FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Sweden’s Henrik Norlander won the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Hotel Fitness Championship on Sunday to wrap up a PGA Tour card.

Norlander shot a course-record 10-under 62 at Sycamore Hills to beat Michael Thompson and third-round leader D.H. Lee by three strokes.

Six strokes behind Lee at the start of the round, Norlander earned $180,000 after finishing 47th on the Web.com Tour’s regular-season money list. The 28-year-old former Augusta State player had only nine putts in a front-nine 30 and 21 for the round.

“I got off to a great start,” Norlander said. “I made a bunch of putts on the front nine and was six-under and kept it going on the back nine and hit some really good shots on some tough holes.”

Thompson closed with a 65, and Lee had a 71.

The four-event series features the top 75 players from the Web.com Tour money list, Nos. 126-200 from the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup standings and non-members of the tour who earned enough money to have placed in the top 200 had they been eligible to receive points.

The top 25 players on Web.com regular-season money list earned PGA Tour cards. They are competing against each other for PGA Tour priority, with regular-season earnings counting in their totals and the final leader getting a spot in The Players Championship. The other players are fighting for another 25 cards based on their earnings in the series.

Norlander had a 19-under 269 total. He hit to a foot to set up a birdie on the 228-yard, par-3 11th.

“I felt like on 11 it flew perfect and rolled up to a foot and I felt like, `OK, might be my day,'” Norlander said. “I had a tap-in from 228, which was big.”

He birdied the par-3 14th to take the lead after hitting the flagstick, birdied the par-4 16th extended his advantage with another birdie on the par-4 17th, and parred the par-4 18th.

“Once I saw the ball in the fairway on 18, I felt pretty calm,” Norlander said about the dogleg left. “I like to hit the ball left to right and it’s just a nasty shot for me, so it was always in the back of my head that I had to hit that shot and was able to hit a good one.”

Thompson, the winner of the PGA Tour’s 2013 Honda Classic, was 146th in the FedEx Cup standings. Lee, from South Korea, was 15th on the Web.com Tour regular-season money list to earn a PGA Tour card. They each earned $88,000.

Sam Saunders, Arnold Palmer’s grandson, tied for fourth with Hiroshi Iwata at 14 under. Saunders closed with a 69, and Iwata shot 66.

Canadian Brad Fritsch finished with a 3-under 69 to sit T15. Roger Sloan posted at 2-under 70 for a share of 58th.

BEIJING – When the final round of the Ping An Bank Open began, a few players held out hope that they could catch 54-hole leader Eugene Wong. Two things would have to happen, though, if that were to occur. One of those players would have to go low, and Wong would have to fall back. The second part of the equation did not happen.

Despite three back-nine bogeys Sunday, Wong cruised to a five-shot win over former University of Oregon teammate Rak Cho and China’s Zihao Chen. The victory moved Wong to second on the Order of Merit through five tournaments, behind only Josh Geary.

When the day began, Wong, the 2010 Jack Nicklaus Award winner as the College Player of the Year, held the big advantage over China’s Zhang Huilin. Immediately, Wong’s lead grew to nine strokes when he birdied his first hole of the day. Wong added two more birdies, on Nos. 5 and 9, and made the turn with the nine-shot lead. Even with Cho shooting a 7-under 65 and making some noise, Wong was on cruise control.

“I’ve been playing really well on this Tour, with three top-10s and a solo second at Wuhan (United Investment Real Estate Wuhan Open),” Wong said. “So fortunately I was able to win one of these tournaments for myself. Shooting the 9-under, bogey-free round [Saturday] gave me enough cushion that I could just plot my way around today. Starting the front nine 3-under, I didn’t need to feel nervous out there, I could free up and make a few mistakes and not have to really worry about it.”

The victory is Wong’s third as a professional. In 2012, the Vancouver, British Columbia, resident won twice on the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada. He is also the second Canadian to win on this Tour, joining countryman Justin Shin. It was Shin who prevented Wong from winning in Wuhan.

Despite the big final-round lead, Wong did admit to feeling nerves as he stepped to the first tee with spectators lining both sides of the fairway. “But the first birdie on the first hole calmed me a little bit,” he noted.

