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Evian-Les-Bains, France • South Korean golfer In Gee Chun knows she's in sight of her second major and a record after extending her lead to four shots after the third round of the Evian Championship on Saturday.
Chun carded a 6-under 65 in the rain to go to 19-under overall at Evian Resort.
"My game plan for tomorrow is not to think about winning," Chun said. "Because it puts too much pressure on me."
Her countrywoman Sung Hyun Park (67) was at 15 under, and Feng Shanshan (69), China's only major winner, two shots further back.
Chun, the 2015 U.S. Women's Open champion, had six birdies and an eagle in a round blemished only by a double bogey on the ninth hole.
After slicing from the fairway into the woods, the ball buried under foliage on an incline. Discussing what to do with her caddie for several minutes, Chun decided against a drop shot and declared it unplayable, going back to where she took the shot from and incurring a two-stroke penalty.
But it takes more than that to ruffle Chun.
"I just want to enjoy everything," she said.
Her eagle on the 15th was a 35-yard chip from the back of the green that rolled up and across the green with perfect weighting, prompting her to raise her arm triumphantly. Fans wrapped in warm clothing and raincoats cheered.
Chun was smiling again after the next hole, another birdie, moved her to 19 under. The last two holes were mere pars.
Sunday could be a record-breaking day for Chun, who remains on course for the lowest ever 72-hole score in a major.
Henrik Stenson and Jason Day own the major record for men and women at 20 under, while the women's record of 19 under is shared by four players.
With Chun struggling on nine and then missing a birdie chance on 10, Park birdied those two to move one shot behind her.
It was only brief hope, because Chun was all smiles again when she restored her overnight two-shot advantage with a birdie on 11.
Feng, who started slowly with four pars and a bogey on five, got her game together too late, drifting six shots behind after making 69.
South Korean So Yeon Ryu, who has been remarkably consistent with only one bogey in three rounds on her 10th hole on Saturday was seven shots behind Chun in fourth place.
A good day for South Koreans was made even better with I.K. Kim making 64, including eight birdies and a bogey, to rise to fifth.
"I hit probably better yesterday to be honest, but today on the par-5s I was able to reach on the back nine," Kim said. "So I was able to birdie on those."
Overall, she was nine strokes behind Chun, while American veteran Angela Stanford was 10 adrift in sixth place.
Defending champion Lydia Ko of New Zealand had a terrible day, making six bogeys in a 4-over 75, and was 19 shots behind Chun in a tie for 36th.
More rain was forecast for Sunday's final round, and tee times were moved forward by a couple of hours.
Saturday's scores
LPGA Evian Championship
At Evian Resort Golf Club
Evian-les-Bains, France
Purse: $3.25 million
Yardage: 6,482 Par: 71
Third Round
In Gee Chun 63-66-65 194
Sung Hyun Park 63-68-67 198
Shanshan Feng 64-67-69 200
So Yeon Ryu 66-66-69 201
In-Kyung Kim 70-69-64 203
Angela Stanford 65-68-71 204
Sei Young Kim 69-71-65 205
Jane Park 71-68-67 206
Haru Nomura 68-69-69 206
Brooke M. Henderson 69-71-67 207
Gerina Piller 68-72-67 207
Jennifer Song 68-67-72 207
Jodi Ewart Shadoff 73-71-64 208
Xi Yu Lin 68-71-69 208
Danielle Kang 68-68-72 208
Brittany Lincicome 68-66-74 208
Mika Miyazato 73-66-70 209
Anna Nordqvist 71-68-70 209
Annie Park 64-73-72 209
Candie Kung 69-67-73 209
Hyo Joo Kim 72-70-68 210
Emily K. Pedersen 72-69-69 210
Ha Na Jang 70-71-69 210
Ariya Jutanugarn 73-67-70 210
Carlota Ciganda 70-68-72 210
Yani Tseng 69-69-72 210
Karine Icher 71-70-70 211
Moriya Jutanugarn 69-71-71 211
Ally McDonald 70-69-72 211
Lexi Thompson 73-70-69 212
Hee Young Park 70-72-70 212
Mi Jung Hur 71-69-72 212
Tiffany Joh 69-71-72 212
Amy Yang 69-71-72 212
Lee-Anne Pace 71-68-73 212
Jin Young Ko 68-74-71 213
Cheyenne Woods 71-70-72 213
Jenny Shin 69-71-73 213
Chella Choi 71-68-74 213
Jessica Korda 69-70-74 213
Megan Khang 69-70-74 213
Lydia Ko 70-68-75 213
Sarah Jane Smith 69-69-75 213
Eun-Hee Ji 66-68-79 213
Pornanong Phatlum 74-71-69 214
Kelly W Shon 74-71-69 214
Suzann Pettersen 73-70-71 214
Isabelle Boineau 72-71-71 214
Joanna Klatten 72-70-72 214
Charley Hull 71-70-73 214
Paula Reto 74-70-71 215
Su Oh 73-71-71 215
Catriona Matthew 73-70-72 215
Sandra Gal 71-72-72 215
Stacy Lewis 70-72-73 215
Marina Alex 69-72-74 215
Nuria Iturrios 73-72-71 216
Minjee Lee 71-74-71 216
Cristie Kerr 73-71-72 216
Alison Lee 71-70-75 216
Katie Burnett 72-73-72 217
Laura Gonzalez Escallon 73-71-73 217
Pernilla Lindberg 73-70-74 217
Austin Ernst 71-72-75 218
Ilhee Lee 72-73-74 219
Michelle Wie 73-70-76 219
Celine Herbin 72-70-77 219
Paula Creamer 73-72-75 220
Ayako Uehara 73-71-76 220
Maude-Aimee Leblanc 70-74-76 220
Min Seo Kwak 72-73-78 223
Azahara Munoz 73-71-80 224