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Saturday, April 16, 2016

Katie Burnett takes Lotte Championship

 lead in search of first LPGA win




Katie Burnett , shown at the 2016 Lotte Championship
Katie Burnett, picture by courtesy of Getty Images,  has gone 36 holes without a bogey, and now she’s within reach of her first LPGA title.
Birdies were plentiful during the third round of the Lotte Championship, with nine players posting rounds of 5-under 67 or better on Friday. Yet, it was the bogeys – or lack thereof – that made the difference.
Burnett only posted one birdie in her first 10 holes during the third round at Ko Olina Golf Club, Hawaii, but a lack of squares on the card did wonders. With zero bogeys, Burnett was already 9 under, and she proceeded to birdie four of her last eight to reach 13 under and take a one-shot lead.
Thanks to a matching 67, Su-Yeon Jang moved into solo second at 12 under. In Gee Chun (65) and Moriya Jutanugarn (68) are tied for third at 10 under.
For Burnett, her last bogey came on the ninth hole (her last) Wednesday during the tournament’s first round. Since then, it’s been 11 birdies and 25 pars. Nothing else.
The 26-year-old American has rarely contended on the LPGA since her rookie year in 2013. Burnett is winless on the circuit but also in search of just her second career top 10. Clearly Oahu, Hawaii, does wonders, as Burnett’s T-9 here two years ago serves as that solo top 10.
She’ll start Saturday’s final round with a bit of a cushion, but another bogey-free day would do wonders.
There are also a pair of big names lurking in a spot to make a charge. Four-time LPGA winner Sei Young Kim, 23, sits 9 under after her third consecutive 69. Lexi Thompson, 21, continued to recover from an opening-day 75 thanks to a third-round 68 that boosted her to 7 under.
Minjee Lee, 19, started the day tied for the lead but fell to a tie for sixth at 8 under after posting a birdie-less 74.

SCOREBOARD
Par 216 (3x72) 

1 Katie Burnett 70   66 67 .


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2 Su Yeon Jang 71 66 67



204
T3 Moriya Jutanugarn 68 70 68



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T3 In Gee Chun 74 67 65



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5 Sei Young Kim 69 69 69



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T6 Joanna Klatten 71 70 67



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T6 Minjee Lee 68 66 74



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T6 P.K. Kongkraphan 74 69 65



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T9 Pernilla Lindberg 70 72 67



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T9 Lexi Thompson 75 66 68



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T9 Mo Martin 72 71 66



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T12 Brooke Henderson 69 70 71



210
T12 Shanshan Feng 73 68 69



210
T12 Danielle Kang 72 68 70



210
T12 Megan Khang 76 64 70



210
T12 Haru Nomura 72 71 67



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T17 Suzann Pettersen 71 71 69



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T17 Ariya Jutanugarn 72 70 69



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T17 Lee-Anne Pace 73 69 69



211
T20   Jodi Ewart Shadoff  73 67 72



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T20 Eun-Hee Ji 70 71 71



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T20 Azahara Munoz 71 70 71



212
T20 Nontaya Srisawang 70 71 71



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T20 Kris Tamulis 72 70 70



212
T20 Q Baek 74 69 69



212
T20 Beatriz Recari 72 71 69



212
T20 Thidapa Suwannapura 72 71 69



212
T20 Chella Choi 73 71 68



212
T20 So Yeon Ryu 72 73 67



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T30 Jenny Shin 74 68 71



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T30 Julie Yang 73 70 70



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T32 Lydia Ko 71 72 71



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T32 Lizette Salas 75 66 73



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T32 Kim Kaufman 69 75 70



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T32 Briana Mao 74 70 70



214
T32 Angela Stanford 71 74 69



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T32 Lindy Duncan 75 71 68



214
T32 Mika Miyazato 77 69 68



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T39 Haeji Kang 73 70 72



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T39 Pornanong Phatlum 73 70 72



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T39 Holly Clyburn 74 70 71



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T39 Su-Hyun Oh 71 73 71



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T39 Budsabakorn Sukapan 73 72 70



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T39 Sarah Jane Smith 73 72 70



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T45 Paula Creamer 72 70 74



216
T45  Becky Morgan 72 71 73



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T45 Jacqui Concolino 74 71 71



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T45 Brittany Lang 72 73 71



216
T45 Ai Miyazato 75 68 73



216
T45 Inbee Park 74 71 71



216
T51 Alena Sharp 69 73 75



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T51 Hye Jin Choi 72 73 72



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T51 Brianna Do 71 75 71



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T51 Marion Ricordeau 71 73 73



