Who is leading the 2024 FM Championship after round 3? Leaderboard explored

The third round of the 2024 FM Championship was played on Saturday, August 31st at the TPC Boston. The so-called "moving day" lived up to its nickname and saw plenty of movement on the leaderboard.

Two-time major champion Jin Young Ko is the new leader of the event at 11-under. The newly named rookie of the American team for the Solheim Cup, Lauren Coughlin, is two shots behind.

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2024 FM Championship round 3 leaderboard

Here is the leaderboard for the 2024 FM Championship:

1 Jin Young Ko -11
2 Lauren Coughlin -9
T3 Carlota Ciganda -8
T3 Allisen Corpuz -8
T3 Jeeno Thitikul -8
T6 Alexandra Forsterling -7
T6 Haeran Ryu -7
T8 Ruixin Liu -6
T8 Yealimi Noh -6
T10 Hee Young Park -5
T10 Arpichaya Yubol -5
T10 Nasa Hataoka -5
T13 Ariya Jutanugarn -4
T13 Jennifer Kupcho -4
T13 Hannah Green -4
T13 Andrea Lee -4
T13 Morgane Metraux -4
T13 So Mi Lee -4
T13 Caroline Masson -4
T13 Lexi Thompson -4
T13 Megan Khang -4
T13 Sarah Schmelzel -4
T23 Weiwei Zhang -3
T23 Chanettee Wannasaen -3
T23 Robyn Choi -3
T26 Amy Yang -2
T26 Matilda Castren -2
T26 Mao Saigo -2
T26 Minami Katsu -2
T26 Pajaree Anannarukarn -2
T26 Nicole Broch Estrup -2
T26 Celine Borge -2
T26 Bianca Pagdanganan -2
T34 Nataliya Guseva -1
T34 Rose Zhang -1
T34 Yue Ren -1
T34 Sophia Schubert -1
T34 Sofia Garcia -1
T34 Daniela Darquea -1
T34 Linnea Strom -1
T34 Min Lee -1
T34 Hye-Jin Choi -1
T34 Gaby Lopez -1
T34 Ashleigh Buhai -1
T34 Annie Park -1
T46 Lucy Li E
T46 Ryann O'Toole E
T46 Liqi Zeng E
T46 Perrine Delacour E
T46 Jin Hee Im E
T46 Lindsey Weaver-Wright E
T46 Auston Kim E
T46 Ana Peláez Triviño E
T46 Angel Yin E
T46 Wei-Ling Hsu E
T46 Narin An E
T46 Marina Alex E
T58 Sandra Gal +1
T58 Pornanong Phatlum +1
T58 Kaitlin Milligan +1
T58 Wichanee Meechai +1
T58 Dottie Ardina +1
T58 Grace Kim +1
T64 Jing Yan +2
T64 Jodi Ewart Shadoff +2
T64 Peiyun Chien +2
T64 Yuri Yoshida +2
T68 Azahara Munoz +3
T68 Eun-Hee Ji +3
T68 Kaitlyn Papp Budde +3
T71 Ssu-Chia Cheng +5
T71 Jeongeun Lee +5
T71 Kristen Gillman +5
T74 Kiira Riihijarvi +6
T74 Malia Nam +6
T74 Jennifer Chang +6
77 Elizabeth Rudisill (a) +7
T78 Madelene Sagstrom +9
T78 Natthakritta Vongtaveelap +9

Jin Young Ko carded six birdies and one bogey during the third round of the FM Championship to move up three places on the leaderboard. Carlota Ciganda and Allisen Corpuz moved up nine places to T3, also with rounds of 5-under.

Ruixin Liu had the best score of the day at the FM Championship (8-under) and climbed 54 places to T8. Two-time major champion Ariya Jutanugarn carded a 6-under and climbed 49 places to T13.

Yesterday's leader Haeran Ryu dropped five places to T6 after a 6-over round. Bianca Pagdanganan dropped 24 places to T26 after a 5-over round.

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Edited by Tushar Bahl