Stark leads by one going into US Women's Open final round
The US Open, worth a record-equalling $12m (£8.9m), is the biggest championship in women's golf [Getty Images]
US Open third-round leaderboard
-7 Stark (Swe); -6 J Lopez (Spa); -5 M Saigo (Jpn), H Shibuno (Jpn), R Takeda (Jpn); -4 N Korda (US); -3 S Schmelzel (US), L Grant (Swe), M Lee (Aus)
Selected others: -2 Y Noh (US), R Yin (Chi), G Lopez (Mex); Evens C Hull (Eng), A Yin (US); +1 L Ko (NZ); +2 A Nordqvist (Swe), L Woad (Eng)
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Sweden's Maja Stark opened up a one-shot lead at the US Women's Open after carding an impressive two-under-par 70 in the third round at Erin Hills.
Stark birdied three holes on her penultimate round before finishing on seven under after a single bogey.
The 25-year-old is chasing her second victory on the LPGA Tour, having won the 2022 ISPS Handa World Invitational.
"[I am] probably going to go work out in the morning to try to get some nerves out, but I think just keep having fun with it because when I play scared, that's when I mess up, and you can't really play scared at a course like this," Stark said.
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The Swede leads Spain's Julia Lopez Ramirez, who climbed to second in the leaderboard after producing a round-of-the-day 68.
The pair will be last out to start their final round, at 19:10 BST on Sunday.
Japanese trio Mao Saigo, Hinako Shibuno and Rio Takeda are all tied on five under in third place.
Successive bogeys hampered overnight leader Saigo's pursuit of a second consecutive major title to finish with a three-over 75, while world number one Nelly Korda remains in contention and trails Stark by three after making three birdies in her final five holes.
"The first thing is that I would like to rest well and then tomorrow refreshed," Saigo, who won this season's Chevron Championship, said.
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"I would like to start from zero. That result was not that good, but I don't think that I have to change anything. I just want to focus on my play."
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