Wie, who was 3-under par heading to the last tee, drove the ball through the fairway and into the rough on the left side.

"I didn't hit it that bad," said Wie, who will play today with Pat Hurst at 7:30 a.m. Hawai'i time. "It just went through the fairway, it had a bad bounce. I had a weird lie on that. It was partly in a divot, and it was a little bit strange."

Her 4-iron second shot stayed to the left and landed in the gallery in front of the green, where she left a wedge short of the green's second ridge. The ball kicked down to the front shelf and rolled to the far right of the hole.

After the long putt stopped 4 feet short, the second try ran left of the pin. Wie finally tapped in the 1-footer for a double bogey.

"That three-putt shouldn't have come out," said Wie, who has made one double bogey in each of her three rounds.

Still, the Punahou sophomore said she was pleased with her round.

"Yeah, I mean I was 2-over after 7 and I came back, and I was really proud of myself for that," she said. "But I just made a couple of mistakes, and hopefully, I'll be making less mistakes tomorrow and do good."

Wie's math is simple for today. Her aim coming into the week was to shoot 1-under in each round, so she's looking to make up the difference.

"It was my goal to shoot 4-under (for the tournament), so I have to shoot 3-under tomorrow," she said.

Wie was asked if she felt she still had a chance to win.

"The conditions are going to get harder on this course, the scores are going to drop, so I don't know," she said.

Wie leads the battle for low amateur honors with 17-year-old Paula Creamer by one shot. Each entered the day at 1-under par, but Creamer fell one back with a bogey on 18 to finish with a 1-over 72.

"It's definitely (important)," Creamer said of being the Open's low amateur. "It's all pride, really. I'm just going to come out tomorrow and try to play my game and not anyone else's."

Rosales led from start to finish yesterday, tripling a one-shot lead with a bogey-free 34 on the back nine that included two birdies.

"Pars (in the final) would be good," Rosales said. "I don't have to go low tomorrow, just a couple under (par) will do it. It depends on how the course will play, how hard the greens are going to be."

Rosales will be paired with Mallon, who took the biggest leap yesterday by firing a 33 on the back nine after shooting even par over the first two rounds.

"I definitely got good bounces, but I hit good golf shots," said Mallon, who won the 1991 Open. "That's why I like this golf course, because you actually get rewarded for good golf shots. It's not so tricked up that you feel you have to get lucky on every shot."

Sorenstam, who had an up-and-down day, eagled 13 and birdied 14 before a bogey on 15 dropped her to three behind Rosales.

"We've got 18 holes to play, and 18 on a tough golf course," said Sorenstam, who won the Open in 1995 and 1996. "My goal is to get off to a good start and, making the turn, we'll see how things are going. If I'm still chasing, I'm going to start playing more aggressive. I don't want to be too aggressive too early. Right now, I'm in good shape. I've been there before, and I've got to be smart."

She will play with Robbins, who lost in the 2003 Open's 18-hole playoff with defending champion Hilary Lunke and Angela Stanford.

"It can't hurt me having the experience (of playing in last year's playoff)," said Robbins, who shot her second consecutive round of 4-under yesterday. "Last year and the last couple of years on Tour helped me keep my composure today."

The leaderboard "is a great mix," Mallon said. "You have the veterans, you have the No. 1 player in the world (Sorenstam), and you have the players that want to come out and be a professional golfer some day. Tomorrow is going to be a fun day."