Wong didn’t have to work very hard for his second birdie, knocking his approach shot on the par-4 fifth to less than a foot. He finished his front nine with a birdie on the par-5 ninth before three back-nine bogeys led to an even-par 72 and his final, five-shot advantage.

“This is my first time have an eight-shot lead going into the final round,” he said. “I was trying to keep things as calm as I could, and my caddie kept telling me, ‘You’re OK. You’re doing fine.’ This is a kind of new experience, and I feel very happy. Overall, a win is a win for me.”

Cho was philosophical, knowing Wong’s lead was nearly insurmountable. And if there were a player in the field who knows Wong’s game, it’s Cho. The two were teammates at the University of Oregon. Still, Cho was happy with his strong Sunday play and his career-best finish in the Series. Cho also improved to ninth on the Order of Merit.

“My putting was very good today. I hit the ball good enough to keep it going in,” said Cho, whose only bogey came on No. 6 when his tee shot went out of bounds. He kept his round going with a 15-foot bogey effort.

“No. 6 is the key to this round,” Cho noted. “It was a bogey that actually kept me going. If I had made triple (bogey), and I could have, it would have killed my momentum.”

Cho made five more birdies the rest of the way.

Yet the day clearly belonged to Wong, who admitted he had already signed up for all three stages of the Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament. But with his standing in the Order of Merit, he is in good position to earn his 2016 Web.com Tour card.

“I think I’ll try to refund some of my money,” Wong joked.

The next tournament on the schedule is the Cadillac Championship, also in Beijing, Sept. 24-27 at Topwin Golf and Country Club.

Final-Round Notes

• Rak Cho’s tie for second at the Ping An Bank Open is his career-best performance, bettering his third-place finish at the 2014 Cadillac Championship.
• Eugene Wong went 52 consecutive holes without a bogey, a streak that began on his back nine in the first round and came to an end at No. 11 Sunday when he bogeyed the par-3 11th.
• The 7-under 65 Rak Cho shot in the final round gave former Oregon Ducks the two lowest scores of the week at Qinghe Bay Golf Club. Wong fired a 63 in the third round. He and Cho were college teammates.
• Niall Platt has had an interesting season. After a strong showing at the Buick Open to start his season, when he tied for eighth at the season-opener, he missed his next three cuts and never had a score lower than 76. This week, he tied for fourth and was 9-under over his final 54 holes after shooting an opening 73.
• During the Ping An Bank China Tour – PGA TOUR China Series’ summer break, Niall Platt Monday-qualified into two Web.com Tour events — the Stonebrae Classic and the Utah Championship. He missed the cut at both tournaments.
• Order of Merit leader Josh Geary fired his second consecutive 68 and earned a top-15 finish with a tie for 13th. After five events, Geary holds a ￥68,575 lead over Eugene Wong, who is in second place.
• Only ￥10,790 separates No. 3 player on the Order of Merit, Justin Shin, and No. 5, Jeunghun Wang. Shin tied for 13th this week, No. 4 Shih Chang Chan tied for 18th and Wang did not play, electing to compete in his country’s home open, the Kolon Korea Open, where he tied for third.
• Amateurs to make the cut include Cheng Jin (tied for 13th), Zihan She (tied for 28th), Peng Yan (49th), Rongjian Tang (tied for 5th), and Tianlang Guan (70th).

LYTHAM ST ANNES, England – Britain and Ireland regained the Walker Cup with the team’s highest points total on Sunday, beating the United States 16.5 to 9.5 at Royal Lytham and St Annes.

Leading 7-5 after the first day of the biennial amateur event, Britain and Ireland again won the morning foursomes 3-1 to lead 10-6.

That left the hosts needing just 3.5 points from the 10 afternoon singles, and Britain and Ireland clinched victory with six matches still out on the course on England’s north west coast.

“We fought hard and lost with grace and dignity, that’s what sport is all about,” said United States captain John `Spider’ Miller.

Britain and Ireland captain Nigel Edwards, a four-time Walker Cup player, also led his team to victory at Royal Aberdeen in 2011.

