It's interesting, therefore, to see how much their performances at Rochester mirrored each other's. One way they were definitely similar was in their accuracy off the tee. Simply put, this has been a real problem for both ladies all year. And yet despite this trouble, they were both well in contention most of Sunday.

How bad did it get? Consider this: Se Ri hit 17 fairways in her first two rounds. That's roughly 60%. Not *terrible*, but not what she is capable of. Grace, however, hit 17 fairways in her first *three* rounds. That's total. With driving rounds of 6, 6 and 5 fairways in her first three rounds, it's a wonder she even made the cut, let alone finished third. Grace was having just as much trouble hitting greens. She managed 12 greens in the first round, but had only 9 greens in regulation in each of the next two. Obviously she was getting it up and down a lot! Her putting stats bear that out, with putting rounds of 27, 27 and 26. Who ever thought you'd see the day when it was Grace's short game that would be her, well, saving grace?

Se Ri takes a page out of rival Grace's book in round 1
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Grace styling in round 2
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Se Ri, meanwhile, has been struggling lately with her driving as well, although 60% is not too bad for her first two rounds. But as she usually does, she still managed to hit a lot of greens despite the lack of sharpness from her driver. She had 14 greens in the first round and 11 in the second. Even her putting, on the surface, did not seem that bad; she broke 30 both of her first two days. But this was misleading. Se Ri was still frustrated by her putting, and it kept costing her chances to move up the leaderboard. After two rounds, Grace and Se Ri joked that if you combined Se Ri's tee to green play with Grace's putting, they'd be blowing away the field. Unfortunately, you can't do that in the LPGA!

After two rounds, Grace and Se Ri were tied at 3 under. Fittingly, the two were paired together on Saturday. It was a Korea-heavy leaderboard, with Soo Yun Kang also at 3 under and Mi Hyun Kim, who had suffered that tragic heartbreak in 2002 at this tournament (she coughed up a five shot lead and lost to Karrie Webb on the last hole) was at 4 under. Though still 4 shots out of the lead, both Se Ri and Grace must have felt good they were in the tournament at all. And both of them had shown they were able to turn it on during the weekend.

Se Ri started out well. Her overall tee to green game was starting again to show signs of life. After a bogey and a birdie early, she settled in with pars until the 13th hole. She was driving it decently, hitting 10 of 14 fairways, and also made a respectable 13 greens in regulation. Yet she could not beg, borrow or steal a birdie, despite having numerous chances all day. Once again, Se Ri was being stymied by her putting. And when she did finally start making birdies, they would immediately be offset by bogeys. A classic example came on 17, the par 5 hole that she would birdie the other three days. But on this day she got herself in trouble right away and spent the rest of the hole scrambling, eventually settling for bogey. And so she shot an even par 72, to go along with the 70 and 71 she had already made. Just not the kind of stuff you expect from an explosive player like Se Ri, especially on moving day. But fans of hers had to be encouraged, for while Se Ri gets into these putting slumps, she tends to just as quickly get out of them. If she could keep striking the ball as well as she had been, things could get good in a hurry.

Se Ri chips in round 3
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