up this hole the power five easiest hole on the course today yes by some
Way so she could still get this on and still make five not from there though that will need a bit of a miracle and so areas chances of winning this look to have come to a watery grave that big deep breath that she took just before she played had two shot at 18
Hasn’t quite worked but I can it step on the GRE I don’t know I don’t know so what do we do can we stop it on the ground I don’t think it’s I like it I’m okay with that I like it it’s not going to fly too so
Exactly you coming down probably like on the right edge of the green like that middle big more left uh just okay all right come on B way above her feet so this should come from her right to left it’s a right hand pin coming out of the rough just a little
Concern it may fly but uh as you heard us say well it’s not going to fly 200 if she can make an eagle it’s all over looks to have started a little out to the right now where is it coming back to just a little shortway
It’s going to be very interesting to see what Jess cter does here well she’s got to be in the go Zone well it was a booming drive and it ran a long way so she’s got to be well within range so then the situation is this if
Jess quter can get this up and make an eagle it means that M Le will need to make birdie to force a playoff an area looks as though she’s out of the equation here we go it’s run to the back but it’s still doable it is very doable Pete cuz that
Is probably the flatter part back there so she’ll have a little bit of a run at it and she’ll be giving it a crack don’t you worry about that so Mii is short ARA you nearly got to put out of the equation because she’s sitting down there for playing her fifth
Shot and uh oh just got it all the way to the back as they stride purposefully up this beautiful picturesque finishing hle area janagan can only wonder about what might have been yeah that was just a just a mistake of area she’ll be very disappointed the
One place she didn’t want to go off the tea there is left but it is the shot that she does hit when she doesn’t get it right a big a big uh pull hook to the left there’s only nine players in the field who haven’t made par or better
Here at the last hole today who would have thought that area ganigan in this circumstance might finish up being one of them in fact almost certainly will well well so if Mii gets up and down that means the Jess needs to Ho what is likely to be a putt from the
Back of the 18th to get it into a playoff if Mii takes three from where she is Jess can make birdie and we’ll have a playoff that way well you’d have to think that from where Jess is at the back worse he going to make birdie
Yeah then again if AR can produce a miracle and hold her fifth shot and still very unlikely but the why this has gone over the last half hour Who would know thought we had enough drama in career last week it’s amazing it was just moment ago
We were talking about a walking down the 18th with a two shot lead and here we are it’s just all sorts of things have happened over these closing holes in particular she had one errant chip today that was at the eighth and in hindsight that might AC cost her and there’s a
Very simple instruction from the caddy just chip it in and she’s so good at these shots nothing would surprise you great finesse there we go so pretty much that’s her done it has been a very good performance I mean throughout this Asia swing we’ve
Not seen a lot of um area she’s had good rounds but L of great rounds but um she’s just such a fabulous player to watch five-time winner this year can this young lady be a two-time winner this year Mii Lee she knows what to do now because
She’s seen ARA play a very similar shot if she could get this Stone dead Jessica cter will have to hold all her shot to get us into a playoff if she holds it it’s all done pretty close to Stone dead you would have to think very well done under pressure from
Mii so ball is back in Jess’s court she has really no option try and hold this from off the back Edge and it will be a shot that is going to run just the result she was after a foot or two closer would have been lovely but there is a distinct possibility she
Will have that distance then as the winning putt unless Jess can hold this and then the hole becomes a whole lot smaller for mini something that happened at the 17th when ARA was able to weave her magic by the look of things it’s going to be a four now she
Will Mark that because she would have been standing in M’s line she just going to have a look and make sure of that and now she’ll be okay she’s wanting to continue on with this and uh as put the pressure on it is does put the pressure
On and as the person who’s pting you have the right to continue you or not and she’s going to not worry about that she’s going to keep her feet together and just try and tap that in no problem at all so she has the score on the
Board it is just a 71 for Jess but it has been a really good battle I I know they haven’t let the world on fire score-wise but uh it has been an intriguing threesome to watch today and ARA janon as she stands over this putt will be thinking if only I could
