
Minjee Lee has first bogey-free round at Women’s PGA to take 4-shot lead
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Two-time major champion Minjee Lee took over the lead with the first bogey-free round for anyone during a windy week at the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, a 3-under 69 in the third round Saturday to move four strokes ahead of Jeeno Thitikul.
Lee got to 6-under 210 after beginning the round three strokes behind Thitikul, the world’s No. 2-ranked player who led alone at the end of each of the first two days.
Lee, the Australian who lives in nearby Irving, went in front with a two-foot par at the 405-yard 12th hole when Thitikul had her second consecutive bogey, and fourth of the day en route to a round of 76.
Far from tree-lined Sahalee outside Seattle where the Women’s PGA was last year, Fields Ranch East at PGA Frisco is much more open and exposed to the ever-present Texas wind that was the strongest it had been all week. There were gusts of more than 30 miles per hour Saturday, with much the same forecast for the final round. Temperatures were again around 30 Celsius.