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T51 Hyo Joo Kim 76 70 71



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T56 Casey Grice 74 70 74



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T56 Min Lee 72 72 74



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T56 Lee Lopez 73 72 73



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T56 Simin Feng 73 72 73



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T56 Mi Jung Hur 73 72 73



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T61 Stephanie Kono 72 71 76



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T61 Sadena Parks 73 72 74



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T61 Kelly Shon 72 72 75



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T61 Nannette Hill 76 70 73



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T61 Sarah Kemp 75 70 74



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T61 Samantha Richdale 73 72 74



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T67 Sandra Changkija 72 74 75



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T67 Cristie Kerr 70 74 77



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T69 Celine Herbin 72 74 76



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T69 SooBin Kim 76 70 76



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71 Gaby Lopez 73 73 77



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T72 Katherine Kirk 74 72 78



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T72 Demi Runas 72 74 78



224
T74 Cydney Clanton 72 75 MC .


147
T74 Mi Hyang Lee 72 75 MC



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T74 Brittany Lincicome* 75 72 MC



147
T74 Caroline Masson 69 78 MC



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T74 Sydnee Michaels* 73 74 MC



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T74 Paula Reto 71 76 MC



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T74 Ashleigh Simon 72 75 MC



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T74 Alison Walshe 75 72 MC



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T74 Sun Young Yoo 75 72 MC



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T83 Laetitia Beck 78 70 MC



148
T83 Vicky Hurst 75 73 MC



148
T83 Daniela Iacobelli 76 72 MC



148
T83 Xi Yu Lin* 77 71 MC



148
T83 Benyapa Niphatsophon 76 72 MC



148
T83 Dewi Claire Schreefel* 78 70 MC



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T83 Bertine Strauss 74 74 MC



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T83 Suzuka Yamaguchi 76 72 MC



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T83 Jing Yan 72 76 MC



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T83 Sakura Yokomine 74 74 MC



148
T93 Allisen S Corpuz 77 72 MC



149
T93 Alejandra Llaneza 78 71 MC



149
T93 Christine Song 77 72 MC



149
T93 Ayako Uehara* 73 76 MC



149
T93 Cheyenne Woods 77 72 MC



149
T98 Amy Anderson 79 71 MC



150
T98 Christel Boeljon 77 73 MC



150
T98 Dori Carter 75 75 MC



150
T98 Jaye Marie Green 77 73 MC



150
T98 Min Seo Kwak 77 73 MC



150
T98 Maude-Aimee Leblanc* 72 78 MC



150
T98 Amelia Lewis 75 75 MC



150
T98 Belen Mozo 72 78 MC



150
T98 Se Ri Pak 75 75 MC



150
T98 Cyna Rodriguez 77 73 MC



150
T98 Rachel Rohanna 79 71 MC



150
T98 Kelly Tan 78 72 MC



150
T98 Anne-Catherine Tanguay 76 74 MC



150
T98 Pavarisa Yoktuan 80 70 MC



150
T112 Brittany Altomare 77 74 MC



151
T112 Karlin Beck 76 75 MC



151
T112 Heather Bowie Young* 75 76 MC



151
T112 Yueer Cindy Feng 78 73 MC



151
T112 Jane Rah 76 75 MC



151
T112 Jiayi Zhou* 76 75 MC



151
T118 Julieta Granada 77 75 MC



152
T118 Yuting Shi 80 72 MC



152
T120 Lisa Ferrero 79 74 MC



153
T120 Alison Lee* 78 75 MC



153
T120 Ji Young Oh 80 73 MC



153
T120 Ashlan Ramsey* 77 76 MC



153
T120 Pannarat Thanapolboonyar 78 75 MC



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T120 Michelle Wie 80 73 MC



153
T126 Na Yeon Choi 77 77 MC



154
T126 Natalie Gulbis 80 74 MC



154
T126 Wei-Ling Hsu 79 75 MC



154
T126 Tiffany Joh 74 80 MC



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T126 Wichanee Meechai 80 74 MC



154
T126 Caroline Westrup 79 75 MC



154
T132 Ashleigh Albrecht 81 74 MC



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T132 Giulia Molinaro 78 77 MC



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T132 Grace Na 80 75 MC



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T132 Ryann O'Toole 81 74 MC



155
T132 Giulia Sergas 81 74 MC



155
T137 Mina Harigae 78 78 MC



156
T137 Meena Lee 79 77 MC



156
139 Nicole Jeray 77 80 MC



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T140 Jaclyn Jansen 79 79 MC



158
T140 Annie Park 83 75 MC



158
T140 Prima Thammaraks 80 78 MC



158
143 Ani Gulugian* 81 78 MC



159
144 Dani Holmqvist 84 WD .



84
* player started on back nine.

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