MAINEVILLE, OH − The final round of the Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G is Sept. 14 at TPC River’s Bend and the leaderboard is stacked with 18 holes to play.
Charley Hull is the 54-hole leader by just one stroke over World No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul. Hull sits at 16-under after firing a 67 in the third round.
There are seven golfers within just three strokes of the lead. Japan’s Chisato Iwai and Miyu Yamashita are both at 14-under in a tie for third place and there are four golfers currently tied for fifth place, including World No. 2 Nelly Korda.
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Nasa Hataoka, who teed off at 9:08 a.m. alongside former Kroger Queen City Championship winners Lydia Ko and Minjee Lee, is 7-under for the day through 13 holes. She’s moved up 25 spots on the leaderboard into a fourth-place tie with Lottie Woad, Nelly Korda and Bianca Pagdanganan at 15-under.
Both Charley Hull and Jeeno Thitikul just knocked in birdies on the par-3 7th hole. Hull remains alone atop the leaderboard at 18-under with Thitikul one shot behind. Chisato Iwai had three consecutive birdies before a par on No. 7. She’s alone in third place at 16-under.
After five consecutive pars, Charley Hull got a birdie putt to fall on the par-5 6th hole and now holds a one-shot lead over Chisato Iwai and Jeeno Thitikul at 17-under.
Lottie Woad, a 21-year-old LPGA rookie from England, has birdied three of the first six holes to move into a tie for third place at 15-under.
The final group of the day, which features leader Charley Hull and Jeeno Thitikul, teed off at 10:47 a.m. Thitikul got a birdie putt to fall on the opening par-4 while Hull settled for par. Thitikul and Hull are now tied at 16-under for the tournament with 17 holes to play.
Clubhouse leader Charley Hull has been in contention for the Kroger Queen City Championship title before. In 2023, when the tournament was held at Kenwood Country Club, Hull lost in a two-hole playoff to Minjee Lee. Hull finished 10-under and tied for 19th at last year’s Kroger Queen City Championship.
The tournament is a 72-hole, stroke-play event. The Arnold Palmer-designed course measures 6,705 yards and is a par-72.
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