Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico City report and scores

 Inbee Park goes three clear after birdie blitz

FROM SKYSPORTS.COM

Inbee Park shot five back-nine birdies to lead the field after the third round at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico City on Saturday.

On a day when LPGA officials took the extraordinary step of delaying the tee times for the final three groups by nearly an hour after a bus carrying four players to the course was late, Park rolled in a couple of monster putts to card a five-under-par 67 on the Club de Golf Mexico course.
Park posted a 10-under 206 total, three shots clear of fellow South Korean Kim Sei-young (70), the LPGA Rookie of the Year, with compatriot Ryu So-yeon (69) and Spaniard Carlota Ciganda (69) four strokes behind.

Australian halfway leader Minjee Lee plummeted seven shots off the pace after a 75.
It is usually a player's responsibility to meet his or her tee time - being more than five minutes late results in disqualification - but officials decided to waive the rule due to 'exceptional circumstances'.
The LPGA said the official tournament vehicle had taken more than two hours to complete a trip that normally takes 15-20 minutes, an excruciating journey that prompted American Angela Stanford to issue several tweets while she was stuck.
 The four players -- Carlota Ciganda, Suzann Pettersen, Angela Stanford and Minjee Lee -- left their hotel at 9:30 a.m. in a shuttle provided by the LPGA, according to the tour. But, due to the "unanticipated road closures and the alternate route in which that particular vehicle took," a ride that should have taken 15-20 minutes instead took two-plus hours.
Park was on an earlier bus that, although also delayed by road closures and traffic, arrived well before her tee time, and she had no complaints about the situation.

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THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD

 Par 216 (3x72)

1	Inbee Park	68	71	67	.				206
2	Sei-Young Kim	73	66	70					209
T3	So Yeon Ryu	71	70	69					210
T3	Carlota Ciganda	72	69	69					210
5	Sakura Yokomine	72	70	69					211
T6	Christina Kim	73	66	73					212
T6	Pernilla Lindberg	71	70	71					212
T6	Cristie Kerr	74	69	69					212
T9	Minjee Lee	69	69	75					213
T9	Suzann Pettersen	69	71	73					213
T9	Jaye Marie Green	71	70	72					213
T12	Caroline Masson	73	71	70					214
T12	Jennifer Song	72	73	69					214
T14	Pornanong Phatlum	72	71	72					215
T14	Lizette Salas	73	70	72					215
T14	Angela Stanford	69	70	76					215
T14	Chella Choi	73	71	71					215
T14	Mariajo Uribe	71	73	71					215
T19	Karine Icher	75	70	72					217
T19	Gerina Piller	73	70	74					217
T21	Gaby Lopez	71	74	73					218
T21	Hee Young Park	73	71	74					218
T21	Sydnee Michaels	71	77	70					218
T24	Brittany Lincicome	72	73	74					219
T24	Brittany Lang	74	72	73					219
T26	Austin Ernst	73	76	71					220
T26	Lexi Thompson	73	74	73					220
28	Alena Sharp	76	73	72					221
T29	Jane Park	73	73	76					222
T29	Margarita Ramos	75	73	74					222
T29	Na Yeon Choi	78	70	74					222
T29	Julieta Granada	75	74	73					222
33	Azahara Munoz	71	75	77					223
34	Candy Hannemann	81	75	70					226
35	Alejandra Llaneza	79	76	73					228
36	Q Baek	80	74	78					232