Jun 29, 2013 4 min read

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) – Inbee Park was mad, even if it didn’t show in her always placid demeanor.

She had made bogey, her third straight, on a hole she thought she should have birdied, and the world’s top-ranked player was looking a bit shaky.

Time for a clutch putt.

Park is now one round away from history, leading the U.S. Women’s Open by four strokes. She shot 1-under 71 Saturday in harsh conditions at Sebonack and was 10 under for the tournament.

Fellow South Korean I.K. Kim had a 73 to remain in second but lost two strokes to Park. With the wind whipping, the course set up long and the pin placements tricky, Park was the only player to shoot under par in the third round.

No one has ever won the first three majors in a year when there were at least four.

“I’m just going to try to do the same thing that I did for the last three days,” Park said. “Yeah, it will be a big day. But it’s just a round of golf, and I just try not to think about it so much.”

She wasn’t too disappointed by her bogeys on the 11th and 12th; those were tough holes. But on the par-5 13th, her chip on her third shot rolled into the bunker when it should have put her in position for a birdie putt.

She still led by three strokes but appeared vulnerable – at least by her recently lofty standards.

She was unlucky then lucky on the par-4 14th. She thought her second shot would be pushed back by the wind, but it carried too far and settled on the ridge above the hole. No worries: Park simply holed a 30-foot, downhill putt for birdie.

Locally, Rachel Rohanna finished the second round at 151, 7 over par and one shot above the cut line.

Couples leads Champions event: Fred Couples birdied three of the final five holes for a 3-under 67 and a two-stroke lead Saturday after the third round of the Senior Players Championship.

Couples completed a 62 in the morning in the rain-delayed second round and had a 15-under 195 total at Fox Chapel.

Kenny Perry was second in the Champions Tour major. He finished off a 63 in the morning and backed it up with another 63 in the afternoon. Duffy Waldorf was third at 11 under after rounds of 67 and 66.

First-round leader John Huston briefly pulled into a tie with Couples early in the third round, but bogeyed the final two holes for a 68 to join Mike Goodes (65) at 10 under.

The 53-year-old Couples appeared ready to run away with the tournament Friday, when he streaked to 7 under through 11 holes of the second round before a torrential downpour halted play for the day.

The deluge cooled Couples off a bit. He two-putted from 60 feet on the par-3 third when he returned to the course Saturday morning then rolled in five straight pars before finishing his round off with a birdie on the par-4 ninth for an 8-under 62.

The score matched the lowest ever in one of the Champions Tour’ five majors. Several players have reached the mark in the tour’s 34 seasons, with Olin Browne being the last in the second round of last year’s Senior Players.

Four-way tie at Congressional: A triple bogey for Bill Haas. Double bogeys for Andres Romero and Roberto Castro. They still wound up in a four-way tie for the lead Saturday in the AT&T National with James Driscoll, whose third round was pleasantly dull. Castro put the right finishing touch on a wild day at Congressional when he hit into the water on the 18th, then chipped in for par from 80 feet for a 71. Haas made nine birdies and had to settle for a 68. Romero lost a three-shot lead in two holes and wound up with a 70. Driscoll had a 68, his third straight round in the 60s.