*All tee times are local.
Amy Yang, Gaby Lopez, Maude-Aimee Leblanc
Saturday - 10:06 a.m. – 1st Tee
Olympians Amy Yang and Gaby Lopez will be grouped together on moving day at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open, along with Canada’s Maude-Aimee Leblanc. Yang represented the Republic of Korea in Rio where she finished just off the podium in a share of fourth. This week, she’s carried that momentum from Rio along with the strong played she’s demonstrated all season long in posting six-top-10’s. Mexico’s Gaby Lopez finished T-31 in Rio and is looking to add a few more points to her total as she sits second in the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings. She’s had a strong rookie season with just two missed cuts and her best finish came at the U.S. Women’s Open where she finished T-11. Leblanc is the final member of this group who will enjoy teeing it up in front of a hometown crowd this week in Canada. Leblanc is a 2012 rookie on the LPGA Tour who is making her seventh start in this event and third made cut.
Yang enters the third round at seven-under par, five-strokes back of leader Ariya Jutanugarn. Lopez and Leblanc are at six-under par.
Lydia Ko, Chella Choi, Budsabakorn Sukapan
Saturday - 10:28 a.m. – 1st Tee
Three-time winner and defending champion Lydia Ko is playing alongside Chella Choi and Budsabakorn Sukapan in the third round of the CP Women’s Open. Ko is a four-time winner in 2016 looking to match her five-win total last season. The world No.1 is clearly comfortable in Canada, where she says it reminds her of her home country of New Zealand. Her playing partner, Choi, is in search of her second win on the LPGA Tour after capturing her first win just last season after a seven year wait. Choi says she’s made the most of her last three weeks off from the Tour, having not competed in Rio, and put in some extra work with her instructor, which is paying off for her this week in Calgary. At No.364 in the world, Sukapan is a rookie this season on the LPGA Tour and this week made her first cut after missing her last three on Tour.
Ko and Choi enter the third round at eight-under par, four-strokes back of Jutanugarn. Sukapan is at seven-under par.
Ariya Jutanugarn, In Gee Chun, Stephanie Meadow
Saturday - 10:50 a.m. – 1st Tee
World No.2 Ariya Jutanugarn, No.9 In Gee Chun and No.416 Stephanie Meadow are grouped together on moving day at the CP Women’s Open. Jutanugarn already made a big move in round two, firing an eight-under par, 64 to jump out to a three-stroke lead heading into the weekend. Jutanugarn is in search of her fifth win of the season, having swept the month of May with three consecutive victories in addition to her first major title in July at the RICOH Women’s British Open. She will play alongside rookie In Gee Chun, who currently tops the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year standings with seven top-10 finishes in 2016. Chun finished birdie, eagle on Friday to play her way into Saturday’s final group. Meadow is the third member of this group, searching for her first win on the LPGA Tour. The 2015 rookie splits her time between the Epson and LPGA Tours and is looking to secure her card for next season.
Jutanugarn enters the final round at 12-under par, three-strokes ahead of Chun and Meadow at nine-under par.
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