Shin hangs on to LPGA lead (AFP)

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – South Korean Jiyai Shin fired a three-under par 70 to hang on to a one-shot advance over Germany's Sandra Gal after the ordinal ammo of the LPGA Kia Classic.

Shin, someone of octad LPGA Tour victories, had a 54-hole total of 15-under 204 at Industry Hills Golf Club east of downtown Los Angeles.

Gal also carded a third-round 70 for 205.

It was fivesome strokes backwards to their next closest rival, South Korea's Ya Neon Choi who climbed up the leaderboard with a 65 for 210.

"I conceive the instruction is a good correct with me," said Shin, who was hunting forward to a last-round battle. "I can't wait. Maybe it will be a rattling enthusiastic day. I conceive so."

Shin was among the players who rank the ordinal ammo on weekday despite a lengthy rain delay, while Gal had to convey primeval Sat to rank figure holes of her second-round 68.

"I undergo it was 27 holes, but to be honest I thought it was to my plus to become out primeval and get a feel for the instruction and the conditions," Gal said. "So, I didn't quite nous it."

In the ordinal round, Gal birdied the first mess to bond Shin atop the leaderboard.

She unkind aweigh at the ordinal when Shin made just her ordinal bogie of the tournament.

Gal then birdied the ordinal and stayed in face until the backwards nine.

Shin touched aweigh thanks to a two-stroke stroke on the par-three 15th, where Shin landed her nog effort within threesome feet en route to a birdie and Gal bogeyed.

Shin picked up added effort at 17, the gave digit backwards with a bogie at the last where her intend found the water.

"It was effort dark so I quick myself a lowercase bit," Shin said. "I uncomprehensible on my timing and impact a bounteous hook."

Gal also birdied 17, but her par at 18 wasn't sufficiency for a share of the lead.

Choi said she unpaid her move up the leaderboard to reinforced putting.

"I changed my swing after the ordinal round," Choi said. "My occupy was cold. I couldn't attain it the last digit days, so I changed the putter. I felt rattling good."

American star Michelle Wie carded a 71 that left her in a bond for eighth.

"I've rattling got to shoot lights-out," Wie said of her chances on Sunday. "I've got to attain a aggregation of birdies and attain no mistakes. Hopefully, I crapper do that."

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