Mi Hyang Lee, playing through injury, holds 3-shot lead at Blue Bay LPGA

For the second straight night, Mi Hyang Lee will sleep on the lead at Blue Bay LPGA. It likely won’t be a painless night of sleep, though.

Lee played a rollercoaster round of golf at Jian Lake Blue Bay Golf Course in Hainan, China, on Saturday. The 32-year-old from South Korea made seven birdies and six bogeys en route to a 1-under 71 in the third round to follow up two solid rounds of 67 and 66. Lee, a veteran pro who first joined the LPGA in 2012, is doing all this while still recovering from a shoulder injury.

“[The injury happened] last September at Kroger Championship,” Lee said. “I really wanted to finish until CME [Tour Championship]… I just kept fighting and that makes it worse. Then I had two-and-a-half months off but I’m still not 100 percent yet. This is my third week, so I think a little overdoing it for my shoulder. Last night I couldn’t sleep without my medication, so hopefully just one more day for tomorrow.”

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Lee will enter the final round with a decent cushion on the leaderboard. She’s 12 under, three shots clear of a tie for second between Hye-Jin Choi and Yu Liu. A good score Sunday could secure Lee a third career LPGA victory. That’s enough for her to play through the pain.

“I tried to half-swing, but I think I didn’t. I think that’s why I decided to go with a little more tape on my shoulder. Then my doctor and my dad, my trainer, she just kept telling me to be relaxed. ‘Half swing, please just don’t hit 100%.’ I was just in the zone. It was little different situation [compared to] yesterday. We were in the final group. I want to play well and make birdies, so it was little hard to control it. So my answer is I tried it, but I didn’t.”

The final group of Lee, Choi and Liu will tee off at 11:02 a.m. local time Sunday in China, or 10:02 p.m. ET Saturday night in the U.S.

This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Blue Bay LPGA: Mi Hyang Lee leads despite shoulder injury