<p>Megha Ganne, an American teen amateur with Indian parentage, stayed in contention with a round of 72 that placed her Tied-3rd after the third round of the US Women's Open at the Olympic Club here.</p>.<p>The 17-year-old New Jersey-based amateur has now shot rounds of 67-71-72 for a total of three-under 210 and is four shots behind the leader Lexi Thompson (66).</p>.<p>Lying second is 36-hole leader Yuka Saso, who bogeyed her final hole to settle for an even-par 71 on the 6,338-yard Lake Course.</p>.<p>Ganne, four back, is tied with 2019 champion Jeongeun Lee (73).</p>.<p>Shanshan Feng (2-under; 211), Nasa Hataoka (212) and Megan Khang (212) are the only other competitors in red figures at a venue that has produced just four under-par scores over 72 holes in the five US Opens that have been contested here.</p>.<p>Thompson, 26, is playing her 15th straight US Women's Open since she first teed off at the Championship in 2007 at the age of 12 when she came through the qualifiers.</p>.<p>Yet, this is the first time she is holding the lead after any round. Thompson's bogey-free 66 was her career-best round in this championship. She is seven-under 206 for 54 holes.</p>.<p>Ganne is the youngest to play the weekend, while South Africa's Lee-Anne Pace, 40, is the oldest.</p>.<p>The four toughest holes this week are on Olympic's front nine.</p>.<p>Ganne, has been nearly flawless on that section of the Lake Course, going 23 consecutive holes without a bogey or worse before registering a 5 on the par-4 sixth on Saturday, the last competitor in the field to sustain an outward-nine blemish.</p>.<p>Thompson, an 11-time winner on the LPGA Tour has not won since the 2019 ShopRite Classic.</p>.<p>She does have a major (2014 ANA Inspiration) but if she were to win, she would become the sixth player to capture both the US Women's Open and US Girls' Junior titles, joining a stellar group that includes World Golf Hall of Famers Mickey Wright, Hollis Stacy, Amy Alcott and Inbee Park, as well as Ariya Jutanugarn.</p>
<p>Megha Ganne, an American teen amateur with Indian parentage, stayed in contention with a round of 72 that placed her Tied-3rd after the third round of the US Women's Open at the Olympic Club here.</p>.<p>The 17-year-old New Jersey-based amateur has now shot rounds of 67-71-72 for a total of three-under 210 and is four shots behind the leader Lexi Thompson (66).</p>.<p>Lying second is 36-hole leader Yuka Saso, who bogeyed her final hole to settle for an even-par 71 on the 6,338-yard Lake Course.</p>.<p>Ganne, four back, is tied with 2019 champion Jeongeun Lee (73).</p>.<p>Shanshan Feng (2-under; 211), Nasa Hataoka (212) and Megan Khang (212) are the only other competitors in red figures at a venue that has produced just four under-par scores over 72 holes in the five US Opens that have been contested here.</p>.<p>Thompson, 26, is playing her 15th straight US Women's Open since she first teed off at the Championship in 2007 at the age of 12 when she came through the qualifiers.</p>.<p>Yet, this is the first time she is holding the lead after any round. Thompson's bogey-free 66 was her career-best round in this championship. She is seven-under 206 for 54 holes.</p>.<p>Ganne is the youngest to play the weekend, while South Africa's Lee-Anne Pace, 40, is the oldest.</p>.<p>The four toughest holes this week are on Olympic's front nine.</p>.<p>Ganne, has been nearly flawless on that section of the Lake Course, going 23 consecutive holes without a bogey or worse before registering a 5 on the par-4 sixth on Saturday, the last competitor in the field to sustain an outward-nine blemish.</p>.<p>Thompson, an 11-time winner on the LPGA Tour has not won since the 2019 ShopRite Classic.</p>.<p>She does have a major (2014 ANA Inspiration) but if she were to win, she would become the sixth player to capture both the US Women's Open and US Girls' Junior titles, joining a stellar group that includes World Golf Hall of Famers Mickey Wright, Hollis Stacy, Amy Alcott and Inbee Park, as well as Ariya Jutanugarn.</p>