After three rounds of the ISPS Handa Women’s Australian Open, Inbee Park has a firm grip on the lead position. Park fired her third consecutive sub-70 score on Saturday at Royal Adelaide Golf Club and at 15 under, has a three-shot cushion on Ayeon Cho.
Park’s day ended with an impressive birdie putt from 30 feet on the closing hole. It was her seventh birdie of the day in a round of 5-under 68. It got Park to 15 under.
If Park can maintain her advantage, she’ll chalk up LPGA tour title No. 20 on Sunday. The former World No. 1 (who now checks in at No. 17) went winless in the 2019 season, claiming her last LPGA title at the 2018 Bank of Hope Founders Cup.
Like Park, Cho also birdied the two closing holes at Royal Adelaide on Saturday. A talented lineup of chasers are right behind her.
Marina Alex is 11 under and in solo third after a third-round 70. Frenchwomen Perrine Delacour and Celine Boutier are tied for fourth at 10 under.
The four-way tie at 9 under includes rookie Maria Fassi and Madelene Sagstrom, a winner at last month’s Gainbridge LPGA at Boca Rio.