“The lads’ short games are fantastic, which is probably what has given us the edge,” Edwards said. “Some of the bunker shots were exceptional.”

England’s Ashley Chesters and Jimmy Mullen and Ireland’s Cormac Sharvin won three of the first four singles before Paul Dunne, who shared the lead after three rounds of this year’s British Open, halved his match with Maverick McNealy to seal victory.

Chesters’ 3 and 1 victory over Jordan Niebrugge gave him 3.5 points out of a possible four while his England teammate Mullen claimed his fourth point with a 3 and 2 win over Denny McCarthy.

Sharvin’s 4 and 3 win over Mike McCoy also gave him a perfect record with three wins in three matches. He was four up after six holes against the veteran American and, although McCoy got it back to two by the 11th, Sharvin regained his four-hole advantage with birdies at the 12th and 14th.

Dunne always had the edge against McNealy, who never held the lead but could have won it on the 18th. Dunne putted first from eight feet and missed, leaving McNealy with a five footer to win the match, but the ball slid by, giving Britain and Ireland victory.

There were further home wins for Scotland’s Grant Forrest, who beat Scott Harvey 2 and 1, and Gary Hurley, who won by one hole against Hunter Stewart.

Bryson DeChambeau claimed the biggest win of the whole competition, beating Gavin Moynihan 6 and 5, and Beau Hossler was the only other U.S. singles winner Sunday, edging out Ewen Ferguson with a birdie at the final hole.

Hossler got the most points for the U.S., winning three of his four matches.

Earlier, in the morning session, English pair Chesters and Mullen claimed their second foursomes win, fighting back after losing the first two holes to beat Hossler and McCarthy 3 and 2.

Dunne and Hurley got the home side’s second point with a one-hole victory over Mike McCoy and Harvey, while DeChambeau and Robby Shelton won the sole U.S. point, beating Moynihan and Jack Hume 3 and 2.

Britain and Ireland’s final morning point came in a see-saw match, with Sharvin and Jack McDonald beating Stewart and Lee McCoy by two holes.

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France – With two holes left to play in her bid to become the youngest LPGA major champion at the Evian Championship, Lydia Ko stayed as relaxed and composed as a seasoned veteran. The South Korean-born New Zealander birdied both on the shores of Lake Geneva to reach a new landmark in her short but already storied career.

A flawless final-round display – featuring spectacular approaches and clinical putts among her eight birdies – made Ko the youngest major champion in LPGA Tour history on Sunday. She closed with an 8-under 63 for a six-stroke victory over Lexi Thompson at the final major of the season.

It was the best round of this year’s tournament, a score that helped her to a ninth career victory with a 16-under total of 268.

“To say that I’m the youngest in history for now, it’s so cool,” Ko said. “To finish with two birdies, finish on the last 72nd hole, with a birdie, it doesn’t happen often, so it’s definitely one of the top rounds of my whole entire life, and I’m sure it will be in my career.”

Ko is 18 years, 4 months and 20 days old. She eclipsed the previous record set by American Morgan Pressel, who was 18 years, 10 months and nine days old when she won the 2007 Kraft Nabisco Championship.

While Ko thrived under pressure, Mi Hyang Lee crumbled. The South Korean had an overnight lead of one stroke over Thompson but finished tied for fourth place, nine back. Chinese Shanshan Feng was third with an 8-under total of 276.

Ko has been breaking records even before she turned professional two years ago.

Tipped as a future great of the game, she was already the youngest winner on the Tour after her win at the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open in 2012, and the youngest player of either gender to reach the No. 1 spot when she did it earlier this year.

“Everyone won’t be asking me when I’ll win my first major because it’s done,” said Ko, who was two shots off the pace heading into the final round.

On a damp but dry morning, she kept her cool when Thompson got off to a flying start.

Ko, Thompson and Lee were grouped together after organizers decided players would tee off on the first and 10th tees in threesomes, fearing expected bad weather would play havoc with the schedule. The elite trio started with a par on the first hole before Thompson set a tremendous early pace with four birdies in her first seven holes. The American converted a long putt for birdie on the par-3 second then played a three-hole stretch in 3 under from Nos. 5-7. She couldn’t stay bogey-free on the front nine, though, missing a putt from close range on the par-3 eighth.

