LPGA Tour: Emily Kristine Pedersen retains lead going into last spherical at The ANNIKA | Golf Information

Pedersen: “To have one thing to chase and to give attention to what I used to be doing and never have a look at others…that is what I attempted to do. To make extra birdies than I did the primary two days, that saved me chasing although I used to be within the lead”; watch last spherical stay on Sunday from 7pm on Sky Sports activities Golf

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Highlights from the third spherical of the ANNIKA pushed by Gainbridge at Pelican Golf Membership from the LPGA Tour

Emily Kristine Pedersen carded three birdies over the ultimate 5 holes for a six-under 64 that gave her a three-shot lead on Saturday at The ANNIKA, the place the scoring was so low that Pedersen had solely the seventh-best spherical of the day.

Pedersen will need to have felt as if she was caught in impartial at Pelican Golf Membership. The Dane saved a clear card, made six birdies and nonetheless noticed participant after participant shut in on her.

Amy Yang shot 61, two-time main champion Lilia Vu obtained again into the combination with a 62 – a rating matched by Patty Tavatanakit and Alison Lee – and two different gamers signed for a 63.

Pedersen obtained some respiration room late on when her drive on the sixteenth skipped out of a bunker into the golf green, organising a wedge to brief vary. And on the 18th she tugged her pitching wedge solely to see it catch a slope on the left facet of the inexperienced. It rolled down to 6 toes for a last birdie.

Pedersen is at 18 beneath, three photographs away from Yang and Vu going into the ultimate spherical.

Emily Kristine Pedersen holds a three-shot lead on the LPGA’s The ANNIKA, regardless of a really aggressive area

Pedersen revealed she had spoken along with her psychological coach who suggested her to attempt to lead by extra photographs on the finish of the day than when she began.

“To form of have one thing for me to chase, and to only give attention to what I used to be doing and never wanting on the others,” Pedersen stated.

“So that is what I simply tried to do. Tried to make extra birdies on the weekend than I did the primary two days, and that form of saved me chasing although I used to be within the lead.”

Pedersen shall be going for her first LPGA Tour title, and he or she would look like in nice form to succeed in the LPGA finale subsequent week down the Florida coast in Naples. She got here to Pelican at No 80 within the Race to CME Globe, and solely the highest 60 advance.

Vu has no such points. She is No 2 and can keep in that place, unable to catch Celine Boutier, who shouldn’t be enjoying this week. However there may be the matter of LPGA Tour participant of the yr, which relies on factors, and Vu is barely three factors behind.

Vu stated she by no means even thought-about participant of the yr till after she received the Girls’s British Open for her second main of the yr.

“Then began interested by it, began enjoying worse,” Vu stated. “So now I do not give it some thought. I simply attempt to play nicely.”

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