Michelle Wie, of Honolulu, isn't even old enough to play on a high school team, but she was good enough to shoot the best round today, a 6-under 66 that put her in the final group tomorrow with Sorenstam and Patricia Meunier-Lebouc.

Meunier-Lebouc shot a 2-under 70 to take a three-stroke lead over Sorenstam and four over Wie, who was as unflappable as an eighth-grader in a major championship could be.

"I didn't even know what I was shooting," Wie said. "I just felt like I had to make one more birdie."

Wie almost did, lipping out a 4-footer on the final hole today, one of two short back-nine misses that were still bothering the eighth-grader from Punahou some time later.

"It's killing me right now," she said. "I could have been second by now."

That spot was occupied by two-time defending champion Sorenstam, who had short putting troubles of her own and finished with a 71.