“It’s kind of hard to beat somebody that shoots 63,” said Thompson. “She played amazing. She deserves it. She ball-struck the heck out of this golf course and putted it really well. You can’t get much better than that.”

Ko was one shot behind Thompson at the turn, with three birdies on Nos. 3, 7 and 9.

The Kiwi golfer hit a wonderful second shot on the par-4 11th that landed on the edge of the green and rolled to within 10 feet of the cup, bringing out a big smile on her face. Her next shot – a downhill birdie-putt – found the hole to draw level with Thompson at 12 under.

That shot signaled a swing in the momentum.

Ko came close to an eagle on No. 12 but her ball hit the flagpost and bounced, stopping within five feet of the hole. Ko made no mistake with her next putt and moved one shot clear at the top. She capped her day in style with consecutive birdies on Nos. 17 and 18 before celebrations started with some of her opponents spraying her with water on the course.

“I said before that my goal coming into today was to make par on 18, and that’s still not accomplished yet,” joked Ko, who had bogeyed the last hole on her three first rounds. “I’ll be back next year to do that.”

For Thompson, things took a turn for the worse on the par-3 14th. She landed her drive on a rough patch behind the green and a poor recovery shot left her fuming as she hit the grass twice with her club and settled for a double bogey that sealed her fate.

Lee had a big slip-up on the par-4 third, where she had her first double bogey of the week after misjudging her second shot into water behind the green. Back-to-back bogeys on the par-3 eighth and par-5 ninth continued to undo the good work put in during her three previous rounds.

Tied for third place two shots off the pace after the third round, Pressel had two birdies and six bogeys for a 4-under total of 280 that saw her drop to a tie for 11th place.

Ko had a chance to reclaim the top spot but top-ranked Inbee Park stayed out front after finishing tied for 8th with a 3-under 68 and 5-under total of 279.

Michelle Wie was tied for 16th after shooting a 1-under 70 for an overall 3-under 281.

Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont. posted five birdies en route to a 4-under 67 performance to finish T25. Hamilton, Ont., native Alena Sharp carded a final-round 78 and finished in a tie for 70th place.

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands – Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title Sunday, two weeks after his first, by shooting a 5-under 65 to win the KLM Open by one shot as Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole.

The 23-year-old Pieters, who won the Czech Masters on Aug. 30, parred the last five holes at the Kennemer Golf and Country Club to finish with a 19-under total of 261.

Slattery, the joint overnight leader who was trying to win back-to-back tournaments after taking last week’s Russian Open, had only one bogey all day – but it came on the 18th when a par would have forced a playoff with Pieters.

“I’m a bit surprised,” Pieters said after Slattery’s par putt slid just past the hole on the 18th. Now he is looking for a third win on tour.

“I was confident. I teed it up to win and I did it. Next time I’ll do the same,” he added.

Pieters carded four birdies on the front nine of the links course on the Dutch North Sea coast and made his fifth at the par-four 10th before giving back a shot on the next hole. But he retained his composure and birdied the 13th before pars on the remaining holes.

Slattery’s drive on the 18th missed the fairway and his chip only reached the edge of the green, from where he three-putted.

Eduardo De La Riva of Spain tied Slattery for second after a 63, one shot ahead of Fabrizio Zanotti of Paraguay (63).

American veteran Tom Watson shot his third consecutive 68 Sunday to finish at 7 under.

BEN EION, Nova Scotia – Canadian Taylor Pendrith saved the best for last. After a 3-putt bogey at No. 17 to fall out of a share of the lead, Pendrith hit an 8-iron from 175 yards to six inches for eagle to take sole possession of the lead at the Mackenzie Tour – PGA TOUR Canada’s Cape Breton Celtic Classic. The former Kent State star finished with a third straight 5-under-par 67 and his 54-hole total of 15-under-par 201 leads four players by one, including Justin Bardgett, Kyle Wilshire, Canadian Max Gilbert and Dan McCarthy.

