Jiyai Shin capitalised on a back-nine slump from world No 1 Nelly Korda to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the AIG Women’s Open at St Andrews.
Shin - a former champion in 2008 and 2012 - came into the weekend six strokes back but charged up the leaderboard with a brilliant third-round 67 around the Old Course, mixing seven birdies with two bogeys to move to seven under. The Korean's closest challenge comes from defending champion Lilia Vu, who birdied three of her last five holes to post a one-under 71, while halfway leader Korda fell two behind after dropping five shots in a six-hole stretch in the back-nine of a three-over 75.
The advantage returned to three when Shin bogeyed the par-five 14th but was cut to one after Korda followed a bogey at the 12th with another three-putt at the next, with Shen pulling level after a sensational approach into the par-four 17th set up a close-range birdie.
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