Shin takes Women's Open lead as Korda and Hull toil

Women's Open third-round leaderboard

-7 J Shin (Kor); -6 L Vu (US); -5 N Korda (US); -4 L Ko (NZ), J Shin (Kor); -3 J-H Im (Kor), A Pano (US), A Thitikul (Tha), R Yin (Chn)

Selected others: -2 L Woad (Eng*), C Hull (Eng); Level L Maguire (Ire); +3 G Hall (Eng); +4 G Cowley (Eng); +7 L Humphreys (Eng)

*denotes amateur

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Two-time victor Jiyai Shin stormed into nan lead of nan Women's Open aft a good 3rd information astatine St Andrews arsenic Nelly Korda and Charley Hull fell back.

The South Korean holed 7 birdies successful a five-under 67 arsenic nan erstwhile world number 1 reached 7 nether par.

The 36-year-old, whose 2 awesome wins came successful this arena successful 2008 and 2012, is 1 changeable up of defending champion Lilia Vu, pinch her chap American Korda a changeable further back.

Korda was nan overnight leader connected 8 nether but nan 26-year-old world number 1 carded a three-over 75 connected Saturday.

She went into nan 3rd information pinch a three-shot lead and began a mixed time pinch bogeys connected her first 2 holes but 3 birdies by nan ninth, saw her lead connected 9 under.

However, nan two-time awesome victor struggled connected nan backmost nine, pinch successive bogeys connected nan 12th and 13th holes earlier driving retired of bounds connected nan par-four 16th. That led to a double bogey which was followed by different dropped changeable astatine nan 17th.

Korda vanished pinch a birdie astatine nan past but conceded "it wasn't nan champion of days".

"I deliberation [Sunday] is going to beryllium a reliable day," she added. "I deliberation nan winds are going to beryllium high. There could beryllium rain, arsenic well.

"I'm going to support a affirmative attitude, and return it 1 changeable astatine a time."

Vu and England's Hull were her closest challengers overnight, but while Vu kept up her situation pinch a 71, first-round leader Hull drifted further.

Hull was runner-up successful some nan Women's Open and Women's US Open past year, and followed up her opening 67 pinch a level-par 72.

But, for illustration Korda, nan 28-year-old besides signed for a 75 connected Saturday. She started brightly pinch a birdie connected nan 3rd that saw her concisely stock nan lead connected six under.

However, a double bogey connected nan par-five 5th halted her momentum and further bogeys connected nan 11th, 16th and 17th saw her slump down nan leaderboard.

A birdie connected nan past saw Hull, who is yet to triumph a awesome title, decorativeness 5 shots adrift of Shin.

She is tied connected that people pinch 20-year-old English amateur Lottie Woad, who continued to impressment pinch a 72 which included holing her 2nd changeable from nan fairway for an eagle-two connected nan last.

Switzerland's Albane Valenzuela and Germany's Esther Henseleit are besides connected 2 nether aft thrusting themselves up nan leaderboard pinch six-under 66s.

There will beryllium unrecorded power and matter commentary of nan last information connected nan BBC Sport website, pinch highlights connected BBC Two and nan iPlayer.