Condensed Rd 3 | 2024 Ford Championship presented by KCC

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How about hoo J Kim she’s won in the wind in Hawaii her t-shot at four well this is not a short car three this is 190 yards and she’s going in there with some with a long club and she’s judging that pitch and roll and Phoenix resident

Sarah schmelzel with his third at the second well she plays a tremendous shot down wind downhill very difficult to judge the speed but she does that very nicely after playing some of the best golf of her career say young Kim Karen she’s got great history in the desert

And in Wind here’s her second at seven well and you can tell from this shot she knew exactly where she needed to land that to judge the role towards the hole that being downwind she knew it wasn’t going to spin Taps that in to go to 15

Under this is no tap in Emily Pon from Denmark at 10 or third oh this is an area of her game that she’s really improved this year she’s getting up and down 10% more off than this year from last year Yuka saso 63 on Friday and here’s her second at the seven well

I think we’re all waiting for Yuka to to bust out with a second win on the lpj tour after winning the US Women’s Open at Olympic club that would take Yuka to 14 under playing with her the veteran atam Muno at the seven and this is the

Club that has been red hot for Arthur so far this week only 26 CS average over the course of the first two rounds leader Hanah green shot 61 on Friday with 11 birdies this would be her first of the day today he wait for it yes

Hannah green gets back to 14 under par five1 12 and SE young Kim a prolific winner hasn’t won since the end of 2020 second shot at the eighth for Hannah [Applause] green for anybody but for her to turn around and almost chip it in just shows

You how tough she is mentally to the ninth this is aruno she makes another new putter in the bag this week has been performing nicely Han [Applause] par we can’t relate very well nine and we’ll catch up with yoju Kim current leader wind coming back into the player

Faces this hole has played very long today to get up and down to maintain position this is the 17th that island green was pictured earlier long putt for carota birdie a location on the front portion of the screen downwind makes it really difficult to access so I’m sure a lot of

Players going to have this putt from above the hole it’s got to be awkward we’ll see 11 now Lydia Co that’s going to be a nice lead this is the third bunker she’s been in today she has successfully gotten up and down twice good lie slightly uphill lie and a

Lot of green to work with it’s going be slow putt back into the wind P you could really see how much the wind took her first part it was that last three or four feet just that wind kept pushing and pushing so good save there here’s yuk casasso and this is over at

10th well let’s see how Lexi handles this third at the par five 12th she does have a lot of green she can use do it how about this from Lexi Thompson why I think that really helps and she can definitely do [Applause] that she could certainly pitch that in we’ll see

This is a par attempt for aam Muno from behind the 10th we saw this play quite a bit yesterday using the Frid is her part on fire or what and Fuego Arizona State sundevil back in familiar environs and playing great stays two off the lead at the 10th

Second for hyoju Kim our leader by one you having to use a hybrid here ball is above her feet you can see how slow and smooth and easy her swing is just looking for the control and the tempo that’s her normal swing how does it help her in the wind

It it just takes spin off the board okay uh and this 16th is going to be fun today Freda shinal from Florida State yes like Ken stles 69 and a half the first two days here is saganda her third at 18 this for a third eagle and that was well done the shot

Was made a little bit easier because she was chipping back into a little slope and into the wind at the 12th has this to get to 12 under like that took just a little bit of a hop it did yeah I think she’ll take that that was uphill but downwind

So always a little bit difficult to judge the speed no I know D saganda a tap in birdie and she ties the lead at 15 under a 66 for carota played at Arizona State like Arthur Muno and uh Sun Devils there’s a lot to be said for being an area that you’re

Comfortable in All Right Nelly Corda trying to win for a third straight start at the driveable 16 playing 295 yards today I mean she’s 20th at the moment there’s no telling where we’re going to be this time tomorrow with some rain forecast to come in you have to give

Yourself a little break up 1 to 11 and yaso not much left remaining for this approach shot into a short par 4 ah not much left remaining for her birdie and that would move her up the leaderboard it is a this hole is located 25 Paces

On she’s maybe three or four Paces on the front of the green putting into the grain yes from down you know hannnah from only 20 5 ft just past hole High Lydia Co with 11 straight pars to open her third round this is at the 12th it look like she didn’t buy into

That one that was uh definitely not her best best effort Nelly Corda took it away from her late in brenon to the drive on here’s Nelly long Eagle putted 16 can she exhale there from that length it’s just a little hit outside the exhale range maybe isn’t it

Or now this is Lexi Thompson on the 13th she was up and out of that quick it look like that was just a little bit of toe quite Center strike it now Yu Kim electing to take a wedge off the green Karen I think this is what we saw

A bit yesterday too um if it’s uphill players will typically use a wedge or another club if it’s downhill they might choose the P start in 20 24 Yuka this is not a spot we’ve seen very many play from this week third at the par five 12

