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Bianca Pagdanganan, world No. 712, powers way into contention at KPMG

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. – Bianca Pagdanganan is making her sixth career LPGA start, has never finished better than T-28 in an event and is ranked 712th in the world.

You gotta like her chances to win the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

The 22-year-old Filipino shot 5-under 65 on Saturday, tying the low round of the championship for the second straight day, to get to 3 under par. She's four shots off the 54-hole lead in her maiden major, alone in fifth place.

“This is my first major ever, so I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous, so I guess it was more of just me being able to embrace my nerves and playing with whatever I have,” she said after a five-birdie, no-bogey Saturday – her second consecutive bogey-free round.