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Lin got off to a poor start with a bogey on the
first hole and faltered again on the seventh, but seven birdies
- including three in the last four holes - took her total to
14-under for the tournament at the Sentosa Golf Club.
"I wasn't really paying attention to the leaderboard because to
me, the front nine was a little sketchy," Lin said. "I made two
three-putts, weird mistakes and left birdie putts short.
"So going into the back nine which I thought was the tougher
nine, I didn't really expect to play that well but I also knew
there are still lots of opportunities, so just needed to stay
really patient. The last couple holes were unreal."
Former world number one Park, the overnight joint-leader,
dropped one spot to be tied for second following a disappointing
effort after the turn where had two bogeys before a double-bogey
on the 16th for a round of 70.
"I still have an opportunity. That's what matters, and I'll go
out there tomorrow and try to go low," the 2015 and 2017
champion - who is in the race to make the South Korean team for
the Olympics - said.
She was tied with the steady Green, whose second consecutive
round of 66 kept her in contention for only a third victory on
the LPGA Tour.
The leading trio were followed by Mexico's Gaby Lopez in fourth
and a group of three - Chun In-gee, Lydia Ko and Ryu So-yeon -
sharing fifth.
South Korea's Park Hee-young, who shared top spot heading into
the third round, slipped to tied-21st after her game went off
the rails on the back nine for a round of 79.
ANA Inspiration winner Patty Tavatanakit of Thailand was tied
11th with British Open champion Sophia Popov after a round of
68.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; editing by
Richard Pullin)
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