Haeran Ryu shot the lowest round in major championship history at the Amundi Evian Championship, carding 60 on Saturday to soar into a three-shot lead heading into the final round.

England’s Lottie Woad came into the day with a one-shot lead but went backwards on a disappointing day while compatriot Charley Hull also struggled on Saturday, as both players failed to break par during the third round, with Woad shooting one over.

But South Korean Ryu, who won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine last month, put herself in pole position for Sunday with the first ever round of 60 in a men or women’s major championship.

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Ryu started her round with two birdies in the first five holes, and then an eagle at the sixth was followed by further birdies on the seventh and ninth as she carded 29 for her front nine, equalling the best nine-hole score at Evian Resort Golf Club.

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Haeran Ryu holes out for an eagle at the sixth hole at the Amundi Evian Championship.

Woad sat two behind at the turn after recording a pair of birdies and a bogey on her front nine, but an errant drive on 10 saw her card a bogey as the players in front of her continued motoring.

A mistake on 14 saw Woad, who has won twice on the LPGA Tour over the past year since turning professional and finished third in this event last year, drop another shot to move to one-over par for her round and she failed to card another birdie thereafter.

Aki Iwai picked up six shots in her third round and sits three shots behind Ryu heading into Sunday after the South Korean picked up five more birdies on the back nine – and she just missed out on an eagle which would have seen her record the second round of 59 in LPGA history, after Annika Sorenstam did 25 years ago, by mere inches.

Canadian Brooke Henderson had an up-and-down day with five birdies, two eagles and three bogeys to sit in a tie for third alongside Japan’s Mao Saigo who showed good composure on the greens throughout Saturday to sit at 12-under par, seven behind record-setting Ryu.

Casandra Alexander notched nine birdies with a bogey on 17 the only blemish as the South African finished with 63 for her best round of the year, and sits a shot further back at 11-under par.

The Korean will now be the hot favourite heading into Sunday, with world No 1 Nelly Korda’s hunt for a career Grand Slam-clinching victory already over after the American missed the cut for the first time since June 2024.

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