Article 60SBQ Women’s PGA Championship: Chun In-gee wins third major title – as it happened

Women’s PGA Championship: Chun In-gee wins third major title – as it happened

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Scott Murray
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Chun In-gee recovers after a shaky start to land her third major title, condemning Lexi Thompson to another painful near miss

Kim Sei-young is going backwards at pace. A careless three-putt bogey on the par-five 11th, her third in four holes, sends the 2020 champion back to -3.

The final trio respond by quickly sending away their tee shots at the downhill par-three 10th. Choi dunks into a bunker to the left. Thompson and Chun find the green, but neither are particularly close. Choi can't get up and down. She slips back to -3. Thompson leaves her long first putt four feet short, the sort of distance that's been so troublesome for her over the years. But she pops in a fine saver. A fuss-free two-putt par for Chun. Meanwhile all will be wary of the presence of the new US Open champion Minjee Lee, who having started cold with bogeys at 1 and 2, has since birdied 5, 9 and now 11 to move into serious contention.

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