Yu Jin Sung shot a 1-under 71 on Friday at windy Hoakalei Country Club to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Lotte Championship in ʻEwa Beach, Hawaii.
The South Korean is playing on a sponsor exemption after winning the 2022 Lotte Open on the Korean LPGA. "I haven't really thought about the winning part," Sung said. "There is still a day left in this tournament.
Again, not really thinking about winning, but just trying to show my best golf game." She opened with a birdie on the par-5 first, dropped a stroke on the par-4 13th and rebounded with a birdie on the par-4 14th. "It's a very difficult course and it's really windy today, so I tried my best to just ease and play that way," Sung said.
Georgia Hall, Linnea Strom and tour rookie Grace Kim were tied for second, with 13 players within three strokes of each other at the top of the leaderboard.