3/25/2023 10:32:46 PM EST
Celine Boutier of France fired a 7-under-par 65 in Saturday's third round to vault to the top of the leaderboard at the LPGA Drive On Championship in Gold Canyon, Ariz.Boutier began the round in a tie for seventh. Now, she sits at 16-under 200, with three players -- Thailand's Moriya Jutanugarn, Alison Lee, South Korea's Hae Ran Ryu -- just one shot back.Ariya Jutanugarn of Thailand and Celine Borge of Norway carded matching 63s to jump 34 spots up the leaderboard into a tie for fifth at 14 under.Twelve players are T7 at 13 under, well within striking distance just three shots back.Boutier opened her scoring with an eagle on the par-5 second hole. She would go on to post six birdies against one bogey.But as impressive as that was, Ariya Jutanugarn turned in a clean round with nine birdies. Meanwhile, Borge opened her round with four straight birdies, finishing with eight for her round, adding an eagle on the par-5 18th."I just felt everything just went in the hole," Borge said. "I started holing a long putt on the first one and then I just made four birdies in a row, so I got off to a good start."Ryu also posted a clean round, recording six birdies and an eagle on the 18th hole for a third-round 64."I finished yesterday's round with birdie so I figured out a good momentum today, and just finishing with an eagle on last hole showed it was a good round today," Ryu said.Moriya Jutanugarn shot 69 and Alison Lee 67 to join Ryu one shot back.--Field Level Media