Miyazato, Kang lead at LPGA’s Corning

CORNING, N.Y. (AP) — Hee-Won Han proved a prophet.

Four years ago, Han shot 10 under on the third round of the LPGA Corning Classic and figured that feat was likely to be duplicated Saturday given the near-ideal condition of the Corning Country Club course.

She was so right.

On an amazing day of scoring, 19-year-old Japanese rookie Mika Miyazato shot a 10-under-par 62 to tie Soo-Yun Kang of South Korea at 17-under 199. They were one shot ahead of 20-year-old Yani Tseng of South Korea, who also shot 10 under.

Minea Blomqvist (66) of Finland was alone at 15 under. Mikaela Parmlid (68) of Sweden, rookie Vicky Hurst (63), Katherine Hull (65) of Australia, Sandra Gal (68) of Germany, and South Koreans Na Yeon Choi (68) and Seon Hwa Lee (68) were at 14 under.

Karine Icher of France, who began the day with a four-shot lead, stumbled to a 74 and finished the day in a tie for 17th, five shots off the lead.

Eunjung Yi of South Korea started shortly after 9 a.m. and quickly gave a strong inkling of what was about to unfold. She made three eagles in her first five holes to become just the fifth player in LPGA history to accomplish the feat on a round.

Tseng was even better, making two eagles and four birdies on the front nine for a 28. That was just one stroke better than playing partner Natalie Gulbis (66), but it broke the tournament record of 29 set two years ago by Wendy Ward. It also made Tseng just the ninth player in LPGA history to shoot 8 under for nine holes.

“It’s unbelievable. I had two eagles on the front nine and a lot of circles on my scorecard,” said the 20-year-old Tseng, 2008 LPGA rookie of the year.