AI MIYAZATO SHARES THIRD-ROUND LPGA LEAD WITH YANI TSENG

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PHOENIX, Arizona (AP) Ai Miyazato birdied three straight holes on the back nine and finished with a 6-under 66 on Saturday for a share of the third-round lead with Yani Tseng in the LPGA Founders Cup.

Miyazato, the ninth-ranked Japanese player who has seven LPGA Tour victories, birdied Nos. 14-16 and closed with two pars for a bogey-free round at Wildfire Golf Club.

Tseng had a chance to take the outright lead on the par-4 18th after hitting to 10 feet out of the right fairway bunker, but her birdie putt rolled just past the left edge. The top-ranked Taiwanese star settled for a 67 to match Miyazato at 14 under.

Second-ranked Na Yeon Choi was a stroke back after a 67.
On a leaderboard crowded with Oriental players, the leading players from the West are tied for sixth place on 207 - five off the pace: America's Cristie Kerr and Paula Creamer, and  Norway's Suzann Pettersen

THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
202 Ai Miyazato (Japan) 68 68 66, Yani Tseng (Taiwan) 65 70 67.
203 Na Yeon Choi (S Korea) 67 69 67.
205 I K Kim (S Korea) 70 66 69.
206 Inbee Park (S Korea) 68 69 69

SELECTED SCORES
207 Cristie Kerr (US) 68 73 66, Suzann Pettersen (Norway) 69 71 67, Paula Creamer (US) 69 68 70.
210 Jodi Ewart (England) 70 71 69 (T20).
216 Karen Stupples (England) 67 75 74 (T55)
218 Laura Davies (England) 70 73 75 (T66).
222 Becky Morgan (Wales) 71 73 78 (76th).

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