Inbee Park Extends Lead After 3rd Round Of 2013 US Women’s Open, Stands 18 Holes From History

Inbee Park (click to enlarge)

Even the legendary Annika Sorenstam admits that after winning the 2005 Kraft Nabisco Championship and LPGA Championship she felt tremendous pressure going for 3 for 3 at the 2005 US Open. It proved too much weight as Annika finished tied for 23rd at 12-over par. If Inbee Park is feeling similar pressure going for an historic Major trifecta she isn’t showing it. On a day when the course conditions beat up the best women’s golfers in the world, only one player was under par. Guess who. Inbee used a 1-under round to push her overall score to 10-under, 4 shots better than 2nd place In Kyung Kim and a whopping 7 shots clear of 3rd place Jodi Ewart Shadoff. The most impressive part of the day for Inbee was her incredible birdie putt on 14, which followed 3 straight bogeys. For a moment it looked like Inbee would let the field back in until she bombed in a long tricky putt on the 14th. She righted the ship with another birdie on 15 and a close out birdie on 18. If the course plays tough again, I can’t see anybody making up enough ground to catch Inbee unless she starts to crumble under the pressure. If I were the USGA, what I might do to add some level of competition on Sunday is move the tees up again and have favorable pin placements. In other words, I’d turn it into a shooting gallery on Sunday so that some players behind Inbee can post some low scores. Of course, that could also give Inbee a chance to go low. Still, I think that’s the only way short of an Inbee collapse for anybody to catch her. As it stands, I’d put my money on Inbee and history.

