Golf: Miyazato seizes LPGA lead

Posted a two-under 70 and take a three-shot lead after three rounds/

KAPOLEI: Ai Miyazato defied difficult, windy conditions to post a two-under 70 and take a three-shot lead after three rounds of the LPGA Lotte Championship. Miyazato, a seven-time LPGA Tour winner, had a 10-under total of 206, three shots in front of American Cristie Kerr and Spain’s Azahara Munoz who had shared the lead with Miyazato after the second round. Kerr carded a 71 while Munoz posted a one-over 73. Miyazato said the wind had blown consistently for three days but even though it was predictable, it was hard to deal with. Meanwhile, world number one Yani Tseng was at six-under 210, along with US Open champion So Yeon Ryu, former world number one Jiyai Shin, Meena Lee and Angela Stanford.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 22^nd, 2012.