South Korea’s Na Yeon Choi stretched her lead at the LPGA’s Safeway Classic to three shots on Saturday, and said she was excited to be closing in on what could be her first title of 2011. “I was missing that feeling, you know,” said Choi, who won twice in 2010 but hasn’t managed a victory yet this year despite five top-10 finishes.
“I’m very excited. I like this chance.” Choi couldn’t match her eight-birdie effort of Friday, which had given her a two-stroke overnight lead. But her three birdies and one bogey on the par-71 Pumpkin Ridge Layout gave her a 69 for 134, three shots ahead of American Stacy Lewis.
