Chandler, Ariz. – Lilia Vu finally made a bogey and lost the lead on Saturday. She responded with three straight birdies for a 4-under 68, leading England’s Charlie Hal to the final round of the Ford Championship with a two-shot lead.
Vu started the tournament by proceeding to 41 holes without bogeys.
The double bogey, which she won the 14th hole, dropped her into the tie for the lead when Hal made a left-to-right putt from 15 feet for a birdie on the 16th.
It only focuses on the greens in particular. She replied on the 15th with a 40-foot birdie putt. She judged the wedge completely by the wind on her back and unfolded 2 feet on the 16th.
She made it three in a row to tap for birdies on the 17th of the par 5 with a beautiful rug putt from 40 feet away from Green. Vu finished with 18 under 198.
Hull, who opened the tournament at 63, shot two shots at 68 on the 18th with a 12-foot birdie putt holed on the 18th, landing the spot on VU and the final group on Sunday.
However, this is far from a two-man race.
The other seven players were within four shots of the lead. Everyone handles strong winds and solid greens that require players to hit spots on the resilient greens for birdie chances.
What the people in the mix lacked was defending champion Nelly Corda. The No. 1 player in the world rankings of women, Korda was in the one-shot stage of the lead, not going anywhere on the back nine, failing to birdie on a par 5 and making two bogeys.
Korda shot a 73, behind the seven shots, and had 18 players in front of her.
Vu felt as if she had organized her swing and hit the best ball she had for a week. It was a matter of judging distance, bounce and wind, and it was difficult.
“I was telling the caddy, ‘I can’t get the numbers right today,” and he said to me, ‘I can put you on the green and try making a putt from there.” And that’s what we were doing,” Vu said.
Japan’s Ayaka Fleu (67) and Denmark’s Nanna Korsz Madsen (69) were three shots behind, followed by a 14-under 202 group that includes world second-hand Jeeno Thitikul (70), China’s Yahui Zhang and former US women’s open champion Allisen Corpuz (67).
Chang had a low round of windy days at 65. This included a bogey in the final hole.