Wind the clock back about 15 minutes she was robbed in heartbreaking circumstances in her own country of Thailand going back a few years ago this one is of her own doing and so it comes down to this a 20-year-old Australian with this putt for victory what a remarkable conclusion
It’s been at Blue B and M Lee breathed the biggest sigh of relief that you could possibly imagine a second victory in season 2016 for the Australian a third career victory that was too close for comfort she will think but she got it done in the end
She could probably do with a bit of cooling off because it’s been hot out there she led by six at the halfway stage at this tournament she was level going into today even as she stood on the 17th green it looked likely as though she was
Going to be the winner a big hug from Mom wow that was n baring stuff over the last half hour or so I just found it extraordinary stuff P to be watching want to be out there with them but after two rounds she nearly looked unbeatable
The way she was playing it was Flawless Golf and then just struggled a little bit but she’s held it together and it really was a very good win they were coming at her from all angles and when she lost that six shot lead early yesterday you would have you
Know a lot of people would have um buckled under the pressure but she’s just kept it going and it has been a exceptional win it has been an enthralling thing contest to watch and uh well win number two this year and she deserved it it was really good stuff 6567
7370 enough for M Lee to capture the victory by one shot in a wonderful battle her mom is in years mingi’s got to hold herself together long enough to just get the card signed and confirm the win she wins by one from Jess cter a shot further
Back area janagan third it promised to be an epic battle on Sunday and that’s the way it turned out to be what a player she is to show that sort of composure and when you look back Sandy her ability to just keep things on track
On what was not a great day for her yesterday her ability to get it around in 73 well it contributes to the win yeah and she keeps saying that she really does try and just as I say be in the moment play the shot one at a time and
Try and put everything else out of your mind that’s easier said than done but she does seem to do that very well when she’s been under pressure she’s just kept fighting and uh there is our final leader board our leader by one we had no
Idea which way this was going to turn at the end and those three separated themselves from the rest of the field and they did so early in this final day so a one shot margin of Victory then for the young Australian the 20-year-old weaks the 23y old and another
20-year-old and it’s victory number two to add to a win in the latte Championship earlier this year and career win number three at the tender age of just 20 no wonder she’s smiling and breathing a very big sigh of relief and and this is the updated race to the
CME Globe standings and area janagan with that third place finish now vaults over the top of Lydia Co so she is in the box seat as we head towards Naples Florida with Lydia not in the field this week Brook Henderson goes up into third
And M Le is up into sixth so any one of those players can still win but statistically it favors the top three area Lydia and Brooke three of the Young Guns are going to possibly fight it out but it’s going to be another thrilling conclusion to what has been a fabulous
Season the traditional shower for our champion and she has had a day that has been very interesting it was always going to be that way but look at this this might have been the sign of things to come her third shot at the first hole and when things like that happen to
You you start thinking this might be my day yeah it’s very true you need the luck to to go your way and this on the par five third hole just playing a shot in little pitch shot into the green and look at that another very very nice
Shot at the seventh she had a difficult shot but she elected to take a chipping Club here Caroline Masson before her had elected to putt this and it just jumped around on her that was a very wise choice all of the these moments contribute to the
Victory and onto the par five8 Cole just came up a little shy with her second shot just a little bump and run here get it running down the hill and again just gives herself a simple birdie P to be her second birdie of the day but
She was doing enough and Sandy we talked at the time about the stretch between 10 and 13 she had a really good shot into the 10th hole and unluckily went over the ridge but with her skill she was able to come up with that and cement the
Par and she was able to make PA all the way through that stretch and that was critical to her chances of winning this golf tournament yeah that was extraordinary and this on the 13th short par 4 just hitting a middle short iron in there now there’s a big Mound there she
