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Thailand’s Atthaya Thitikul held a narrow advantage over the history-chasing Nelly Korda when round three of the LPGA Chevron Championship was halted because of storms in Texas.<\/b><\/p>\n
Atthaya, the overnight co-leader, is 11 under after 12 holes of her round.<\/p>\n
World number one Korda has a four-foot par putt at the 12th when play at the year’s first major resumes on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old is bidding to equal the LPGA record of five victories in five consecutive starts.<\/p>\n
Success would see her join Nancy Lopez (1978) and Annika Sorenstam (2005) as the only players to achieve the feat.<\/p>\n
Korda shares second place with Canada’s Brooke Henderson who had seven birdies and an eagle in her first 14 holes before dropping a shot at the 16th.<\/p>\n
Joint overnight leader Im Jin Hee of South Korea is on nine under through 11 holes. <\/p>\n
Jodi Ewart Shadoff leads the British contingent on five under, while English amateur Lottie Woad, who won the Augusta National Women’s Amateur earlier this month, is a shot further back alongside Scotland’s Gemma Dryburgh.<\/p>\n
Atthaya is playing her first tournament of the year after recovering from a thumb injury but the 21-year-old says she is not fazed by the challenge of an extended day on Sunday.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s not that big deal,” she said. “I think last year in a Malaysia I played more than this in one day with the play-off, 27 holes, which is fine. Still young now – still good.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n