Cristie Kerr went out in 30 in the 3rd round of the Navistar Classic. In other words, it took her 45 holes to run down Lorena Ochoa's 72-hole tournament record. For Mika Miyazato, who saw a 35-hole bogey-free run end on the par-4 6th and hasn't made a birdie in her 1st 8 holes today, this has to be reminiscent of LPGA Championship Saturday, when Kerr found another gear on the weekend after a scarily strong start and left the field in the dust. At one point that moving day, Mikan had pulled within 3 shots of Kerr, but she couldn't sustain her run and fell to 13th. Let's see what happens the rest of this moving day!
[Update 1 (3:49 pm): Na Yeon Choi is hanging tough after opening with a 33--she's only 3 behind Kerr. The leader's playing partner, Brittany Lincicome, has now played 16 holes of bogey free golf in a row, but in that stretch she failed to birdie either par 5 on the front yesterday and today. That's a good part of the reason why she's 5 behind Kerr through 45 holes.]
[Update 2 (3:54 pm): Dorothy Delasin ended her missed-cut streak at 25 events this week, but she's still had problems finishing off her rounds. She's +5 on the last 2 holes, -11 on the 1st 16!]
[Update 3 (3:57 pm): Disappointing walkoff bogey for Ai Miyazato leaves her at -9. She's going to need one of her patented Sunday charges to even get a top 10 this week!]
[Update 4 (4:00 pm): Lincicome finally birdies a par 5--the 10th--to pull within 4 of Kerr. It's only her 3rd birdie on a par 5 all week thus far!]
[Update 5 (4:38 pm): Kerr is on a mission! 2 birdies in a row on 12 and 13 get her to -20! Meanwhile, Haeji Kang is making a nice move of her own--she's -6 through 16 holes today and is in solo 3rd at -14 overall.]
[Update 6 (4:40 pm): Nice job by Lexi Thompson today: birdie-less and +1 through 6, bogey-free and -5 over her last 12, she joins Yoo at -11.]
[Update 7 (5:15 pm): Ouch--double bogey for Kerr at 15! With Mikan birdieing 2 in a row--at the start of yesterday's closing 4-hole birdie train--Kerr's lead on her has dropped from 9 to 5. And with Se Ri Pak and Haeji Kang shooting 67s to also pull within 5 of Kerr, the list of players with an outside chance to catch her just expanded.]
[Update 8 (5:22 pm): Add Hee Young Park to the list of players who shot 67 to get to -13. Eun-Hee Ji will need to birdie 18 to tie Ai-sama at -9--whether she does or not, though, they'll be the only 2 players from the Japan Women's Open not to be double digits under par through 54 holes the week after and half a world away.]
[Update 9 (5:25 pm): Now Katherine Hull has joined the big group at -13 as she heads onto the final hole of the day.]
[Update 10 (6:20 pm): Hull ended up birdieing 3 of her last 4 holes to get to -14. When Kerr and Choi bogeyed 18 to fall to -17 and -14, respectively, Hull found herself T2! Lincicome fell off the pace with a double on 17, leaving Mikan to round out the foursome at -13 and Anna Nordqvist (68) and Wendy Ward (67) alone at -12. Will Kerr be able to shake off her late stumble on moving day tomorrow like Mikan did last Sunday at the JWO? We'll see!]
[Update 11 (10/10/10, 4:55 am): Here are Patricia Hannigan, Mike Southern, and LPGA.com on the 3rd round.]
[Update 12 (5:46 am): Here's Stephanie Wei!]
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