KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Rose Zhang birdied the 18th gap Saturday for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Maybank Championship on the LPGA Tour.
The American had an 18-under complete of 198 on the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Nation Membership course.
Atthaya Thitikul was tied for second place after a 62 with fellow Thai participant Jasmine Suwannapura (67), who led after the primary two rounds. Kim Sei-young of South Korea was in fourth place after a 65, three strokes behind Zhang.
It’s the third of 4 LPGA occasions on the tour’s Asian swing. Minjee Lee of Australia gained final week’s cease in South Korea in a playoff and the ultimate match is subsequent week’s Toto Basic in Japan.
