KILDEER, Ill. — So Yeon Ryu broke away on the closing holes Saturday at Kemper Lakes to take a three-stroke lead in the KPMG Women’s P.G.A. Championship.
Ryu, the 28-year-old South Korean star, birdied the 14th and 15th holes to jump ahead of the Canadian Brooke Henderson and finished with a birdie on 18. She shot a five-under-par 67 on another scorching afternoon to get to 11-under 205 and move closer to her third major victory.
Henderson was second. She bogeyed Nos. 14 and 16 in a 70.
South Korea’s Sung Hyun Park was seven under for the tournament after a 71, and American Angel Yin shot a 68 to get to six under.