Round three is in the books at the 2024 AIG Women’s British Open in St. Andrews, Scotland, and there is a new leader. Ji-yai Shin of Yeonggwang-gun, South Korea, who has won the Women’s British Open twice before (in 2008 and 2012), currently is at -7 after a sizzling Saturday where she shot a score of 67 (five-under-par).
Shin had seven birdies and two bogeys in the third round. She birdied the first, second, seventh, eighth, ninth, 12th, and 17th holes, and bogeyed the third and 14th holes. In the first round on Thursday, Shin was at one-under-par. She had two birdies and one bogey. Shin birdied the second and 13th holes, and bogeyed the 17th hole. Then in the second round, Shin had a score of one-under-par again. She had four birdies and three bogeys. Shin birdied the seventh, 11th, 13th, and 14th holes, and bogeyed the fourth, 15th, and 17th holes.
Four golfers are in striking distance of Shin. American Lilia Vu, who won the 2023 Women’s Chevron Championship and 2023 Women’s British Open, is alone in second place at -6. American Nelly Korda, who won the 2021 Women’s PGA Championship and the 2024 Chevron Championship, is alone in third place at -5. Meanwhile, South Korea’s Jenny Shin and New Zealand’s Lydia Ko (the 2015 Evian Championship winner and 2016 Chevron Championship winner) are tied for fourth place at -4.
In other Women’s British Open news, Ana Pelaez Trivino of Spain was disqualified after round two after shooting a score of +2. The reason for the disqualification according to Alan Bastable of golf.com, is because her caddie used a rangefinder twice to measure the distance the golf ball was from the hole.
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