Chien Peiyun of Taiwan used a late birdie burst to take the first-round lead on Thursday at the LPGA Chevron Championship, the first women s golf major of the year.
Australia s Grace Kim won the LPGA s Lotte Championship on Saturday after triumphing in a three-woman playoff in Oahu, Hawaii to give the 22-year-old her first tour triumph.
South Korea s Sung Yu-Jin will take a slender one-shot advantage into the final round of the LPGA Tour s Lotte Championship in Hawaii after carding a one-under-par 71 on Friday.
Thai rookie Natthakritta Vongtaveelap fired a two-under-par 70 to hold on to a share of the lead alongside South Korea s Sung Yu-Jin at the LPGA Tour s Lotte Championship in Hawaii on Thursday.
China s Yin Ruoning shook off an early bogey burst to card a one-under-par 70 and win her first US LPGA title at the Los Angeles Open, holding off major winner Georgia Hall by one stroke.