Suzann Pettersen Survives Shaky Start To Maintain Lead After 3rd Round Of 2013 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship

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Suzann Pettersen did her darndest early in the 3rd round to add some drama to the 2013 Sunrise LPGA Taiwan Championship. But in the end, she finished her day very near to where she started. With a 5 shot overnight lead, the world #2 stumbled out of the blocks with bogeys on 3 of her first 5 holes. Although she added a birdie on the par par 4 8th hole, her 5 shot lead had been reduced to 2 shots 8 holes in as she dropped to 5-under with 2012 Kraft Nabisco Championship winner Sun Young Yoo hot on her heels at 3 under. Suzann would bounce back with 2 birdies and 1 bogey on the back 9 to get herself to 6-under overall. Coupled with a bogey by Sun Young on the 9th and 14th holes, against 1 back 9 birdie, it was enough for the Norweigan star to only have 1 shot shaved off her overnight lead. Suzann sits at 6-under with Sun Young and Azahara Munoz 4 shots back at 2-under. Suzann gave the field a window of opportunity on Saturday, but nobody who was close enough to mount a charge could do so. Will Pettersen open the door a little again on Sunday? And if she does, can anybody capitalize? We shall see.

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SUZANN PETTERSEN

AZAHARA MUNOZ

NA YEON CHOI

SE RI PAK

ASUKA KASHIWABARA

MI JUNG HUR

BELEN MOZO

SUN YOUNG YOO

CAROLINE HEDWALL

CARLOTA CIGANDA

CATRIONA MATTHEW

YANI TSENG

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ALISON WALSHE

ANNA NORDQVIST

DEWI CLAIRE SCHREEFEL

CHELLA CHOI

HEE YOUNG PARK

LEXI THOMPSON

AI MIYAZATO

BEATRIZ RECARI

CANDIE KUNG

HEE KYUNG SEO

MICHELLE WIE

MIKA MIYAZATO

PAULA CREAMER

PORNANONG PHATLUM

Pos	Start	Player	ToPar	Thru	Today	R2	R3	R4
	1	1	PETTERSEN, Suzann	-6	9:50 AM	68	69	73	210
	T2	T2	MUNOZ, Azahara	-2	9:50 AM	73	72	69	214
	T2	T2	YOO, Sun Young	-2	9:50 AM	73	69	72	214
	T2	T2	CIGANDA, Carlota	-2	9:40 AM	72	70	72	214
	T5	T5	HEDWALL, Caroline	E	9:40 AM	71	73	72	216
	T5	T5	RECARI, Beatriz	E	9:40 AM	72	71	73	216
	T7	T7	PAK, Se Ri	+1	9:30 AM	76	72	69	217
	T7	T7	SHIN, Jenny	+1	9:30 AM	74	74	69	217
	T7	T7	JI, Eun-Hee	+1	9:30 AM	72	76	69	217
	T7	T7	CHOI, Na Yeon	+1	9:20 AM	74	72	71	217
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	T7	T7	CHO, Irene	+1	9:20 AM	71	74	72	217
	T12	T12	THOMPSON, Lexi	+2	9:20 AM	74	74	70	218
	T12	T12	HUR, Mi Jung	+2	9:10 AM	75	71	72	218
	T12	T12	LINDBERG, Pernilla	+2	9:10 AM	75	71	72	218
	T12	T12	SEO, Hee Kyung	+2	9:10 AM	74	70	74	218
	T16	T16	MOZO, Belen	+3	9:00 AM	72	77	70	219
	T16	T16	NORDQVIST, Anna	+3	9:00 AM	77	71	71	219
	T16	T16	PARK, Hee Young	+3	9:00 AM	74	74	71	219
	T16	T16	LEE, Ilhee	+3	8:50 AM	73	75	71	219
	T16	T16	CREAMER, Paula	+3	8:50 AM	72	74	73	219
	T21	T21	MIYAZATO, Mika	+4	8:50 AM	75	75	70	220
