{"id":426485,"date":"2026-02-15T04:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/426485\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T04:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T04:40:09","slug":"yunseo-yang-retains-lead-after-roller-coaster-third-round-of-waap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/426485\/","title":{"rendered":"Yunseo Yang retains lead after roller-coaster third round of WAAP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeneath Wong\u2019s hopes of a successful title defence may have evaporated, but the Malaysian had the distinction of posting the only bogey-free round of the day, a typically gutsy performance during which she hit 17 greens in regulation, making 16 pars and birdies at the 1st and 10th. She enters the final day in joint 17th place.<br \/>\nIn what is shaping into an intriguing race to finish as the leading New Zealander, Darae Chung and Teresa Wang both carded 71s and are in a share of 22nd place on one-over 217. That is two in front of Vivian Lu, three ahead of Eunseo Choi and 13-year-old Elise Barber, the youngest player in the field, and four clear of Caitlin Maurice.<br \/>\nAll the players have praised the galleries that have made their way to Royal Wellington. Lu said: \u201cIt\u2019s so good to see people out here watching golf. I was walking down one of the holes with Caitlin and I was like, \u2018Wow, I&#8217;m surprised this many people are out here\u2019. It&#8217;s really cool that there are a lot of people watching women&#8217;s golf.\u201d<br \/>\nThe WAAP was developed by The R&amp;A and the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation (APGC) to nurture talent and provide a pathway for the region\u2019s elite women amateurs to the international stage and the rewards on offer are significant. The champion will earn exemptions into three major championships in 2026, the AIG Women\u2019s Open at Royal Lytham &amp; St Annes, The Amundi Evian Championship in France and the Chevron Championship in the United States.<br \/>\nThe WAAP is proudly supported by Rolex, ISPS Handa, Royal Wellington Golf Club, Samsung, Hana Financial Group, Nippon Kabaya Ohayo Holdings, Peter Millar, Titleist, Sparms, New Zealand Mercedes-Benz and Tongariro, as well as investment partners New Zealand Major Events and Wellington Council and host association Golf New Zealand.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jeneath Wong\u2019s hopes of a successful title defence may have evaporated, but the Malaysian had the distinction of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-426485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}