Americans Allisen Corpuz and Angel Yin charged up the leaderboard to share a one-shot lead at 10-under par after a pair of near-flawless performances within the third spherical of the Chevron Championship on Saturday.

Corpuz carded a five-under par 67 after she birdied on 4 of the primary 5 holes on the Club at Carlton Woods close to Houston however was pressured to share the lead after a missed putt noticed her accept par on the ultimate gap.

“Been playing really solid these last three days,” the 25-year-old stated in a televised interview. “I’ve just been trying to tell myself, you know, get more comfortable in contention, just keep learning from every experience.”

Six birdies and a bogey on the par-5 4 noticed Yin (67) equal the trouble, although a bit of fine quaint luck helped, as her tee shot on 12 inexplicably bounced off the water hazard and onto the financial institution.

“Extremely shocked,” stated Yin, 24. “I thought I was going to get the card for that.”

Neither of the 2 gamers has gained on the LPGA tour earlier than and each are hoping to hoist their maiden main title on Sunday.

“I know where my game is at,” stated Yin. “I know how it’s been performing for the last three days and the game plan for this golf course, and it’s been working well.

“All I need to do is just get my energy back to semi-decent level, and then I think I’ll be good to go.”

South Korean Amy Yang put herself in a powerful place when she carded a seven-under-par 65, sharing a three-way tie for third with American Megan Khang (70) and Switzerland’s Albane Valenzuela (68), who drained an extended putt for a birdie on the ultimate gap.

Yang has 19 top-10 finishes within the majors and reminded the sphere on the first ladies’s main of the 12 months why she is a perennial contender as she produced 5 birdies on the entrance 9 and solely a single bogey on the par-4 11.

“It was one of those days -- everything felt so easy and everything felt in sync,” she stated in a televised interview. “I just did my best out there, (was) patient and just had fun.”

South Korean Chun In-gee (69) obtained the group going with an ace on the par-3 17 after beginning on the again 9. She completed tied for 18th, seven strokes again from the lead, with loads of floor to cowl after a disappointing six over par within the opening spherical.

The second spherical of the event wrapped up early on Saturday after organisers have been pressured to halt play because of darkness. The begin of Friday’s motion was delayed two hours because of torrential in a single day rain.

South Korean Kim A Lim (72) was on the prime of the leaderboard by way of 36 holes however misplaced a few of her brilliance on Saturday with a double bogey on the par-3 third and a bogey on the par-4 fifth and fifteenth holes.

She completed the day tied for sixth together with her compatriots Choi Hye-jin and Kim Hyo-joo and American Nelly Korda, two pictures again from the highest of the leaderboard.