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Celine Boutier is eighteen holes away from successful her first main championship on her residence soil.
Boutier shot a 4-under-par 67 Saturday to construct a three-stroke lead after three rounds of the Evian Championship on Saturday in Evian-les-Bains, France.
Boutier was born in Clamart, France, a little bit greater than 5 hours southeast of Evian Resort Golf Club. The 29-year-old has gained thrice on the LPGA Tour however is searching for her first main. Her earlier finest end on the Evian specifically was T29 on two events.
Boutier sank 4 birdies on the entrance 9 to start out her third spherical with a 4-under 31 going out. She made one bogey and one birdie the remainder of the way in which, and the chasing pack, although crammed with main champions, couldn’t shut the hole.
Japan’s Nasa Hataoka shot a 68 to maneuver into sole possession of second place at 8 underneath. Hataoka misplaced a playoff to Yuka Saso of Japan on the 2021 U.S. Women’s Open and is vying for her first main title as properly.
Defending champion Brooke Henderson of Canada moved into competition at 7 underneath with a roller-coaster 67. Henderson rolled in six birdies for a front-nine 29 that acquired her to 9 underneath on the leaderboard, however a double bogey on the par-4 twelfth introduced her again to the pack.
Henderson is tied with Australia’s Minjee Lee (66 Saturday).
The spherical of the day was Nelly Korda’s bogey-free, 7-under 64. The World No. 2 climbed to six underneath for the championship, tied for fifth with Saso (71).
–Field Level Media