MINJEE LEE MAINTAINS COGNIZANT FOUNDERS LEAD HEADING INTO FINAL DAY

Following her second-round 63, Minjee Lee maintained the lead with a Saturday 69 at the Cognizant Founders Cup to sit alone at the top of the leaderboard at -17 heading into the final day at Upper Montclair Country Club. Lee’s 199 is her new second-lowest 54-hole score of her Tour career, one off her record of 198, which she posted at the 2021 Walmart NW Arkansas Championship. After carding two birdies and a bogey in her first five holes, Lee went bogey-eagle-birdie from Nos. 11-13 to hold onto a one-stroke advantage over Madelene Sagstrom. “I knew it was sort of in my control a little bit today so I just tried to make as many birdies as I could. I hit a few loose shots here and there so couple bogeys but still a couple birdies too and an eagle,” said Lee. “So it was nice to finish off under par.”

This is the fifth 54-hole lead/co-lead of Lee’s career. In three of her previous four performances, Lee has gone on to win, and she has never finished worse than second when sleeping on the third-round lead. “Definitely very satisfying to see the hard work you put in and then to see the results. I think it's really nice just to be able to put up a score and hit good shots and hit good putts,” said Lee, who is looking for her first win since her maiden major title at the 2021 Amundi Evian Championship. “Hopefully I can keep the momentum going into tomorrow.” Trailing close behind at -16 is Sagstrom, who sits in solo second after posting the lowest round of the day, a 5-under 67. She’s only recorded one bogey in her last 54 holes and is currently second in the field for most birdies through three rounds with 18. Sagstrom carried her momentum from the first two days, opening with three birdies in her first four holes, notching two more on Nos. 12 and 14 to remain in contention. “It's just one of those rounds that I been looking for in a while. It felt easy. I left like I wasn't trying, but also wasn't giving myself too much grief when I was missing a putt or lipping it out. I had a lot of good chances and my putter was hot in the beginning but then kind of cooled down, but I wasn't getting upset,” said Sagstrom. Lexi Thompson, playing alongside the Swede, posted her third-straight round in the 60s with a 3-under 69 and is currently third at -14. Thompson hit nearly every green in regulation, 17, along with 11 of 14 fairways, and recorded four birdies and a single bogey on Moving Day. “Coming into the week I knew I was hitting it well. Worked extremely hard in the week off so I put in the work coming out here believing in myself and committing to my golf shots, really just staying in the moment,” said Thompson, who joins Lee as the only remaining players with three-straight rounds in the 60s this week in Clifton. “That's what I've done all week and I'll come out and do the same tomorrow and see where that takes me.” American Angel Yin is sits in solo fourth after a 4-under 68 moved her to -11 overall, with a trio of players – Paula Reto, Megan Khang and Ally Ewing – in a tie for fifth at -9. Jennifer Kupcho, who played alongside sponsor invite and fellow Augusta National Women’s Amateur champion Anna Davis on Saturday, is tied for eighth at -9 with three others, including fellow major champion In Gee Chun. 2021 Founders Cup champion Jin Young Ko stayed at -5 after an even-par 72 day and sits in a tie for 25th with 18 holes remaining in her title defense.

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