Intro:

Anna Nordqvist moved into position for her third victory of the year on Saturday (May 24), shooting her second straight 6-under 66 to take the third-round lead in the Airbus LPGA Classic.

Script:

Favourable conditions at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Course greeted golfers as they teed off for the third round of the Airbus LPGA Classic on Saturday.

Stacy Lewis put eight birdies on her card of six-under 66 to get to 14 under par and take sole possession of third place with 18 holes to go.

Anna Nordqvist leapt up the leaderboard by sinking five birdies over her front nine on her way to her second straight round of 66.

Charley Hull, the 18-year-old English golfer nearly eagled the par-four 15th but had to settle for a birdie to get into red numbers for the day.

Hee Young Park was five over on her third round before going birdie-eagle-birdie on 15, 16 and 17.

Matthew also had a rough go early. The Scot, opened the day with a one-stroke advantage but fell behind by bogeying three of her first five holes.

Wie shot a bogey-free round of six-under 66 to close even with fellow Americans Lewis and Korda at 13 under.
21 year old Korda shot a 69 on Saturday to move within three strokes of the lead.

Suzann Pettersen is five strokes back with one round to go.

Eun-Hee Ji birdied three of her last six holes to sign a 68 and move into a share of seventh place at 12 under par.