Shin seizes share of lead at LPGA Seri Pak Championship. South Korean veteran Shin Ji-yai made eight birdies in a scintillating eight-under-par 63 on Saturday to take a share of the third-round lead in the LPGA Seri Pak Title, which Alison Lee had held. Lee, who is chasing her maiden LPGA win, recorded six birdies in her three-under round, including a birdie at the first before adding one more stroke at the second. She added birdies at the fifth, sixth, and seventh holes, and soon recovered from an invader at nine and eleven, with a birdie at sixteen.
Shin seizes share of lead at LPGA Seri Pak Championship
Yin, who claimed her maiden victory at Palos Verdes last year and went on to win a major title at the Women’s PGA Championship and reach number one in the world, looked in control despite the demanding conditions. She holed out from a greenside bunker for a birdie at the 12th that put her alone atop the leader board at 10-under.
A three-putt from off the green at 14 dropped her back into a tie for the lead but she curled in a birdie putt at 15 to regain a one-shot advantage. After pars at 16 and 17 she found the right rough off the tee at 18 and her attempt to thread a second shot under a tree ended with the ball hitting the tree and ricocheting further right.
