{"id":45347,"date":"2026-08-02T01:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/45347\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T01:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T01:19:11","slug":"yealimi-noh-leads-in-womens-british-open-while-brooke-henderson-wobbles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/45347\/","title":{"rendered":"Yealimi Noh leads in Women\u2019s British Open while Brooke Henderson wobbles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yealimi Noh, of the Unites States, lines up a putt on the 17th green during the third round of the Women’s British Open golf championship in Lytham St Annes, England, on Saturday.Jon Super\/The Associated Press<\/p>\n

Yealimi Noh took advantage of a surprising collapse by Haeran Ryu<\/a> and found her rhythm at just the right time Saturday, with four birdies over the last 10 holes for a 2-under 69 that gave her a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Women\u2019s British Open.<\/p>\n

Noh, the 25-year-old Californian with only one LPGA title, played bogey-free on the back nine at Royal Lytham and St. Annes and finished at 7-under 206 to lead over five players. <\/p>\n

One of them is Ryu, who is trying to become the first player since fellow South Korean Inbee Park to win three straight majors in the same year. Ryu was headed in that direction with a pair of birdies on the front nine to build a four-shot lead.<\/p>\n

Her slide began with a bogey on the par-5 seventh, the start of five bogeys in an eight-hole stretch that cost her the lead and put her in a chasing mode for the rest of the sunny day along the Lancashire coast of England.<\/p>\n

Ryu finished with four straight pars for a 74 and saw the bright side. She kept double bogeys off her card, including the 10th hole when she was against a back lip of a pot bunker. She chipped it forward in the sand and got up-and-down from there for bogey.<\/p>\n

Plus, she\u2019s still in range of adding a third major this year to victories in the Women\u2019s PGA Championship and Evian Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cTomorrow supposed to be windy, the same as today,\u201d Ryu said. \u201cToday my shot was a little higher than the other two days, So I\u2019m just trying to keep lower and no bunker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nelly Korda, the No. 1 player who captured the first two majors of the year, had her round ruined by a pair of double bogeys, one on the 18th hole that gave her a 73 and left her eight behind.<\/p>\n

Brooke Henderson<\/a> of Smiths Falls, Ont., double-bogeyed the 18th for a third straight 72 and was 10 shots back.<\/p>\n

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Canada’s Brooke Henderson watches a drive from the 16th tee on the second day of the 2026 Women’s British Open Golf Championships at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club, north-west England, on Friday.GLYN KIRK\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

As surprising as Ryu\u2019s collapse was the emergence of Noh, who decided to go home last week instead of playing the Women\u2019s Scottish Open. She had missed her last three cuts coming into the final LPGA major of the year and had not registered a top 10 since last October.<\/p>\n

But she overcame a rocky start with three straight birdies starting on the par-3 ninth, including a birdie putt from 12 feet on the 10th, and avoided mistakes on the firm links coming in.<\/p>\n

Noh, at No. 69 in the women\u2019s world ranking and No. 95 in the Race to CME Globe on the LPGA Tour, has only contended one other time in a major when she missed a playoff by one shot in the 2021 Evian Championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good for me to go home and reset, refresh, and come here with a different mindset,\u201d Noh said of her decision to skip the Scottish. <\/p>\n

The chasing pack also includes Jeeno Thitikul of Thailand, one of only two players to have been No. 1 in the world without winning a major. Thitikul closed with nine straight pars for a 72 to join the pack at four under 209.<\/p>\n

Esther Henseleit of Germany (67), Lucy Li (69) and Shiho Kuwaki of Japan (72) also were three back. Kuwaki had a chance to get into the final group, but she missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th. <\/p>\n

None has won a major. Henseleit won Olympic silver in France two years ago. Li is best known for qualifying for the U.S. Women\u2019s Open in 2014 at age 11.<\/p>\n

Noh said her fianc\u00e9, who plays amateur golf, has been a big support in reminding her to put some enjoyment into the game. They played last week at Sahalee, a tree-lined course near Seattle.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood practice for this week avoiding all those trees, helping me avoid these bunkers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Now comes the big test, with a strong pack of contenders behind her and a chance at winning her first major championship.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust focus on playing the round,\u201d Noh said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to think too much about the lead. Just settle into a good tempo and have fun out there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Yealimi Noh, of the Unites States, lines up a putt on the 17th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2098,2082,2099,199,195,2100,2097,2074,2088,2089,2084,2075,2073,2094,374,2093,2087,2081,2111,2076,2077,2086,2083,375,899,2101,2079,2106,2107,2109,2104,2108,2102,2105,1979,1106,2092,2090,2091,2103,1150,2095,1295,2096,2085,2080,2078,2110],"class_list":["post-45347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-open-championship","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-the-open-championship","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}