PHOENIX — Sei Young Kim stumbled late Saturday afternoon in the JTBC Founders Cup, handing the lead to Eun-Hee Ji and putting Stacy Lewis, Lydia Ko and many others in far better position than they expected.
Three strokes ahead after an eagle on the par-4 13th, Kim bogeyed the par-4 16th and par-3 17th and finished with a 2-under 70 to drop into a tie for second with Lewis — a stroke behind Ji.
Ji shot a 65 to reach 18-under 198 at Desert Ridge's Wildfire Golf Club.
Lewis had a 64. The Texan won in 2013 and finished second the last two years.