Women's British Open 2016: Saturday Leaderboard Scores and LPGA Highlights

Ariya Jutanugarn tops the leaderboard after Day 3 of the 2016 Women's British Open after carding a bogey-free round of 66 at the Marquess' Course at Woburn in Buckinghamshire, England, to move to 15 under.

The Thai golfer made six birdies in total to move two strokes clear of overnight leader Mirim Lee, who completed the day with a round of 69, with just one bogey on the third hole. 

Mo Martin sits three strokes further back in third place after also scoring 69 on Saturday on a day of significant alterations at the top of the charts. 

Here's a look at the leaderboard after three days of action:

Position	Player	To Par	Round 3 Score
1	Ariya Jutanugarn	-16	66
2	Mirim Lee	-14	69
3	Mo Martin	-11	69
4	Catriona Matthew	-10	71
5	Stacy Lewis	-9	70
T6	Lexi Thompson	-8	69
T6	Karrie Webb	-8	70
T6	Ha Na Jang	-8	73
T6	Shanshan Feng	-8	74
10	Leona Maguire (a)	-7	68

For the full leaderboard, visit the LPGA's official website.

Recap

Jutanugarn was in electrifying form in Buckinghamshire, securing a blemish-free round in the Ladies PGA tournament to leapfrog her rivals and move into a controlled position with just 18 holes still to play.

At just 20 years old, the three-time LPGA Tour event winner belied her age to produce some sublime golf, demonstrating composure and a wonderful array of shot execution and intelligent decision-making. 

Per Golf Channel writer Randall Mell, everything was dropping on Saturday for the Thai player:

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.@jutanugarn pouring it in from long range, chipped in from 90 ft at 8th, rolled in 30-foot birdie putt at 10th, up by 3 shots now.

— Randall Mell (@RandallMellGC) July 30, 2016"

After entering the day tied for second spot in the standings alongside Shanshan Feng, Jutanugarn burst into life in the third day's play with a string of birdies on the opening 10 holes.

Take a look at this beautiful chip-in from off the green on the eighth hole:

Moving day proved to be exactly that at Woburn, as the youngster placed herself in pole position for Sunday's finale with some stunning shots. Per Golf Channel, Jutanugarn was in a class of her own midway through her round:

Per Amy Rogers LPGA.com, Jutanugarn was delighted with her performance on Saturday: “I think I know how to play under pressure. I know like what I have to focus and the only thing I have to is like focus on what is under my control."

According to Rogers, Jutanugarn is now just three strokes shy of equalling Karen Stupples’ Tournament scoring record of 19 under from her 2004 victory at Sunningdale Country Club. 

Overnight leader Lee stumbled on Day 3 despite dropping just a single shot all round. The South Korean fell behind the chasing pack as she faltered at the third, with her rivals for top spot finding form early on in their rounds.

2014 Women's Open champion Martin remains in contention in third place in the standings but has some work to do on the final day if she is to recover from five strokes behind at 11 under. Meanwhile, 2009 champion Catriona Matthew kept pace with the front-runners with a solid day's performance of one-under 71.

Ladies European Tour appreciated her showing on moving day:

Per Rogers, a comeback victory at this event would see the Scot become the oldest major champion in LPGA history at 46 years, 11 months and six days old.

Jutanugarn has been in this position before and has three LPGA Tour event wins already under her belt despite her tender age. Sunday will provide another test for the youngster. But her form on Day 3 demonstrated her prolific form around the cup, with more expected on the final outing with a two-stroke lead.