HAINAN ISLAND, China — Candie Kung was worn out after another difficult day at wind-battered and sun-baked Jian Lake Blue Bay.
"As far as tomorrow, I would like just to simply survive the day," Kung said.
She wasn't kidding.
It has been so tough in the Blue Bay LPGA that the 34-year-old Taiwanese player and South Korea's Sei Young Kim topped the leaderboard Saturday at even par.
Only two of the 78 players broke 70 and there were 11 rounds in the 80s. The players averaged 76.282 to push the three-day mark to 75.733. With more wind and possibly rain Sunday, the tournament could be the first with an over-par winner since Birdie Kim won the 2005 U.