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Woburn, England • Ariya Jutanugarn took the Women's British Open lead Saturday at tree-lined Woburn, nearly four months after blowing a late lead in the first major championship of the year.

"I think I know how to play under pressure," the 20-year-old Thai player said. "I know like what I have to focus and the only thing I have to is like focus on what is under my control."

In early April in the ANA Inspiration in the California desert, Jutanugarn — at the time, best known for blowing a two-stroke lead with a triple bogey in the 2013 LPGA Thailand — bogeyed the final three holes to hand the title to Lydia Ko.

"I really get nervous, especially being my first time leading," Jutanugarn said that afternoon at Rancho Mirage. "I got a lot of experience from this week."

She put the hard lessons to use in May, winning three straight events to become the LPGA Tour's first Thai champion. And Saturday, she shot a bogey-free 6-under 66 to pull two strokes ahead of Mirim Lee.

"I feel a lot more comfortable," Jutanugarn said. "Like especially today, because I didn't hit my iron good, but I still make some birdies."

Jutanugarn birdied six of the first 14 holes and closed with four pars to reach 16-under 200 and break the tournament 54-hole scoring record. She chipped in from 90 feet for birdie on No. 8 and made a 30-footer on 10 on the Marquess Course, the hilly, forest layout that is a big change from the usual links.

Lee shot a 69. The South Korean player led after each of the first two rounds, opening with a 62 and shooting a 71 on Friday.

"Everything was OK. Just OK, not perfect," Lee said. —

Leaderboard

Women's British Open

At Woburn Golf & CC (Marquess Course)

Milton Keynes, England

Purse: $3 million

Yardage: 6,463 Par: 72

Third Round

a-amateur

Ariya Jutanugarn 65-69-66 — 200 -16

Mirim Lee 62-71-69 — 202 -14

Mo Martin 68-68-69 — 205 -11

Catriona Matthew 70-65-71 — 206 -10

Stacy Lewis 67-70-70 — 207 -9

Lexi Thompson 72-67-69 — 208 -8

Karrie Webb 69-69-70 — 208 -8

Ha Na Jang 68-67-73 — 208 -8

Shanshan Feng 66-68-74 — 208 -8

a-Leona Maguire 71-70-68 — 209 -7

In Gee Chun 72-71-67 — 210 -6

Beatriz Recari 69-72-69 — 210 -6

Nicole Broch Larsen 72-68-70 — 210 -6

Camilla Lennarth 70-70-70 — 210 -6

Sarah Jane Smith 68-72-70 — 210 -6

So Yeon Ryu 69-70-71 — 210 -6

Candie Kung 72-69-70 — 211 -5

Teresa Lu 69-71-71 — 211 -5

Mi Jung Hur 74-70-68 — 212 -4

Hee-Kyung Bae 72-71-69 — 212 -4

Nanna Koerstz Madsen 73-69-70 — 212 -4

Lee-Anne Pace 73-69-70 — 212 -4

Jodi Ewart Shadoff 71-71-70 — 212 -4

Angela Stanford 71-70-71 — 212 -4

Haru Nomura 72-68-72 — 212 -4

Azahara Munoz 68-71-73 — 212 -4

Moriya Jutanugarn 69-76-68 — 213 -3

Lydia Ko 74-70-69 — 213 -3

Minjee Lee 71-73-69 — 213 -3

Megan Khang 71-72-70 — 213 -3

Emily K. Pedersen 73-69-71 — 213 -3

Karine Icher 73-69-71 — 213 -3

Jennifer Song 70-72-71 — 213 -3

Beth Allen 70-72-71 — 213 -3

In-Kyung Kim 69-73-71 — 213 -3

Chella Choi 75-66-72 — 213 -3

Alison Lee 71-70-72 — 213 -3

Yani Tseng 69-72-72 — 213 -3

Mi Hyang Lee 67-73-73 — 213 -3

Anna Nordqvist 72-71-71 — 214 -2

Lizette Salas 72-71-71 — 214 -2

Gaby Lopez 72-69-73 — 214 -2

Mika Miyazato 69-71-74 — 214 -2

Alena Sharp 68-72-74 — 214 -2

Charley Hull 69-70-75 — 214 -2

Sandra Gal 70-75-70 — 215 -1

Carlota Ciganda 74-70-71 — 215 -1

Brooke M. Henderson 71-72-72 — 215 -1

Yukari Nishiyama 73-69-73 — 215 -1

Maude-Aimee Leblanc 71-71-73 — 215 -1

Sei Young Kim 69-69-77 — 215 -1

Lina Boqvist 74-71-71 — 216 E

Ai Suzuki 72-73-71 — 216 E

Eun-Hee Ji 74-70-72 — 216 E

Tiffany Joh 71-71-74 — 216 E

Kelly W Shon 73-67-76 — 216 E

a-Bronte Law 70-70-76 — 216 E

Ashleigh Simon 71-68-77 — 216 E

Caroline Masson 76-69-72 — 217 +1

Gerina Piller 73-72-72 — 217 +1

Cristie Kerr 72-73-72 — 217 +1

Maria McBride 72-73-72 — 217 +1

Brittany Lincicome 69-76-72 — 217 +1

Brittany Lang 72-71-74 — 217 +1

Jiyai Shin 72-71-74 — 217 +1

Marina Alex 71-71-75 — 217 +1

Christina Kim 74-71-73 — 218 +2

Chloe Leurquin 74-71-74 — 219 +3

Marta Sanz Barrio 72-73-74 — 219 +3

Brittany Altomare 71-73-75 — 219 +3

Melissa Reid 72-70-77 — 219 +3

Sung Hyun Park 72-70-77 — 219 +3

Su Oh 73-72-76 — 221 +5

a-Maria Parra 69-74-78 — 221 +5

Vicky Hurst 70-74-78 — 222 +6