Yukari Baba's 32 on the back 9, capped by an eagle on the 18th, vaulted her into first place in the Life Card Ladies JLPGA event today. At -5 thanks to her 69, she took advantage of late-round stumbles by Midori Yoneyama (71, -4, 2nd place) and Yuko Mitsuka (73, -2, T3), along with early-round struggles by first-round leader Shinobu Moromizato (74, -2, T3), to open up the slimmest of leads heading into the final round.
Miho Koga's 69 today pulled her into a tie for 5th at -1. She's still in the hunt--as are Ji-Hee Lee (70, E, T7), Ayako Uehara (71, E, T7), Akane Iijima (72, E, T7), and Yuri Fudoh and Erina Hara (71, +1, T11)--but like them she needs a magical Sunday to get into contention, provided the lead pack doesn't come back to the field.
Given the struggles of the rest of the big-time players on the JLPGA, however, such an outcome is entirely possible. Mi-Jeong Jeon and Chie Arimura lead that pack at +2 (T13), followed by Sakura Yokomine and Bo-Bae Song at +3 (T20), Hyun-Ju Shin and Kaori Higo at +4 (T29), Akiko Fukushima and Hiroko Yamaguchi at +5 (T37), Miki Saiki at +6 (T45), Shiho Ohyama at +8 (T64), and Na Zhang at +9 (T74).
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