Kim builds lead at Women’s Open
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — I.K. Kim stood on the first tee at the Women’s British Open and seemed to have everything going against her.
The wind was rising. Heavy rain was falling. The temperature was dropping. If that wasn’t enough, Inbee Park had just toured Kingsbarns Links in a course record-tying 64 and was one shot behind. Stacy Lewis, another past Women’s British Open champion, was another shot back after a 65.
Kim answered every challenge Saturday.
Kim shot a bogeyfree 66 by converting a string of birdie putts. With one round to play, the 29-year-old South Korean was at 17-under 199 and had a sixshot lead over Georgia Hall (70) and Moriya Jutanugarn (67), the older sister of defending champion Ariya Jutanugarn.
Lexi Thompson, who started the third round just two shots behind, stumbled to a 74 and wound up 10 shots back.
CHAMPIONS: Paul Goydos shot a tournament record 60 at the 3M Championship and jumped into a three-way tie on top of the leaderboard with Kenny Perry and Gene Sauers. Perry shot a second straight 65 and Sauers a 64 to total 14-under 130 at the TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota. Goydos, who shot 59 at the PGA’s 2010 John Deere Classic, was 7-under through 12 holes, before birdies at 15, 16 and 17 and an eagle on the par-5 18th. Scott Dunlap (63) and Brandt Jobe (64) were one shot behind; Steve Stricker (63) and Marco Dawson (66) were two back.
WEB.COM: Andrew Yun shot a 2-under 68 to keep the lead at the Ellie Mae Classic. Jim Knous shot a 64 to sit one stroke back at TPC Stonebrae in Hayward, California. Lanto Griffin (66) and Nate Lashley (67) were two strokes back of the leader. The Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry shot another 4-over 74 on Friday and missed the cut. He finished in front of four golfers with a two-day total of 148.