Korean golfer Haeran Ryu will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Black Desert Championship in the LPGA Tour’s return to Utah for the first time in more than 60 years.
Ryu holed out for eagle on the 11th hole on Saturday, sending her to a four-under 68 for the round and 18 under for the tournament to maintain her two-shot lead.
She will be trying to win a tournament for the seventh straight year, dating back to when she was an 18-year-old on the Korea LPGA.
Her biggest challenge might be China’s Ruoning Yin, the former Women’s PGA champion who ran off 10 birdies at Black Desert for a 62, the best score of the tournament and enough to get within two shots.
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Australian Steph Kyriacou fired a brilliant six-under 66 in the third round. (AP PHOTO)
Steph Kyriacou was the leading Australian after three rounds, sitting in a tie for 10th place at 11 under, seven shots behind Ryu.
After opening the tournament with a one-under 71, Kyriacou has improved with each round, following up her second-round 68 with a six-under 66 that featured seven birdies and only one bogey.
Compatriot Grace Kim was two shots further back at nine under after carding an even-par 72 in the third round that featured two birdies, counteracted by two bogeys.
Ryu started with a two-shot lead and twice had players catch her, if only briefly.
One of them was Somi Lee, who had a pair of early birdies before her round self-destructed with a double-bogey on No.6 and no birdies until the final hole after she had shot herself out of the tournament.
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Germany’s Esther Henseleit briefly caught Ryu, but only until the 24-year-old Korean stood in the 11th fairway, 82 yards away. Her wedge caught the slope with just enough spin to send it into the cup for an eagle.
Haeran Ryu turns on the spin cycle and holes out for eagle 😵💫 🦅
Henseleit made a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th to get within one shot, but she hit her drive into the black lava rocks and had to hit another off the tee.
Her par chip from just short of the green left her three feet away, but she missed what looked to be a routine putt and made double-bogey. That gave the German a 68 and left her three shots behind.
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Ryu had a chance to extend her lead until she missed a birdie putt from about the same distance Henseleit had.
The Korean, who shared the 54-hole lead at a major last week in the Chevron Championship before closing with a 76, was at 18-under 198.
Yin, who lost a chance to win another major last week when she three-putted in the five-way playoff at the Chevron, started the day eight shots behind and posted her 62 about the time the final group was making the turn.
“I’m just going to keep saying this: Stay in the present and the past is the past,” she said.
“I mean, you cannot guarantee every day is going to be a good day like today, but you just got to keep trying and keep trying to have a great day.”
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Starting times have been moved forward for the final round because of forecast rain.
DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT, Utah and Colorado, May 3, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — There’s still time to swing by the Quarry Exhibit Hall parking lot at Dinosaur National Monument and see paleontologists in action.
“The team reopened the dig they began last fall during the parking lot repaving project—where they initially uncovered nearly 3,000 pounds of fossils,” a DNM social media post says.
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“When they returned this spring, the discoveries kept coming. In addition to lots of Diplodocus tail vertebrae, a beautifully preserved Camptosaurus toe claw and a striking Allosaurus tooth were also found! These finds offer an exciting peek into the Late Jurassic world that once filled this landscape.”
Diplodocus could grow to about 80 feet long, and stood 13 feet tall at the hip, according to the National Park Service and other online sites. It weighed about 22,000 to 35,000 pounds, and traveled in small herds. It was a plant eater.
Allosaurus (Utah’s state fossil) were about 28 feet long, stood about 10 to 15 feet tall, and weighed about 3,300 to 5,500 pounds. They were meat eaters, and could run about 19 to 34 miles an hour. The average human sprint is about 15–20 mph, according to online sources.
The Camptosaurus was 16 to 24 feet long, and typically stood about 6 feet tall at the hip, and weighed 1,100 to 2,200 pounds. It was a plant eater.
All three dino varieties lived in the late Jurassic period, about 161 to 145 million years ago.
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“Come witness this incredible work before the dig wraps up!,” the Dinosaur National Monument social media post says.
Dinosaur National Monument is located in eastern Utah and western Colorado, with fossil displays on the Utah side.
Cloé Lacasse scores for second straight week, and Royals notch third straight shutout.
Utah Royals forward Cloé Lacasse celebrates her goal against the Seattle Reign FC during an NWSL soccer match on April 26, 2026, in Seattle. Lacasse also scored in the Royals’ win over Angel City FC on Saturday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
The Utah Royals beat Angel City FC 1-0 on Saturday in Los Angeles for their club-record fourth straight win.
The victory put the Royals (4-2-1) in fourth place in the National Women’s Soccer League. Los Angeles (3-3-0) sits in eighth place.
Utah’s Cloé Lacasse scored in the 33rd minute off an assist from Paige Cronin, who took the ball down the right side of the field and crossed over to the Canadian. Lacasse headed it just inside the post to give Utah the 1-0 lead. She scored for the second straight game, having notched a goal in a 3-0 win over the Seattle Reign FC on April 26
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The Royals earned their third straight shutout, as goalkeeper Mandy McGlynn made her first start of the season and had four saves. McGlynn suffered an injury early in the season but replaced Mia Justus late in last week’s win over the Seattle Reign.
Utah Royals FC will return home to host the Houston Dash on Wednesday, May 6 (8 p.m., KMYU and CBSSN), at America First Field in Sandy.
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