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INBEE PARK

IN KYUNG KIM

JODI EWART SHADOFF

JESSICA KORDA

LIZETTE SALAS

ANNA NORDQVIST

HA NEUL KIM

HAEJI KANG

BRITTANY LANG

NELLY KORDA

STACY LEWIS

AI MIYAZATO

MIKA MIYAZATO

LYDIA KO

SO YEON RYU

PAULA CREAMER

JENNIFER ROSALES

Pos	Name	1	2	3	4	Today	Thru	Total	Strokes
1	Inbee Park	67	68	71	1:25 pm	-1	F	-10	206
2	I.K. Kim	68	69	73	1:25 pm	+1	F	-6	210
3	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	70	69	74	1:14 pm	+2	F	-3	213
T4	So Yeon Ryu	73	69	73	1:14 pm	+1	F	-1	215
T4	Angela Stanford	73	68	74	1:03 pm	+2	F	-1	215
T6	Paula Creamer	72	73	72	1:03 pm	E	F	+1	217
T6	Jessica Korda	70	71	76	12:52 pm	+4	F	+1	217
T8	Ai Miyazato	76	70	72	12:52 pm	E	F	+2	218
T8	Brittany Lang	76	69	73	12:41 pm	+1	F	+2	218
T8	Brittany Lincicome	72	72	74	12:41 pm	+2	F	+2	218
T8	Cristie Kerr	72	72	74	12:30 pm	+2	F	+2	218
T12	Karrie Webb	73	73	73	12:30 pm	+1	F	+3	219
T12	Catriona Matthew	70	75	74	12:19 pm	+2	F	+3	219
T12	Lindy Duncan	71	73	75	12:19 pm	+3	F	+3	219
T12	Karine Icher	70	72	77	12:08 pm	+5	F	+3	219
T12	Anna Nordqvist	68	74	77	12:08 pm	+5	F	+3	219
T17	Azahara Munoz	73	74	73	11:57 am	+1	F	+4	220
T17	Na Yeon Choi	71	77	72	11:57 am	E	F	+4	220
T17	Lexi Thompson	75	69	76	11:46 am	+4	F	+4	220
T20	M.J. Hur	75	71	75	11:46 am	+3	F	+5	221
T20	Shanshan Feng	71	75	75	11:35 am	+3	F	+5	221
T20	Haeji Kang	71	73	77	11:35 am	+5	F	+5	221
T20	Kristy McPherson	74	75	72	11:24 am	E	F	+5	221
T20	Ha-Neul Kim	66	77	78	11:24 am	+6	F	+5	221
T25	Stacy Lewis	71	76	75	11:13 am	+3	F	+6	222
T25	Morgan Pressel	73	74	75	11:13 am	+3	F	+6	222
T25	Jennifer Rosales	70	76	76	11:02 am	+4	F	+6	222
T25	Mariajo Uribe	70	76	76	11:02 am	+4	F	+6	222
T25	Thidapa Suwannapura	75	74	73	10:51 am	+1	F	+6	222
T25	Caroline Hedwall	68	75	79	10:51 am	+7	F	+6	222
T25	Lizette Salas	68	72	82	10:40 am	+10	F	+6	222
T32	Sarah Jane Smith	71	76	76	10:40 am	+4	F	+7	223
T32	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	69	77	77	10:29 am	+5	F	+7	223
T32	Ryann O’Toole	72	73	78	10:29 am	+6	F	+7	223
T32	Mika Miyazato	72	77	74	10:18 am	+2	F	+7	223
T32	Soo-Jin Yang	72	72	79	10:18 am	+7	F	+7	223
T32	Julieta Granada	74	76	73	10:07 am	+1	F	+7	223
T32	Ayako Uehara	75	75	73	10:07 am	+1	F	+7	223
T39	Dewi Claire Schreefel	76	71	77	9:56 am	+5	F	+8	224
T39	Chella Choi	73	75	76	9:56 am	+4	F	+8	224
T39	Pornanong Phatlum	71	77	76	9:45 am	+4	F	+8	224
T39	Natalie Gulbis	70	78	76	9:34 am	+4	F	+8	224
T39	Amy Yang	74	72	78	9:45 am	+6	F	+8	224
T39	Hee Kyung Seo	75	74	75	9:34 am	+3	F	+8	224
T39	Christina Kim	75	75	74	9:23 am	+2	F	+8	224
T46	Mo Martin	74	74	77	9:23 am	+5	F	+9	225
T46	Gerina Piller	73	76	76	9:12 am	+4	F	+9	225
T46	Jane Park	73	76	76	9:12 am	+4	F	+9	225
T49	Caroline Masson	71	74	81	9:01 am	+9	F	+10	226
T49	Laura Diaz	76	74	76	9:01 am	+4	F	+10	226
T51	Casie Cathrea	75	73	79	8:50 am	+7	F	+11	227
T51	Doris Chen	74	74	79	8:50 am	+7	F	+11	227
T51	Lydia Ko	72	76	79	8:39 am	+7	F	+11	227
T51	Becky Morgan	75	73	79	8:39 am	+7	F	+11	227
T51	Jenny Shin	78	71	78	8:28 am	+6	F	+11	227
T51	Moira Dunn	78	72	77	8:28 am	+5	F	+11	227
T51	Meena Lee	71	79	77	8:17 am	+5	F	+11	227
T58	Amy Meier	74	72	82	8:17 am	+10	F	+12	228
T58	Yueer Cindy Feng	72	77	79	8:06 am	+7	F	+12	228
T58	Caroline Westrup	74	76	78	8:06 am	+6	F	+12	228
T61	Danah Bordner	73	74	82	7:55 am	+10	F	+13	229
T61	Nelly Korda	73	77	79	7:55 am	+7	F	+13	229
T63	Brooke Henderson	71	76	83	7:44 am	+11	F	+14	230
T63	Cindy LaCrosse	74	74	82	7:44 am	+10	F	+14	230
T63	Carlota Ciganda	76	72	82	7:33 am	+10	F	+14	230
T66	Austin Ernst	75	74	82	7:33 am	+10	F	+15	231
T66	Jackie Barenborg Stoel	75	74	82	7:22 am	+10	F	+15	231
68	Eun-Hee Ji	73	77	83	7:22 am	+11	F	+17	233
