RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Nothing ever comes easily for Lorena Ochoa at the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

She has been jilted the last two years at Mission Hills, the major that makes her feel at home with so many Mexican flags waving in the gallery and shouts of "Pajarito" — birdie — to carry her along.

But as she stood on the 18th green yesterday afternoon, Ochoa looked up at the blazing blue sky in disgust. She finished with three-putt bogeys on two of the last four holes, dropping her lead to a single shot over Hee-Won Han.

"I'm OK," Ochoa said after a 1-under 71, leaving her as the only player to have broken par all three days. "I am not one to be upset. I am really positive. I'm really happy that I'm going to play tomorrow in the last group, that I have a chance to win a major, and that's what I am going to do."

Ochoa, at 6-under 210, will play with Han, who shot 70—211.

Fourteen players were separated by five shots going into the final round, seven of them major champions.

U.S. Women's Open champion Cristie Kerr picked the right fortune cookie at dinner Friday night — "A great day ahead," it said — and fired a 66 that brought her within two shots of the lead. LPGA champion Suzann Pettersen holed out from the fairway on her way to a tournament-best 65, leaving her four back.

Ten-time major champion Annika Sorenstam battled a stomach virus so severe that she thought about quitting at the turn, only to gut it out with four birdies on the back nine that also left her in range after a 73 for 214.

"I still have a chance," Sorenstam said. "If I feel good, then I'm going to charge."

ELSEWHERE

Houston Open: Johnson Wagner shot a 3-under 69 to take a one-shot lead over Chad Campbell after three rounds of the Houston Open at Humble, Texas.

The 28-year-old Wagner, winless in 43 career starts, is at 15-under 201. Campbell, playing one group ahead of Wagner, birdied five of his first nine holes for a 65. Defending champion Adam Scott, who shared the first-round lead with Wagner, withdrew yesterday morning because of strep throat.

Hawai'i's Dean Wilson, a Castle High alum, finished up a second-round 75, then shot 70 in the afternoon and was at 212. Punahou alum Parker McLachin, bogeyed the 18th hole for a second-round 74 for 145 and missed the cut by one.

Cap Cana Championship: Mark Wiebe shot a 4-under 68 to take a three-stroke lead over Scott Hoch in the Champions Tour's Cap Cana Championship at Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Wiebe's bogey-free round, highlighted by an eagle-birdie run, pushed him to 9-under 135. After starting his round by making seven straight pars, Wiebe holed out a wedge shot from 45 yards for an eagle on the par-4 eighth hole. Wiebe, the SAS Championship winner last year, then birdied the par-4 ninth.

Estoril Open: France's Gregory Bourdy shot a 3-under 68 to extend his lead to four strokes in the Estoril Open at Cascais, Portugal.

Bourdy had a 17-under 196 total. Scotland's Alistair Forsyth (66) was at 13-under 200, and England's Miles Tunnicliff (63) and South Africa's Charl Schwartzel (66) stood at 12-under 201.