In the third round De Guzman carded a 2-under 70 to move up the leaderboard a bit. Her day included five birdies and two bogeys. Three of the birdies for the second team All-Mountain West selection came in succession from Nos. 11-13. De Guzman really jump started her week late on Thursday when she finished her round birdie-birdie-par-eagle.
South Carolina star Katelyn Dambaugh fell back into a tie for 10th with a third round 1-over 73 that left her 5-under. Dambaugh got off to a slow start with bogeys on Nos. 2 and 3 and then just as it seemed like things had been turned around she double-bogeyed the 16th. The All-American was able to salvage her round with three back nine birdies, including one on the closing hole.
Karen Chung (T19, -3) Taylor Totland (T51, +1) Daniela Darquea (T51, +1) Wanasa Zhou (T74, +3) August Kim (T101, +6) Tiffany Chan (T125, +8) Sierra Sims (T153, +16)
LPGA and Symetra Tour Stage III Qualifying Information -Information courtesy of LPGA
The field of 157 players are competing for 20 full LPGA Tour cards and 25 partial cards. There will be a cut to the top 70 and ties after the fourth round.
Players that finish in the top 20 - no ties - will earn LPGA Tour status in category 12 on the 2017 priority list while those that finish 21 through 45 - including ties - will earn status in category 17. Players that finish a minimum of 72 holes, but don’t earn LPGA Tour status, will receive Symetra Tour status in category E on the Symetra Tour priority list.