Jin Young Ko and Xiyu Lin share lead at Aramco team Series Hong Kong

HONG KONG: It was a scintillating Saturday at the Aramco Team Series presented by PIF — Hong Kong, as Xiyu Lin (CHN) joined world No. 3 Jin Young Ko (KOR) at the top of the leaderboard at 11-under-par. The Asian Games bronze medalist shot the round of the day at Hong Kong Golf Club, a seven-under-par 66 in a round which included eight birdies, and one bogey.
On her round, Lin said: “I think today I was off to a pretty hot start, but then our whole team was a little bit slower afterwards.

But when we made the turn, we were like, ‘Come on, let’s get it going.’ I think we all had a really good back nine. I’m happy, and I haven’t played alongside Hannah Burke for a long time, so I had a lot of fun the last two rounds.”
Going into Sunday tied for the lead, Lin said: “Obviously, I (will) just try to play another good round again. And I think being in contention along with another LPGA player, it’s a good thing.

Cause you get familiar with that. And she’s a good player on this course.”
She added: “I’m just glad that here is my home base, so I get a lot of support. And I think I’ll try to turn this into energy for myself.”
Overnight leader Ko, who could not quite match yesterday’s heroics, followed her opening round of 65 with a steady three-under-par round of 70 on Saturday to secure her spot in the final group, heading into the final round on Sunday.
Ko said after her round: “(It was) very windy.