Date: June 10, 2012
Author: Omnisport

Webb stays in the hunt

Eun-Hee Ji has moved to the top of the leaderboard at Wegmans LPGA Championship after a three-under 69 in the third round as Australian Karrie Webb finds herself one stroke off the pace. Twenty-six-year-old Korean Ji, however, is four under overall with one round to play, one shot ahead of Webb with four other players still in the hunt on two under. Ji, who won the New York-based tournament in 2008, hit five birdies and two bogeys on Saturday to become the sole leader at Locust Hill Country Club. Webb&aposs four-under third round of 68 put her just one stroke behind Ji. The Australian started Saturday with a bogey on the par-four first hole but a birdie on the eighth brought her back to even par. Webb, a former world number one, notched four more birdies on the back nine to put herself in a great position to win the title. Stacy Lewis and Suzann Pettersen are the two big names tied for third, alongside Korea&aposs Inbee Park and Giulia Sergas of Italy. Pettersen lost a playoff to Ji when the Korean won the LPGA Championship four years ago and will be keen to go one step further this year. World number one Yani Tseng remains well off the pace tied for 59th on nine over. The 23-year-old Taiwanese shot a two-over 74 on Saturday, while world number two Na Yeon Choi is two over for the tournament after a third round 75.