Who is leading the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai after day 3? Leaderboard explored

The third round of the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai concluded on Saturday, October 12 at Qizhong Garden Golf Club. Moving Day saw plenty of movement on the leaderboard, including a new leader.

LPGA Tour rookie Mao Saigo climbed to the top of the Buick LPGA Shanghai leaderboard on 18-under. Local hero Ruoning Yin is in full contention, just one shot off the lead.

2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai day 3 leaderboard

The following is the 2024 Buick LPGA Shanghai leaderboard after the third round. Only members of the top 50 are included:

1 Mao Saigo -18
2 Ruoning Yin -17
3 Sei Young Kim -15
4 Yealimi Noh -13
T5 Yanhong Pan -11
T5 Nasa Hataoka -11
T5 Haruka Morita -11
T5 Jeeno Thitikul -11
T5 Minjee Lee -11
T5 Lucy Li -11
T11 Arpichaya Yubol -10
T11 Celine Boutier -10
T13 Yu Liu -9
T13 Paula Reto -9
T15 Patty Tavatanakit -8
T15 Ruixin Liu -8
T15 Gaby Lopez -8
T15 Alexa Pano -8
T19 Xiaowen Yin -7
T19 Chanettee Wannasaen -7
T19 Nataliya Guseva -7
T19 Muni He -7
T19 Leona Maguire -7
T19 Pajaree Anannarukarn -7
T19 Angel Yin -7
T26 A Lim Kim -6
T26 Peiyun Chien -6
T26 Auston Kim -6
T26 Hye-Jin Choi -6
T26 Caroline Inglis -6
T26 Anna Nordqvist -6
T32 Rose Zhang -5
T32 Kristen Gillman -5
T32 Shuying Li -5
T32 Bailey Tardy -5
T32 Jin Hee Im -5
T32 Xiyu Lin -5
T38 Aditi Ashok -4
T38 Esther Henseleit -4
T38 Nicole Broch Estrup -4
T38 Hira Naveed -4
T38 Weiwei Zhang -4
T38 Moriya Jutanugarn -4
T44 Wei-Ling Hsu -3
T44 So Mi Lee -3
T46 Liqi Zeng -2
T46 Yan Liu -2
T46 Yu Jin Sung -2
T46 Minami Katsu -2
T46 Lauren Hartlage -2
T46 Miranda Wang -2
T46 Mary Liu -2

Mao Saigo, who leads the ranking for 2024 Rookie of the Year on the LPGA Tour, carded a bogey-free round of one eagle and five birdies to finish on seven-under par and take the lead from Sei Young Kim.

The Korean could not match her opening day performance (10-under 62, course and Buick LPGA Shanghai record) and dropped to third after a 3-under 69 on Saturday.

Shanghai-born and major champion Ruoning Yin carded the lowest score of the round, 9-under 63. Yin was bogey-free, carding one eagle and seven birdies to move into a share of second place.

Speaking to the LPGA Tour News Service after the third round of the Buick LPGA Shanghai, Ruoning Yin said:

"I think tomorrow I'm playing as a chaser, and I think just I have a little goal for myself every day, and I think if I'm able to complete my goal I'm happy about whatever the result is."

Yin was at such a high level on Saturday that she needed just 26 putts to complete her round, an average of just 1.44 putts per hole.

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Edited by Tushar Bahl