Japan's Akie Iwai carded a one-under par 71 to take a narrow one-stroke lead over a group of eight players after three rounds of the US LPGA Lotte Championship in Hawaii on Friday.

Iwai, the first-round leader who started the third round tied for second three shots behind Hwang You-min, had three birdies and two bogeys on the way to a 13-under par total of 203.

But she had plenty of rivals snapping at her heels at wind-whipped Hoakalei Country Club, where Japan's Minami Katsu, South Koreans Hwang and Kim Hyo-joo, Taiwan's Chien Peiyun, Thailand's Pornanong Phatlum and Americans Megan Khang, Brooke Matthews and Jessica Porvasnik were tied for second on 204.

Katsu and Kim climbed the leaderboard with six-under 66s. Khang posted a 67, Chien shot 68 and Matthews and Phatlum both posted thre

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