Just as he has done in his two previous rounds, Pendrith took full advantage of the par-5s, making four birdies and an eagle during his round. The eagle at 18 was the his third in the event. He also had eagles in the opening round on Nos. 16 and 18.

“It was a grind today but I managed to make some birdies late and then made that eagle on the last hole which was nice,” Pendrith said. “I had some three putts coming, but that eagle on No. 18 was big. I hit the driver well again today like I’ve been doing all week and I made some putts which was nice.”

Sunday could be important day for Pendrith, who is currently 10th on the Order of Merit. Should he win on Sunday he would receive $31,500 which would move him into The Five with one week remaining on the 2015 schedule. The Tour finishes its season next week at the Freedom 55 Financial Championship in London, Ontario.

“I just have to keep doing what I’ve been doing tomorrow,” Pendrith added. “If I can get it in play on the par-5s and make some birdies and some eagles then tomorrow should be fun.”

While Sunday will be important for Pendrith, it also looms large for the four players currently chasing him in second place. All four players are outside the top 60 with Bardgett, at 132nd on the Order of Merit, having the largest hill to climb. Gilbert (69th), Wilshire (67th) and McCarthy (88th) will also need a strong finish to move into the coveted top 60.

“Tomorrow is important for everybody,“ said Bardgett, who shot an 8-under-par 64 on Saturday. “You know I really don’t have any expectations. I came here knowing I had to play phenomenally to get into next week’s Tour championship and I still don’t have any expectations of playing. To be honest, I’m just going to go out tomorrow and walk around and hit some golf shots and try to be as loose as possible. If I play well, great; if I play horrible, life is still going to go on.”

NUMBERS YOU NEED TO KNOW:

29: The back-nine score for Justin Bardgett, matching the low 9-hole score on the Mackenzie Tour this year.

18: Number of strokes under par by Taylor Pendrith on the 15 par 5s this week.

10: Number of players with three rounds in the 60s this week.

64: The day’s low round posted by Justin Bardgett.

QUOTABLES:

“I knew I had to play well this week. I finished 10th last week and that really bumped me up (Order of Merit), but I knew I had to play well to get into next week. It’s like, ‘this is my year’. All it takes out here is one week. I’ve seen that from a lot of guys who have missed more cuts than I have and gone out and won events. It’s out there. You have to be smart and stay patient.” – Kyle Wilshire on the importance of this week.

“It would be awesome to get a win late in the season. I’ve had a pretty solid season and a win would kind of cap it off. It would be pretty nice.” – Taylor Pendrith on what a win on Sunday would mean.

TOURNAMENT NOTES:

• Preferred lies were utilized in the third round.
• Justin Bardgett’s B-B-B-B-E finish matched the best birdie-eagle streak on Tour this year. Olin Browne was also 6-under-par at the ATB Financial Classic.
• David Pastore made the day’s biggest move, climbing 33 spots on the leaderboard to T21.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – South Korea’s D.H. Lee shot a 6-under 66 in windy conditions Saturday to take a three-stroke lead over India’s Anirban Lahiri in the Web.com Tour Finals-opening Hotel Fitness Championship.

Lee had seven birdies and a bogey to reach 15-under 201 at Sycamore Hills.

“It was very windy out there so I tried to keep the ball low under the wind and hit a lot of low shots off the tee,” said Lee, who hit 13 of 14 fairways. “I’m very comfortable hitting low shots off the tee, but with my irons I just focus on getting my number and try to attack the pins when I can.”

Lee finished 15th on the Web.com Tour regular-season money list to earn a 2015-16 PGA Tour card and is playing the four-event series in a bid to improve his tour priority status.

“I just want to keep it in play tomorrow and focus on trying to hit a lot of good shots and make some putts,” said Lee, winless this season.

Lahiri, the first Indian player to qualify for the International Presidents Cup team, had a 70. Ranked 40th in the world, he tied for fifth in the PGA Championship.

“Just grinding all day,” Lahiri said. “It’s hard because I was hitting it all over the shop. But all in all, I’m just three back. If I can put another good 18 holes together tomorrow we’ll see if I can get over the line.”