Maybe they should back into the wind you see how much spin you can get on the ball go up to the 17th this is Nelly CA 17 played playing much more difficult today in these conditions here Sarah dealing with left to right break and left to right wind

Yeah I think she’ll take that for distance same spot but kind of wobbling it’s disconcerting cuz you don’t want to take the P back and hit a moving ball from that waste area in two into the hole in four to the 13th this is liia co for birdie oh she makes

It so she makes a what 40-footer for birdie at 10 and then misses three-footer second for young Kim you just talked golf logic is there any logic in gol all right Lexi second at 14 that’s nice that’s good to see Lexi hit a chip there we’ve seen her use a

Quite a bit over these these last couple of days and shows that she’s confident with with the chipping it too try and take a little bit more of a flighted shot in there I think she’ll take that one of the most difficult holes on the golf course second hardest

Today trying to do something special and did she ever only the seventh birdie of the day on this part three and that’s backto back birdies for Nelly Corda yoj Kim to take the lead outright at the 12 on those downwind parts you you kind of it’s hard to make yourself put an

Aggressive stroke on it because you you don’t want to let it get away from you so you’re almost decelerating a little bit through the through impact par five on the back this is the 18th and Seline boutier won in the Phoenix area last year the first of her four

Wins back to get for eagle this is how quickly it can change with so many players at the 18th Gabby Ruffles playing with selier and look out for Gabby had a putt on the 72 hole last Sunday at Palos veres to tie the lead no question cuz there’s nothing out here to stop

It she was 20 under when she won the playoff of Georgia Hall over at Superstition Mountain in great she’s just trying to sneak up on everybody isn’t she it’s hard to sneak up when you’re Nelly C is that’s good point but she has done it here today now Lexi for

Birdie oh well done and I mention at this finishing stretch the 14th is the third most difficult the 15th is the most difficult in the 17th part three the second most difficult so three out of the last she’s very good from the bunker she’s got a little bit of room to use

It’s quite flat back there where the the flag is so she can be aggressive that’ll be a birdie putt for to get to 14 under and shoot a second straight 68 that was very delicate she probably missed her landing spot by it’s back at the 13th and Sarah

Schmelzel it’s one of the best we’ve seen today over the bunk ER with downwind makes it really inaccessible but that’ll leave a nice birdie putt this is Lydia Co now on the 15th we saw Nellies get away from her after the hole cuz it is a downwind

Putt a good speed there sneaky in position to maybe get herself in the Hall of Fame but the win tomorrow I love everything about her game and she’s been around this game for a long time she’s been in every kind of scenario a really massive gust just coming up right

Now she’s going to step back and reassess shipping dead back into this strong wind that that right now feels like darn near three Club wind keeping it low underneath the wind did we mention she’s pretty good par for 16th driver for Lydia Co thank you good shot

Shape seen ldia have in earlier coverage have a lot of really different angle but not an easy from above the hole SE young Kim third shot par five 18th it’s been quite difficult to hold this green oh wow pitched into a little UPS slope there stopped it nicely hard rate to left

Wind six iron good direction depends on the distance again that up slope makes it so difficult to chase the ball that is not a green hit but that is a good leave boogy yaso can get one maybe two back here at 16 going to take that slope a little

Bit yuc casasso in front of the green off the te at 16 pitch to this point this for birdie much needed well that’s a really good bounce back I’ll say when you consider the the four part at the previous trying to let that wind work the ball around to the

Left oh that’s one of the best we’ve seen in the many years that we’ve watched Lexi play golf she’s had a few Eagles of their time out here no one’s made more on the LPG tour than she has since she joined the tour she missed the one at 16 lift out

See if she can pour this one in Lexi Thompson is very much in it solid 69 on a very difficult day yeah this is yaso after that what appears to be plugged lie in this bunker oh and that is good from that situation I mean Karen think about this only three

Of 14 players have gotten up and down from that bunker I arunas now for birdie and that is backto back birdies for AA excellent up and down for you casasso after that double bogy was able to get back with a birdie kept things together with a par second to this point

This to tie the lead she stayed patient you said she had to you’ve been to the top 15 pz per round top 20 in P per Green in regulation talk about being a mom Carolyn massan just her second event back as a player putter for Lydia Co at the 18th for

Eagle you didn’t bet against her did you okay no she’s just too solid and her her pce today has been pretty good in some challenging conditions just one bogey for Lydia today she’s going to be too off the lead at the moment she was tied for the lead

Going into the final round in her last event that was Yuka saso up on the 18th green for a closing birdie how about that scramble after finding the bunker with her t- shot and the bounce back for [Applause] Yuka yeah that’s really well done and and what she did there that that I

Really liked was she is tied with tardy and Lydia Co there at Blue Bay now