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Suzann Pettersen and Belen Mozo
Group 38 – 1:25 p.m. -1st Tee
No.17 in the Rolex Rankings, Suzann Pettersen is looking to pick up her first win in nearly a year, her 15th career win coming last June at the Manulife LPGA Classic. Pettersen has since began working with Butch Harmon and posted three top-10’s so far in 2016. She enters the final round at seven-under par, three strokes back of leader Ariya Jutanugarn.
Belen Mozo will need to make a big move on Sunday in order to catch Jutanugarn. She made quite a leap up the leaderboard on Saturday, breaking into the top-10 with a two-under par, 70 as one of the few players to card a sub-par round on day three. A victory on Sunday would be a first for the 2011 rookie who is coming off back-to-back missed cuts and looking to crack the top-20 for the first time this season.
Christina Kim and Hyo Joo Kim
Group 39 – 1:35 p.m. -1st Tee
Christina Kim jumped out to the early lead in Michigan with an eight-under par, 64 in round one which has so far held as the low round of the week. That great play on Thursday gave Kim a buffer that allowed her to stay in the hunt despite going just one-under the past two days. A win on Sunday would be the fourth of Kim’s career and first since the 2014 Lorena Ochoa Invitational. She enters the final round just one-stroke back of Jutanugarn.
With one of the few sub-par rounds on Saturday, Hyo Joo Kim moved into contention on Saturday and sits three back of Jutanugarn at seven-under par. Kim is looking to become the fifth multiple winner of the season, having already captured a win at the season opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic.
Ariya Jutanugarn and Jessica Korda
Group 40 – 1:45 p.m. -1st Tee
Coming off one of her highest rounds of the year in a one-over par, 73 on Saturday, Ariya Jutanugarn enters the final round just one-stroke ahead of Jessica Korda and Christina Kim. Jutanugarn won in her last two starts, but went low on Saturday with rounds of 63 and 65. She’ll need to stay aggressive on Sunday to pick up win number three and pull ahead of the field. Her length can be to her advantage down the stretch, she took the outright lead on Saturday by making eagle at the par 5, 18th hole. With a win on Sunday, Jutanugarn would become the first on Tour to win three consecutive events since Inbee Park in 2013.
Jessica Korda was one of just three players in the top-10 to card a sub-par round on Saturday and it served her well, moving her into a share and even the outright lead during the third round before Jutanugarn made eagle at the last. A win on Sunday would mark the fifth of Korda’s career and make her just the second American to win this season on Tour, Lexi Thompson being the other.
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