T69	Christel Boeljon	77	74	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T69	Paz Echeverria	69	82	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T69	Sandra Gal	76	75	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T69	Juli Inkster	72	79	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T69	Char Young Kim	75	76	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T69	Rachel Rohanna	74	77	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T69	Kris Tamulis	75	76	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T69	Yani Tseng	76	75	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T69	Alison Walshe	77	74	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T69	Lindsey Wright	73	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T69	Je-Yoon Yang	70	81	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T69	Sun Young Yoo	77	74	MC	MC	–	–	–	151
T81	Christi Cano	74	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	152
T81	Katie Futcher	78	74	MC	MC	–	–	–	152
T81	Megan Grehan	78	74	MC	MC	–	–	–	152
T81	Vicky Hurst	79	73	MC	MC	–	–	–	152
T81	Nicole Jeray	75	77	MC	MC	–	–	–	152
T81	Lorie Kane	77	75	MC	MC	–	–	–	152
T81	Pernilla Lindberg	76	76	MC	MC	–	–	–	152
T81	Beatriz Recari	81	71	MC	MC	–	–	–	152
T81	Emily Tubert	74	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	152
T81	Momoko Ueda	73	79	MC	MC	–	–	–	152
T91	Nicole Castrale	78	75	MC	MC	–	–	–	153
T91	Sophie Gustafson	78	75	MC	MC	–	–	–	153
T91	Mina Harigae	77	76	MC	MC	–	–	–	153
T91	Katherine Hull-Kirk	73	80	MC	MC	–	–	–	153
T91	Kyung Kim	71	82	MC	MC	–	–	–	153
T91	Sydnee Michaels	78	75	MC	MC	–	–	–	153
T91	Ji Young Oh	79	74	MC	MC	–	–	–	153
T91	Hee Young Park	76	77	MC	MC	–	–	–	153
T91	Caroline Powers	73	80	MC	MC	–	–	–	153
T100	Chie Arimura	76	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	154
T100	Jamie Hullett	78	76	MC	MC	–	–	–	154
T100	Ilhee Lee	76	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	154
T100	Annie Park	79	75	MC	MC	–	–	–	154
T100	Suzann Pettersen	76	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	154
T100	Giulia Sergas	79	75	MC	MC	–	–	–	154
T100	Jiyai Shin	76	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	154
T100	Karen Stupples	75	79	MC	MC	–	–	–	154
T108	Irene Cho	77	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	155
T108	Birdie Kim	78	77	MC	MC	–	–	–	155
T108	Tiffany Lua	76	79	MC	MC	–	–	–	155
T108	Brooke Pancake	74	81	MC	MC	–	–	–	155
T108	Miki Saiki	75	80	MC	MC	–	–	–	155
T108	Gabriella Then	77	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	155
T114	Carly Booth	78	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	156
T114	Hee-Won Han	80	76	MC	MC	–	–	–	156
T114	Tiffany Joh	75	81	MC	MC	–	–	–	156
T114	Danielle Kang	74	82	MC	MC	–	–	–	156
T114	P.K. Kongkraphan	76	80	MC	MC	–	–	–	156
T114	Belen Mozo	78	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	156
T114	Stephanie Sherlock	78	78	MC	MC	–	–	–	156
T121	Katy Harris	78	79	MC	MC	–	–	–	157
T121	Jennifer Johnson	76	81	MC	MC	–	–	–	157
T121	Stacey Keating	76	81	MC	MC	–	–	–	157
T121	Jessica Shepley	77	80	MC	MC	–	–	–	157
T121	Mariah Stackhouse	78	79	MC	MC	–	–	–	157
T121	Nicole Zhang	77	80	MC	MC	–	–	–	157
T127	Emily Childs	77	81	MC	MC	–	–	–	158
T127	Kirby Dreher	77	81	MC	MC	–	–	–	158
T127	Felicity Johnson	83	75	MC	MC	–	–	–	158
T130	Alexandra Kaui	78	81	MC	MC	–	–	–	159
T130	Se Ri Pak	78	81	MC	MC	–	–	–	159
T130	Macarena Silva	79	80	MC	MC	–	–	–	159
T130	Hannah Suh	80	79	MC	MC	–	–	–	159
T134	Aimee Cho	81	79	MC	MC	–	–	–	160
T134	Mariel Galdiano	80	80	MC	MC	–	–	–	160
T134	Taylore Karle	78	82	MC	MC	–	–	–	160
T137	Shannon Aubert	81	80	MC	MC	–	–	–	161
T137	Chelsea Harris	81	80	MC	MC	–	–	–	161
T137	Amelia Lewis	78	83	MC	MC	–	–	–	161
140	Erica Herr	77	85	MC	MC	–	–	–	162
T141	Kelli Bowers	84	79	MC	MC	–	–	–	163
T141	Mikayla Harmon	79	84	MC	MC	–	–	–	163
T141	Catherine Matranga	78	85	MC	MC	–	–	–	163
T141	Janice Moodie	84	79	MC	MC	–	–	–	163
145	Sally Watson	82	82	MC	MC	–	–	–	164
T146	Kendra Little	77	88	MC	MC	–	–	–	165
T146	Elena Robles	77	88	MC	MC	–	–	–	165
T148	Alice H. Kim	89	77	MC	MC	–	–	–	166
T148	Tiffany Tavee	85	81	MC	MC	–	–	–	166
150	Christine Song	78	89	MC	MC	–	–	–	167
151	Karinn Dickinson	86	82	MC	MC	–	–	–	168
152	Elizabeth Schultz	78	91	MC	MC	–	–	–	169
153	Izzy Beisiegel	84	86	MC	MC	–	–	–	170
T154	Yoon-Kyung Heo	79	WD	WD	WD	–	–	–	79
T154	Candie Kung	79	WD	WD	WD	–	–	–	79
156	Michelle Wie	80	WD	WD	WD	–	–	–	80