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Lydia Ko in contention; Jones among leaders

Lydia Ko is up to tied fourth at the Women's Open  at St Andrews

New Zealand golfer Lydia Ko is in a tie for fourth after the third round at the Women's Open at St Andrew’s.


Ko navigated a one-under round on Saturday (Sunday NZ Time) to be four-under for the tournament, just three shots behind the leader, tied with Korean Jenny Shin.


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Ko, 27, had just two birdies, at the seventh and 16th holes, but just one bogey, on the 11th.


Leading the tournament is Korean Jiyai Shin at seven-under, followed by Lila Wu one shot further back and previous leader Nelly Korda at five-under.


Ko will tee off in the third-to-last pairing on Sunday at 1.55pm local time (12.55am Monday NZT).


Meanwhile, Taranaki's Sam Jones is among the leaders after three rounds of the Danish Golf Championship on the DP World Tour.


Playing an exhausting 29 holes on Saturday (Sunday NZT) after the second round was suspended due to high winds, Jones is in a share of seventh at seven-under, five shots off the lead.


The left-hander completed the last 11 holes of his second round in one-under, making the cut by four shots.


He then had six birdies and a bogey in a five-under 66 in the third round, launching him from well back in the field into the top-10.

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