EWA BEACH, Hawaii -- Hyo Joo Kim rallied with two late birdies for an even-par 72 to maintain a three-stroke lead Friday in the LPGA Tour's LOTTE Championship.
After dropping strokes on the par-4 seventh and par-3 12th with her only bogeys of the week at breezy Hoakalei Country Club, Kim birdied the par-4 14th and par-5 18th to get back to 10 under with one round left.
"It was very windy today," said Kim, the 26-year-old South Korean player who won the last of her four LPGA Tour titles in 2019. "There was a lot of wind going back and forth.