KUALA LUMPUR (AP) – Rose Zhang birdied the 18th hole yesterday for a seven-under 65 and a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Maybank Championship on the LPGA Tour.
The American had an 18-under total of 198 on the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club course.
Atthaya Thitikul was tied for second place after a 62 with fellow Thai player Jasmine Suwannapura (67), who led after the first two rounds.
Kim Sei-young of South Korea was in fourth place after a 65, three strokes behind Zhang.
It is the third of four LPGA events on the tour’s Asian swing. Minjee Lee of Australia won last week’s stop in South Korea in a playoff and the final tournament is next week’s Toto Classic in Japan.
