DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Michelle Wie offset her mistakes with enough birdies yesterday, shooting even par 72 that left her two shots behind and still in good shape at the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament.

Mollie Fankhauser shot a 66 on the tougher Legends course, host of all the top players in the third round, and finished at 12-under 204. She has a one-shot lead over Japan's Shiho Oyama, who had a 71.

Wie was another shot behind at 10-under 206 with Stacy Lewis, who made 12 straight pars until finishing with a birdie for a 71. Lewis won an NCAA title at Arkansas on the Legends course at LPGA International.

The 90-hole tournament concludes tomorrow with 20 players earning their LPGA cards for 2009. If necessary, a playoff will determine the 20th spot. The field will be reduced to the top 70 and ties after today's fourth round.

Wie had made only one bogey the first two rounds, but she drove into the hazard on the par-5 second hole, then three-putted when she finally reached the green for a double bogey. It was her first big mistake at Q-school, the kind of error that often leads to more trouble.

This time, however, Wie answered with three straight birdies. She started with a 10-foot putt on the fourth, an approach to inside 2 feet on the fifth and a 25-foot birdie on the sixth that put her back in the lead.

After six straight pars, she hooked her tee shot on the 13th into a hazard and made bogey. She rallied with a 12-foot birdie on the 16th but failed to save par from a bunker on the 17th.

PGA Q-SCHOOL

DAY, NITTIES SHARE LEAD

Glen Day, a former PGA Tour winner trying to make it through Q-school finals for the second time in three years, took a big step yesterday with an 8-under 64 to share the lead with James Nitties through 54 holes at La Quinta, Calif.

Day and Nitties (69), both playing the TPC Stadium Course at PGA West, were at 15-under 201 through three rounds. The six-round tournament concludes Monday, with the top 25 and ties earning their cards for 2009.

Day, whose lone victory came at the MCI Heritage in 1999, ran off four birdies over the last six holes. Nitties made birdie on only one of the par 5s at the Stadium Course.

Geoffrey Sisk had a 69 on the Stadium Course and was two shots behind, while the group at 12-under 204 included Jay Williamson (69), Bryce Molder (69) and big-hitting Robert Garrigus (71).

AUSTRALIAN PGA

TWO TIED DOWN UNDER

Jarrod Lyle tied the course record with a 9-under-par 63 yesterday to take a share of the second-round lead with fellow Australian Mathew Goggin at the Australian PGA championship at Coolum, Australia.

Lyle and Goggin, who shot 68, are at 9-under 135. Paul Sheehan, a co-leader after the first round, was one shot back after a 70.

Six players, including last week's Australian Masters winner Rod Pampling (67), were tied for fourth at 7 under. Australian Nathan Green, who had a hole-in-one on the par-3 11th, shot 68 and was in a group three strokes back.

John Daly missed the cut after shooting a 77 for a 4-over 148.

ELSEWHERE

Nippon Series Cup: India's Jeev Milkha Singh shot an even-par 70 yesterday to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Nippon Series Cup in Tokyo. Singh is at 6-under 134 at the Tokyo Yomiuri Country Club. Toshinori Muto (70) and Katsumasa Miyamnoto (71) were at 135.

Nedbank Golf Challenge: Henrik Stenson was at 12 under and led by six shots through 10 holes of the second round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge yesterday before play was suspended because of lightning at Sun City, South Africa.

Indian Masters: The 2009 Indian Masters was canceled yesterday due to security fears following the Mumbai terror attacks and difficulties finding a sponsor. The European Tour event was scheduled for Feb. 5 to 8 at the Delhi Golf Club.