The series features the top 75 players from the Web.com Tour money list, Nos. 126-200 from the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup standings and non-members of the tour such as Lahiri who earned enough money to have placed in the top 200 had they been eligible to receive points.

The top 25 players on Web.com regular-season money list earned 2015-16 PGA Tour cards. They are competing against each other for PGA Tour priority, with regular-season earnings counting in their totals and the final leader getting a spot in The Players Championship. The other players are fighting for another 25 cards based on their earnings in the series.

Sam Saunders, Arnold Palmer’s grandson, was third at 11 under after a 65. He finished 137th in the FedEx Cup standings.

Second-round leader Jamie Lovemark had a 73 to drop into a tie for fourth at 10 under. He finished 12th on the Web.com Tour regular-season money list to earn a PGA Tour card.

LYTHAM ST ANNES, England – Britain and Ireland enjoyed a 7-5 lead over holders United States on Saturday after the first day of the 45th Walker Cup on the links of Royal Lytham and St Annes.

The hosts led 3-1 after morning foursomes in northwest England of the biennial amateur event before the eight afternoon singles were shared, with each side winning three matches and the other two halved.

“Given our start this morning I was pleased with the way we came back this afternoon,” United States captain John `Spider’ Miller said.

The 37-year-old Scott Harvey, one of the senior members of the American team, won his singles by sinking a 55-foot putt at the 17th.

“There are 14 points available tomorrow, so being two down is not bad in the scheme of things,” Harvey said after an enthralling day’s play in blustery conditions.

There was never more than one hole in it in the first match between Bryson DeChambeau and Ashley Chesters. The American twice went one up on the front nine only for Chesters to pull him back. After the lead switched hands, DeChambeau leveled with his fifth birdie of the match at the 16th and they parred the two closing holes to share the spoils.

Hunter Stewart was one down for the U.S. with three to play against Paul Dunne but birdied the 16th and 18th and parred the 17th, when Dunne three putted, to win the match by two holes.

Another American point came when Scott Harvey won the 16th with a par and then took the match 2 and 1 when he sank a 55-foot birdie putt at No. 17 when Grant Forrest narrowly missed a birdie.

England’s Jimmy Mullen got the first singles point on the board for Britain and Ireland when he beat Denny McCarthy by two holes. Mullen played faultless golf with 14 pars and four birdies at Nos. 9, 12, 13 and 18.

Maverick McNealy was never ahead against Ewen Ferguson, but came back from three down after seven to take him to the 18th where the Scot won by one hole.

Gavin Moynihan claimed Britain and Ireland’s third singles point with a 4 and 2 win over Jordan Niebrugge.

Robby Shelton was three up after seven in his match with another Irishman Gary Hurley, but ended up halving the match.

Beau Hossler for the U.S. was three down after 10 holes against Ireland’s Jack Hume but fought back to win by one hole.

Earlier, Britain and Ireland took a 3-1 lead after the morning foursomes in windy conditions.

English pairing Chesters and Mullen claimed the first point for the home side with a 3 and 2 victory over McNealy and Stewart. Ireland’s Cormac Sharvin and Scotland’s Jack McDonald dominated Jordan Niebrugge and Shelton, winning three of the first four holes on their way to a 5 and 4 victory.

Hossler and Denny McCarthy claimed the Americans’ only point in the third match with a 3 and 1 win over Irish pair Dunne and Hurley. The second Irish pair of Hume and Moynihan never trailed in their match against Lee McCoy and Mike McCoy before winning 3 and 2.

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France – Mi Hyang Lee retained the lead in difficult weather in the third round of the Evian Championship on Saturday, as teenager Lydia Ko remained in contention to become the youngest player to win a major.

Lee shot 1-under 70 for a 10-under total of 203 and a one-shot lead over Lexi Thompson, who charged back with fine putting and a 5-under 66 card.

Chasing her first major, Lee was paired with Morgan Pressel (71), and they went toe to toe until the par-4 18th hole, when the American double-bogeyed after landing her second shot in water.

They played their final six holes in rain, wind, and gloom.

