Yin chips in for birdie on 18 to grab 3rd-round lead at TPC Boston

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NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Ruoning Yin chipped in for birdie from just off the 18th green to take the third-round lead Saturday at TPC Boston in the FM Championship.

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NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Ruoning Yin chipped in for birdie from just off the 18th green to take the third-round lead Saturday at TPC Boston in the FM Championship.

Yin also holed a 20-foot putt for birdie on the par-3 16th in a 4-under 68. At 12-under 204, the Chinese star had a one-stroke lead over South Korean players Sei Young Kim and Hyo Joo Kim.

Yin has five LPGA Tour victories, winning twice in 2023 and three times in 2024.

Ruoning Yin, of China, hits the 13th tee during the first round of the LPGA FM Championship golf tournament in Norton, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Ruoning Yin, of China, hits the 13th tee during the first round of the LPGA FM Championship golf tournament in Norton, Mass., Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Sei Young Kim, the first-round leader after a 64, rebounded from a second-round 74 with a 67. Hyo Joo Kim had a 70. She has two victories this season, the Founders Cup and Ford Championship.

Somi Lee (70) and Jenny Bae (72) were tied for fourth at 8 under.

Miyu Yamashita, the Japanese player tied for the second-round lead, dropped six strokes back with a 75. Sunday in Canada, she tied the tour’s 72-hole scoring record in a nine-stroke victory.

Anna Huang of Vancouver, who carded a 4 over on Saturday, is in a six-way tie for 43rd at 1 under. Aphrodite Deng of Calgary is in a four-way tie for 53rd at 1 over.

Top-ranked Nelly Korda was tied for 49th after her third straight 72 in the final event before the Solheim Cup matches in the Netherlands.

European captain Anna Nordqvist was 1 over after a 73 in her final event on the LPGA Tour.

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