Posted at 2:39 p.m., Saturday, March 26, 2005
Sorenstam takes 5-shot lead; Wie 12 back
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Michelle Wie wanted to do something like she did as a 13-year-old and shoot a 66 in her third round to get in contention at the Nabisco Championships at Rancho Mirage, Calif.She shot a 73 today instead — including a double-bogey on the 18th hole — and was 12 shots back of leader Annika Sorenstam entering the final round of the first LPGA major of the season.
Sorenstam shot a 6-under 66 and is at 11-under 205. Wie, a 15-year-old Punahou School student, was at 1-over 217.
Morgan Pressel, 16, was the low teenager and the low amateur, with an even par round that left her at 1 under.
Sorenstam took a commanding five-shot lead over Rosie Jones.
"Obviously I'm in great shape for tomorrow," Sorenstam said.
Jones, in her final year on tour, birdied the final hole to shoot a 71 and inch a shot closer, but the only other players closer than 10 shots off the lead were Mi-Hyun Kim and Cristie Kerr at seven shots back.
