Lydia Ko leads 3rd round U.S. Women's Open 2016  12:00, 10/07/2016

Trailing by three-strokes on moving day, Ko carded a two-under par 70 to take the outright lead heading into the final round at seven-under par. Ko broke out of a four-way tie at the top by draining a long putt at the 18^th hole for her third birdie of the day.

Lydia Ko (Source: LPGA)

"I think the biggest key around today -- well, the biggest difference was the wind. I know it was breezy from the mornings. I knew that it would play a lot tougher than yesterday, because the majority of my round yesterday was played in calm weather," Ko told the media. "So people, they say it's moving day on Saturday, but it was really tough out there, because the course is drying out, firming up. And it was tough to get near the pins on some holes."

(Source: LPGA)

36-hole leader Sung Hyun Park and Eun Hee Ji trail Ko by one-stroke. Park held the lead throughout much of the day despite a double bogey at the par 5, 9^th hole. But she stumbled down the stretch, carding two bogeys in her final five holes to finish the day with a two-over par, 74.

Sung Hyun Park (Source: LPGA)

Ji knows what it takes to win a major championship, having captured the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open for one of two victories on the LPGA Tour. She trailed by four-strokes heading into moving day and posted a two-under par, 70 to finish the day just one behind Ko.

Eun Hee Ji (Source: LPGA)

Two-time U.S. Women’s Open runner-up Amy Yang stumbled on moving day, carding four bogeys en route to a one-over par, 73 to fall to five-under par for the championship and two-strokes back of the lead.  Yang has held the 54-hole lead in this event the past two years but was unable to convert the win.

Amy Yang (Source: Golf Digest)

Tied with Yang at five-under par is Brittany Lang, who climbed into contention on moving day with the low round of the day, posting a four-under par, 68. Lang bounced back on Saturday after posting a 75 on Friday to fall from a share of fifth into a tie for 20^th. Lang’s low round on Saturday puts her just two-strokes back of the lead heading into the final round at five-under par for the championship. The lowest rounds of the week have come from the morning wave and Lang says her early morning tee time on Saturday for helping her go low.

With three-top 10 finishes in the U.S. Women’s Open, Lang has come close to capturing the season’s third major but knows she needs to stick to her normal routine on Sunday in order to keep the nerves at bay.

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Lang’s U.S. Solheim Cup teammate Angela Stanford trails her by one stroke on the leaderboard, sitting solo sixth at four-under par. Three-time winner in 2016, Ariya Jutanugarn, two-time major champion Stacy Lewis, rookie Gaby Lopez, Kris Tamulis, Cristie Kerr, Danielle Kang, Haru Nomura and Mirim Lee make up a group at two-under par in a share of seventh.