Charley Hull and Anna Nordqvist shared the lead Saturday in the season-opening Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic, and Ha Na Jang had the first hole-in-one on a par 4 in tour history.
Hull made a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th to match European Solheim Cup teammate Nordqvist at 12-under 207 in breezy but calmer conditions at the Ocean Club. The 19-year-old Hull, from England, had a 4-under 69. Nordqvist, from Sweden, also birdied the 18th for a 68.
‘‘It’s a little different because, obviously, it’s been really windy, so I got used to playing in that wind.’’ Hull said. ‘‘And today the first couple holes I think I was allowing too much of the wind and there wasn’t that much up there.’’
Jang made the albatross on the eighth hole, at a mere 218 yards playing at a distance normally considered a par 3. Her 3-wood shot into light wind landed a yard in front of the green and rolled in.
‘‘I don’t see the ball finish, but my dad was, ‘Oh, you made it,'’’ Jang said. ‘‘It’s unbelievable. Amazing.’’
She was disappointed that she didn’t win a car.
‘‘A new car, please. A car, please,’’ Jang said. ‘‘I wanted a car. I need a car.’’
The South Korean player was five strokes back after a 68.
Third-ranked Stacy Lewis, defending champion Sei Young Kim, and Hyo Joo Kim were a stroke back. Lewis birdied the 18th for a 67, and Sei Young Kim and Hyo Joo Kim shot 68.
Lewis won the last of her 11 LPGA Tour titles in June 2014, a 39-event drought that includes eight runner-up finishes.
‘‘I think tomorrow is supposed to be even less wind, maybe a little more calm,’’ Lewis said. ‘‘So, you’re going to have to make some birdies. You’re going to have to shoot a good score, but you’re not trying to force things. That’s the biggest thing for me tomorrow is just to stay patient and trust my golf swing.’’
Sei Young Kim birdied the 18th after losing the lead with a double bogey on the par-4 16th. On 16, she drove left in palm trees, chipped out through the fairway and into the rough, and hit her third over the green into bushes that line the water. She made a 12-foot putt to save double bogey.
‘‘The tee shot was a bad choice,’’ Sei Young Kim said about her decision to use a driver. ‘‘I'm very disappointed there. I'm OK. I have a one day tomorrow.’’
Hyo Joo Kim chipped in for eagle on 18.
Megan Khang, playing her first event as an LPGA Tour member, was two shots back along with 2013 winner Ilhee Lee. The 18-year-old Khang, from Rockland, Mass., had a 71 after shooting a 68 on Friday for a share of the lead with Hull and Haru Nomura.
‘‘Wind was definitely better today,’’ Khang said. ‘‘So much the driving and approach shots, so much the putting, I just couldn’t find a putt to drop . . . I definitely am excited for tomorrow.’’
Lee shot a 66.
PGA — K.J. Choi one-putted his last six holes to salvage an even-par 72 and a share of the lead with Scott Brown going into the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in San Diego.
Choi made three birdies and saved par three times down the stretch.
Brown was solid again on the South Course. He was the only player to reach 10 under until a bogey on the 15th and missed birdie chances over the last three holes. He still had a 70 and will have a shot to win and get to the Masters for the first time.
They are at 9-under 207, one shot ahead of Jimmy Walker (68) and Gary Woodland (73).
Dustin Johnson didn’t make a birdie until the 13th hole and shot 74. He is three shots back.
Asian — Jordan Spieth returned to the Sentosa Golf Club shortly after sunrise Sunday to finish his third round due to rain delays on previous days at the Singapore Open. The world’s top ranked player missed his par putt on the 17th green, where he had marked his ball overnight, to drop back to 5-under for the tournament.
The American immediately regained the shot when he birdied the par-5 18th, but still lost more ground to leader, Song Young-han, who birdied three of his five remaining third-round holes to lead the tournament at 11-under.
European — Branden Grace successfully defended his Qatar Masters title, becoming the first player to do so since the tournament began in 1998.
The South African shot a 3-under 69 on another wind-swept day at Doha Golf Club to win by two shots over Spain’s Rafael Cabrera-Bello (70) and Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen (71).
Grace shot an overall 14-under 274 for his seventh European Tour title.
Scotland’s Paul Lawrie, the overnight leader by two shots, faded away with a 78 and finished tied for 13th at 281.