Catches the mound it’s very hard to control this shot but again puts in a position G herself a chance at 30 she didn’t make that one but it was just another good shot giving herself another chance and that’s what she had to do but this was where the chance looked as
Though it might have slipped by that was for par at 17 after ARA had been able to ha her birdie p and so they went to the last level head down trying to compose herself again but with this she was able to make life too tough for next
Quarter displaying the touch she’s done for most of the week up to about 3 ft or so and saying to Jess all right if you’re good enough to haul in for Eagle then you deserve a playoff just such good control over a short game as well there we have
It I think her first emotion there the way she threw her head back thank you was just relief and it tends to be in that situation oh she’s fought hard all day the the emotional pressure and and what goes with it to win she still had two under par today you know three
Birdies are bogey she just held it together really well so not sure that mom’s holding it together M’s not holding it together at all the way she walked off find her sitting out somewhere out the back with head and her tail she really lost it but it’s really nice so a
Recap of what the leaderboard looked like at the end of 72 exciting holes here at Blue Bay Mii Lee the 20-year-old from Australia Victorious by one from the 23-year-old from the United States Jessica cter who will head to Malaysia in the defense of her crown next week with Spirits high after that performance
ARA janagan can only wonder about what might have been had she not played that drive into the water at 18 and they broke away from the rest of the field they stood Head and Shoulders above Carolyn Mass on and porong padam who finished in a tie for fourth place
There’s a big check awaiting Mii Lee she’s going to have her name on the trophy to be the third name let’s go down to the presentation and here’s Kate Bo well what a dramatic finale we’ve enjoyed here at fabulous Blue Bay and I’m delighted to introduce and to thank
Chairman gal the chairman of Greentown Blue Bay and on my immediate left is our champion in 2016 mji Lee Mii you are normally unflappable on the golf course but were you even just a fraction nervous playing the last hole yeah I think my my heart was like coming
Out of my chest actually even on that last part but H yeah I was a little nervous all day actually well I bet it didn’t show when you first started you started brilliantly with a lovely birdie but two such worldclass players in the final group with you mhm um I had to
Really work for this win so now I’m glad I came out on top and yeah know they were are great competitors what does this win mean to you it’s three wins now by the age of 20 to this year um I feel like I’ve been knocking on on
The door um quite a number of weeks so I’m really glad that I could have a win at the end of the year and yeah and I um I’m really happy and your mom’s even happier than you she was in tears okay well look forward to you celebrating
With your mother and can I please ask chairman gal to present the Magnificent trophy to our champion in 2016 ladies and gentlemen the Blue Bay LPGA Champion M [Applause] Lee [Applause] woo a worthy winner she is too to add her name to that of Leanne pace and say
Young Kim to that lovely trophy shamon gal looks very proud and he’s been very proud of the way this golf course has been turned out after the terrible events of earlier in the week it’s hard to imagine that we had a typhoon earlier this week done a great job and it’s been
A great week oh P it’s been an extraordinary week the golf course has been amazing I’m very impressed with this young lady she was doing it so easy for two rounds and then she had to start digging deep and she fought well and she fought hard and she deserved to win and
Jess quter will take a lot of confidence from that as she goes to the defense of her title in Malaysia next week as the Asian swing rolls on Jess played really well she played a lot of great golf so uh she’ll be very excited she loves
Going to the course in Malaysia and it really suits her and she’ll be on top of the world to have a go defending her title and we feel a bit for area too for to end in those circumstances is a bit heartbreaking for her yeah it was sad
Because we really thought the three of them just coming right down to the wire together and area just sort of lost all hope there but look it was a fantastic contest and loved every minute of it we hope you’ve enjoyed it at home it’s been a great week so on behalf of Sandy
McKenzie Kate Burton and our team headed by Michael and Wayne suda Peter Donan saying farewell from Gian Lake Blue Bay on hinen island in China and the Blue Bay LPGA of 2016 and congratulations to our champion Australia’s Mii Lee For [Applause]
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min jee lee good luck
this is how courses should be … tall knee high rough off the fairways.
Wind bending chaos…magic.