Pressel shares third place with Ko, two shots off the pace. The 18-year-old Ko shot a 67 and is pursuing her last chance to become the youngest woman to clinch a major. If she wins on Sunday, Ko will surpass Pressel, who won the Kraft Nabisco Championship at 18 years, 10 months, 9 days back in 2007.

“Obviously, this is my last chance,” said Ko, about five months younger. “I’m just going to give myself a good chance tomorrow.”

Many still have a good chance on the foothills of the Alps, with only five shots separating the 11 best players heading into the final round.

Meanwhile, top-ranked Inbee Park, seeking a career Grand Slam, made four birdies but struggled on the back nine with three bogeys for a 70. She was on 2-under 211, eight shots off the pace, with Michelle Wie (70).

Wie sank a 25-foot putt on the par-5 9th for her first eagle of the tournament.

With more bad weather expected on Sunday, players will tee off on the first and 10th tees in groups of three for the final round, with Lee of South Korea, Thompson of the U.S., and Ko of New Zealand together in the final group.

Ko, who started four strokes off the lead, produced five birdies but bogeyed the 18th for the third consecutive day.

“It was not the easiest of up-and-downs on 18, but I have not played the 18th hole well this week,” she said.

Many players were caught off guard by the bad weather, with Pressel getting some help from a TV channel employee who ran to her locker to bring her a rain jacket.

“Very thankful to the guy,” Pressel said.

Thompson, who mixed six birdies with a sole bogey on the par-3 16th, relied on her dad to bring her an umbrella with four holes to play.

The round began under blue skies, and Pressel immediately applied pressure on Lee with a birdie on the par-4 first hole. Lee could not match her, conceding two consecutive bogeys on the course looking over Lake Geneva.

Lee had another bogey on the par-3 14th but emerged from the round with four birdies and a superb par-putt on her final hole.

Pressel put herself in trouble on the par-5 9th, driving her ball onto a rough patch of grass below the fairway. She missed her putt from the edge of the green to drop her first shot. She said her double bogey on the final hole was probably due to a bad choice of club, a 4 hybrid, for her second shot that found the water.

“It’s just the grass was so wet that it did not get up in the air,” she said. “I thought I could hit the shot.”

Amy Yang was tied for fifth place, three shots behind Lee, after a flying start with an eagle on the first hole, which she bogeyed in the second round.

A broad smile illuminated the South Korean’s face when she realized her shot landed straight in the hole. The U.S. Open runner-up high-fived her caddie and continued her surge back among the top five. She sank a birdie-putt on No. 3, and picked up one more shot with a 15-footer on the par-4 4th. But Yang also bogeyed three holes and finished with a 68.

Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., finished the day at 1-over 72 to move into a tie for 41st place. Hamilton, Ont., product Alena Sharp posted a 75 and is tied for 51st.

ZANDVOORT, Netherlands – Lee Slattery and Rafa Cabrera-Bello both shot a 7-under 63 Saturday to take the joint lead after the third round of the KLM Open on a low scoring day.

Cabrera-Bello was on track for a spectacular round after making six birdies and an eagle on the front nine, along with only his third bogey of the tournament, but the Spaniard could only manage a string of nine pars coming home.

“I sank a very long putt on the first but then I felt that really all the other birdies were pretty much just tap ins and even the bogey I had was a three putt from five feet so … it could have actually been better,” Cabrera-Bello said.

Slattery, who won last week’s Russian Open, also shot six birdies, an eagle and a bogey in his round as he sought his second consecutive European Tour victory. They had a 16-under total of 194, one shot ahead of Paul Lawrie, who was third after a 63.

“It’s like a dream come true at the minute,” Slattery said. “Going into last week with a lot of pressure on and winning. Then coming into this week with no pressure on really, just trying to play good golf again, it’s a fabulous feeling.”

Thomas Pieters was another shot back after a 62.

Wade Ormsby of Australia followed a double-bogey six on the 10th with a hole in one on the 169-yard 11th on his way to a 68 that left him tied for fifth with Mikko Ilonen and Morten Orum Madsen at 13 under.