Lexi Thompson takes four-stroke lead into 

final round of Honda LPGA Thailand

FROM THE LPGA TOUR WEBSITE
Report by Amy Rogers

Come Sunday, Lexi Thompson could be picking up more than one title in Thailand.
The first round leader returned to the top of the leaderboard on moving day at the Honda LPGA Thailand with a nearly flawless, third round 8-under par, 64 to take a 4-stroke lead at 16-under par. With a victory on Sunday, Thompson would become the first American to win in the event’s 10-year history and potentially overtake Stacy Lewis as the top-ranked American in the world.
Currently ranked No.4 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Rankings behind No.3 Lewis, Thompson could move to No.3 with a victory and Lewis finishing in a tie for second or worse. Thompson could also overtake Lewis with a finish in solo second depending on Lewis who is T-36 at even through 54-holes.
The 21-year old had just one stumble on Saturday, leaving her chip short of the green at the difficult par 3, 16^th hole. 
Thompson then left short her long putt for par, resulting in her only dropped shot of the day. But she bounced back at the last, draining a long breaking putt for birdie and her second round of 64 this week. 
 Thompson opened with an 8-under par, 64 on Thursday to take the lead in round one before scrambling to a second round even par, 72.
“Yeah, it was a good day out there, very solid. I just made sure I had fun out there and stayed positive. I missed a putt on the first hole, which got me down a little bit, but I tried to stay positive going into the next hole and fire at pins like I did the first day,” Thompson said after her round.
Thompson has converted the 54-hole lead into victory four of the six times she has lead entering the final round. A win on Sunday would mark her seventh career win on the LPGA Tour and third in seven months.

Four-strokes back of Thompson sits U.S. Women’s Open Champion and 2016 rookie In Gee Chun, who is second at 12-under par after carding a third round, bogey-free 6-under par, 66. Chun cut into Thompson’s six-stroke lead on the back nine, dropping a 20-footer for just the third birdie of the day at the tough par 3, 16^th hole.
Chun is making just her second start of the 2016 season this week in Thailand after finishing T-3 in her LPGA Tour debut at the Coates Golf Championship. To catch Thompson on Sunday Chun will be leaning on a lot of experience, having won eight times on the KLPGA including five wins last season which earned her Player of the Year honors.
“This is my second tournament on the LPGA Tour, and everybody came to support me, so I'm really happy about today,” Chun said after her round. “Every day the dream stays the same. It's been my dream as well. It's a dream come true. I'm going to enjoy it. That is my goal this whole year.”

Defending champion Amy Yang is solo third at 11-under par, ahead of Hee Young Park at 9-under par after jumping into fourth with a third round 6-under par, 66. Ha Na Jang and Xi Yu Lin are T-5 at 8-under par.


 THIRD ROUND TOTALS
 par 216 (3x72)

1	Lexi Thompson	64	72	64					200
2	In Gee Chun	69	69	66					204
3	Amy Yang	66	69	70					205
4	Hee Young Park	72	69	66					207
T5	Ha Na Jang	69	69	70					208
T5	Xiyu Lin	71	68	69					208
T7	Chella Choi	70	68	71					209
T7	Haru Nomura	72	66	71					209
T9	Minjee Lee	69	71	70					210
T9	Pernilla Lindberg	69	70	71					210
T11	Q Baek	65	71	75					211
T11	Jessica Korda	70	66	75					211
T13	Anna Nordqvist	69	75	68					212
T13	Candie Kung	72	71	69					212
T13	Carlota Ciganda	70	72	70					212
T16	I.K. Kim	73	71	69					213
T16	Paula Creamer	69	73	71					213
T16	Bo-Mee Lee	73	69	71					213
T16	Lee-Anne Pace	74	68	71					213
T16	Jenny Shin	68	71	74					213
T21	Charley Hull	75	69	70					214
T21	Austin Ernst	71	72	71					214
T21	Mo Martin	73	72	69					214
T21	Sei-Young Kim	69	76	69					214
T21	Brittany Lang	69	73	72					214
T21	Wei-Ling Hsu	71	71	72					214
T21	Pornanong Phatlum	72	70	72					214
T21	Kris Tamulis	75	72	67					214
T21	Kim Kaufman	72	68	74					214
T30	Na Yeon Choi	73	71	71					215
T30	Cristie Kerr	70	73	72					215
T30	Gerina Piller	72	71	72					215
T30	Moriya Jutanugarn	73	70	72					215
T30	So Yeon Ryu	74	69	72					215
T30	Sun Young Yoo	77	70	68					215
T36	Mika Miyazato	74	70	72					216
T36	Sandra Gal	74	71	71					216
T36	Angela Stanford	73	73	70					216
T36	Shiho Oyama	73	70	73					216
T36	Stacy Lewis	75	67	74					216
T36	Eun-Hee Ji	70	70	76					216
T36	Inbee Park	72	76	68					216
T43	Brittany Lincicome	75	70	72					217
T43	Budsabakorn Sukapan	72	73	72					217
T43	Hyo-Joo Kim	73	70	74					217
T43	Karine Icher	72	74	71					217
T47	Ariya Jutanugarn	73	73	72					218
T47	Lizette Salas	73	73	72					218
T47	Ilhee Lee	71	75	72					218
T50	Suzann Pettersen	71	72	76					219
T50	Shanshan Feng	73	76	70					219
T50	Mirim Lee	73	76	70					219
T50	Sydnee Michaels	73	76	70					219
T54	Paphangkorn Tavatanakit	72	74	74					220
T54	Caroline Masson	73	74	73					220
T54	Azahara Munoz	68	79	73					220
T54	Karrie Webb	76	77	67					220
T58	Ai Miyazato	73	70	78					221
T58	Mariajo Uribe	71	75	75					221
T58	Sakura Yokomine	71	76	74					221
T61	Julieta Granada	76	70	76					222
T61	Mi Hyang Lee	74	74	74					222
63	Pannarat Thanapolboonyar	75	74	75					224
T64	Beatriz Recari	72	75	78					225
T64	Yani Tseng	75	77	73					225
T66	Jaye Marie Green	76	71	79					226
T66	Thidapa Suwannapura	73	74	79					226
T66	Michelle Wie	74	74	78					226
69	Morgan Pressel	72	80	75					227
70	Jane Park	80	73	81					234