	T21	T21	GRANADA, Julieta	+4	8:40 AM	74	76	70	220
	T21	T21	PILLER, Gerina	+4	8:40 AM	74	74	72	220
	T21	T21	PHATLUM, Pornanong	+4	8:40 AM	74	73	73	220
	T21	T21	KUNG, Candie	+4	8:30 AM	73	73	74	220
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	T21	T21	HARIGAE, Mina	+4	8:30 AM	74	71	75	220
	T21	T21	CHOI, Chella	+4	8:30 AM	72	72	76	220
	T21	T21	HULL-KIRK, Katherine	+4	8:20 AM	73	70	77	220
	T29	T29	INKSTER, Juli	+5	8:20 AM	75	74	72	221
	T29	T29	MATTHEW, Catriona	+5	8:20 AM	75	72	74	221
	T31	T31	LEE-BENTHAM, Rebecca	+6	8:10 AM	73	78	71	222
	T31	T31	PARK, Jane	+6	8:10 AM	75	75	72	222
	T31	T31	MIYAZATO, Ai	+6	8:10 AM	74	76	72	222
	T31	T31	WRIGHT, Lindsey	+6	8:00 AM	75	74	73	222
	T35	T35	MORENO, Paola	+7	8:00 AM	75	77	71	223
	T35	T35	JUTANUGARN, Moriya	+7	8:00 AM	76	75	72	223
	T35	T35	LEE, Meena	+7	7:50 AM	74	77	72	223
	T35	T35	WIE, Michelle	+7	7:50 AM	74	77	72	223
	T35	T35	KANG, Haeji	+7	7:50 AM	77	73	73	223
	T35	T35	ERNST, Austin	+7	7:50 AM*	74	76	73	223
	T35	T35	ICHER, Karine	+7	7:50 AM*	71	79	73	223
	T35	T35	*KASHIWABARA, Asuka	+7	7:50 AM*	73	76	74	223
	T35	T35	WALSHE, Alison	+7	8:00 AM*	71	73	79	223
	T44	T44	LANG, Brittany	+8	8:00 AM*	77	74	73	224
	T44	T44	JOHNSON, Jennifer	+8	8:00 AM*	75	75	74	224
	T44	T44	*SANGCHAN, Supamas	+8	8:10 AM*	72	78	74	224
	T47	T47	HAN, Hee-Won	+9	8:10 AM*	77	76	72	225
	T47	T47	MCPHERSON, Kristy	+9	8:10 AM*	77	76	72	225
	T47	T47	HURST, Vicky	+9	8:20 AM*	74	79	72	225
	T47	T47	LACROSSE, Cindy	+9	8:20 AM*	76	74	75	225
	T51	T51	SUWANNAPURA, Thidapa	+10	8:20 AM*	77	77	72	226
	T51	T51	TSENG, Yani	+10	8:30 AM*	76	78	72	226
	T51	T51	SMITH, Sarah Jane	+10	8:30 AM*	80	73	73	226
	T51	T51	MCCLOSKEY, Lisa	+10	8:30 AM*	76	76	74	226
	T51	T51	SCHREEFEL, Dewi Claire	+10	8:40 AM*	78	73	75	226
	T51	T51	MARTIN, Mo	+10	8:40 AM*	75	75	76	226
	T51	T51	URIBE, Mariajo	+10	8:40 AM*	72	76	78	226
	58	58	KANG, Danielle	+11	8:50 AM*	75	75	77	227
	T59	T59	ROSALES, Jennifer	+12	8:50 AM*	77	77	74	228
	T59	T59	OH, Ji Young	+12	8:50 AM*	76	76	76	228
	T61	T61	MASSON, Caroline	+13	9:00 AM*	78	78	73	229
	T61	T61	O’TOOLE, Ryann	+13	9:00 AM*	76	76	77	229
	T61	T61	TSENG, Hsiu-Feng	+13	9:00 AM*	77	74	78	229
	64	64	KIM, Christina	+14	9:10 AM*	76	75	79	230
	T65	T65	*HUNG, Jo-Hua	+15	9:10 AM*	79	78	74	231
	T65	T65	MICHAELS, Sydnee	+15	9:10 AM*	78	79	74	231
	T67	T67	LEE, Jee Young	+16	9:20 AM*	78	77	77	232
	T67	T67	SHIH, Huei-Ju	+16	9:20 AM*	76	75	81	232
	69	69	BOWIE YOUNG, Heather	+17	9:20 AM*	75	80	78	233
	T70	T70	CONCOLINO, Jacqui	+18	9:30 AM*	80	78	76	234
	T70	T70	BOELJON, Christel	+18	9:30 AM*	77	80	77	234
	T72	T72	DUNN, Moira	+20	9:30 AM*	77	82	77	236
	T72	T72	LU, Ya Huei	+20	9:40 AM*	80	78	78	236
	74	74	LIU, Yi-Chen	+21	9:40 AM*	82	78	77	237
	75	75	*WU, Yi-Ching	+22	9:40 AM*	79	80	79	238
	76	76	*CHENG, Ssu-Chia	+23	9:50 AM*	78	85	76	239
	77	77	*CHEN, Yu-Ju	+27	9:50 AM*	81	82	80	243
	WD		JANG, Jeong	+12		84			84