Paula Reto made an early bogey on Saturday, but she was flawless after that one her way to a third-round four-under-par 68 in the LPGA Tour’s Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give at Blythefield Country Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Reto climbed into a share of 14th at nine-under through 54 holes, eight strokes off the lead. Australia’s Grace Kim continued her superb run with a third-round six-under-par 66 to move to 17-under ahead of the final round. That gave her a five-stroke lead over Anna Nordqvist of Sweden, Americans Lexi Thompson, Allisen Corpuz and Ally Ewing, and Korean Narin An.
There were four players on 11-under, and three on 10-under. They were ahead of Reto and four other players on nine-under.
Ashleigh Buhai battled to a two-over 74 in the third round and she was in a share of 70th on two-under ahead of the final round.
