Min Woo Lee will look to turn out to be the primary participant in 12 years to do the PGA Australia – Australian Open double as he goes into the ultimate spherical of the Australian Open tied for the lead with Japan’s Rikuya Hoshino at -13.
Each gamers made par to open Sunday’s closing spherical whereas Adam Scott was one of many massive movers early, leaping seven spots up right into a tie for fourth place at 11-under.
Scott recorded a bogey on his fourth gap of the day however has in any other case been good, rebounding with 4 birdies to place himself in competition.
It comes after Scott’s finest day on the Australian Open, having shot 67 within the third spherical to complete Saturday -8 and in a six-way tie for twelfth.
Lee, in the meantime, started the third spherical with a three-stroke lead over the chasing pack, however some scintillating play from Hoshino evaporated the Aussie star’s lead.
The 2 duked it out on the ultimate day of the Australian PGA Championship in Brisbane when Lee held off Hoshino to win the title and he’ll be hoping for a repeat in Sydney.
Lee and Hoshino share a one-stroke lead over Alex Fitzpatrick and Patrick Rodgers who’re each tied for third, whereas Australia’s Lucas Herbert sits in outright fifth because of a shocking third spherical.
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Herbert jumped up 11 spots on the leaderboard to place himself within the combine for the ultimate day.
In the meantime, South Africa’s Ashleigh Buhai moved into prime place to defend her girls’s title.
Defending champion Buhai, the 2022 British Open winner, opened her account with 4 straight birdies, sinking one from the bunker to surge right into a lead that she by no means relinquished.
She saved her focus for a bogey-free 67 to be 12-under for the title, main South Korean veteran Shin Jiyai, herself a two-time British Open champion, by three photographs.
“It could be tremendous particular (to win once more), mentioned Buhai.
“I’ve heard it’s going to be windy (on Sunday) which fits me. I feel endurance goes to be key.”
Australia’s world quantity 5 and two-time main winner Minjee Lee — sister of Min Woo — is third, 5 behind Buhai.
Lee made back-to-back birdies to open Sunday’s motion in what Warren Smith described as an “early assertion” in commentary from the Australian.
KEY TEE TIMES (ALL TIMES AEDT)
11:01am: Adam Scott (AUS)
12:29pm: Cameron Smith (AUS)
12:34pm: Sean Crocker, Lucas Herbert (AUS), Patrick Rodgers
12:45pm: Alex Fitzpatrick, Min Woo Lee (AUS), Rikuya Hoshino
MEN’S LEADERBOARD (AFTER DAY 3)
13-under: Lee, Hoshino
12-under: Fitzpatrick, Rodgers
11-under: Herbert
WOMEN’S LEADERBOARD (AFTER DAY 3)
12-under: Ash Buhai
9-under: Jiyai Sin
5-under: Minjee Lee
4-under: Steph Kyriacou, Jenny Shin
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