Savannah Grewal of Mississauga, Ontario, is in contention after the third round of the 2024 Blue Bay LPGA event on Hainan Island, China. After 54 holes, Grewal is -9, three shots behind the leaders.
Grewal shot a first-round score of three-under-par 69 with four birdies and one bogey. She birdied the 11th, 12th, 14th and 15th holes and made bogey on the eighth hole. In the second round, Grewal posted a two-over-par score of 74 with two birdies and four bogeys. Grewal birdied the third and eighth holes and bogeyed the first, fifth, 13th and 17th holes. In the third round, Grewal stunned the golf crowd with a Blue Bay LPGA course record of eight under par, improving from -1 to -9. Grewal had 10 birdies and a double bogey. She birdied the third, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th, 11th, 14th, 16th and 17th holes and made double bogey on the 12th hole.
There is a three-way tie for the lead. There you’ll find New Zealand’s Lydia Ko, a two-time major champion, and Americans Bailey Tardy and Sarah Schmelzel at -12. Ko won the 2015 Evian Championship and the 2016 ANA Inspiration. Ruixin Liu of China is in fourth place at -10. Grewal is tied with two-time major champion Minjee Lee of Australia. Lee won the 2021 Evian Championship and the 2022 United States Women’s Open.
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