Who is leading the 2024 LOTTE Championship after day 3? Leaderboard explored

The third round of the 2024 LOTTE Championship was played this Friday, November 8 at the Hoakalei Country Club in Hawaii. A Lim Kim remains in first place for the third day in a row.

The Korean major champion is now the solo leader of the LOTTE Championship at 14 under. Five players are three strokes or less behind her.

2024 LOTTE Championship Day 3 Leaderboard

Below is the LOTTE Championship leaderboard after the third round. Only the top 50 are included:

1 A Lim Kim -14
2 Nataliya Guseva -13
3 Ryann O'Toole -11
T4 Jin Young Ko -10
T4 Auston Kim -10
T4 Yuri Yoshida -10
T7 Jeongeun Lee5 -9
T7 Nasa Hataoka -9
T9 Ashleigh Buhai -8
T9 Grace Kim -8
T11 Lindy Duncan -7
T11 Bianca Pagdanganan -7
T11 Hyo Joo Kim -7
T11 Angel Yin -7
T15 Sofia Garcia -6
T15 Ayaka Furue -6
T15 Perrine Delacour -6
T15 Ruixin Liu -6
T19 Azahara Munoz -5
T19 Gurleen Kaur -5
T19 Pauline Roussin-Bouchard -5
T19 Jodi Ewart Shadoff -5
T19 So Young Lee -5
T19 Pavarisa Yoktuan -5
T25 Somi Lee -4
T25 Angela Stanford -4
T25 Yue Ren -4
T25 Savannah Grewal -4
T25 Polly Mack -4
T30 Yuna Nishimura -3
T30 Stephanie Kyriacou -3
T30 Kiira Riihijarvi -3
T30 Gaby Lopez -3
T30 Arpichaya Yubol -3
T30 Kristen Gillman -3
T30 Robyn Choi -3
T30 Gina Kim -3
T30 Brooke M. Henderson -3
T30 Jasmine Suwannapura -3
T30 Youmin Hwang -3
T41 Muni He -2
T41 Sophia Schubert -2
T41 Erika Hara -2
T41 Emily Kristine Pedersen -2
T41 Amanda Doherty -2
T41 Pernilla Lindberg -2
T41 Sophia Popov -2
T48 Caroline Masson -1
T48 Olivia Cowan -1
T48 Aline Krauter -1
T48 Yan Liu -1
T48 Frida Kinhult -1

A Lim Kim's performance in the third round of the LOTTE Championship included an eagle, six birdies and three bogeys (5 under). Kim had a spectacular ace on the 9th hole, which ultimately proved to be the deciding factor in holding onto first place.

After her performance in the third round of the LOTTE Championship, A Lim Kim had this to say, via LPGA Tour news service:

"I feel comfortable and the confidence, but my plan same as yesterday and same as one week ago. It is simple. Trust my line, just hit it."

LPGA Tour rookie Nataliya Guseva is in second place, one stroke behind Kim. Guseva had a bogey-free round with five birdies through the 16th but made her first and only one of the rounds on the 17th.

Guseva has four top-10 finishes in the 2024 season, including a tie for second at the Portland Classic. She is currently fifth in the standings for the Rookie of the Year award.

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Edited by Hitesh Nigam