DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Hawai'i teenager Michelle Wie is in the final group at a golf tournament for the first time in more than two years, this time without the pressure of trying to win her first tournament as a pro.

Wie saved par on three of her last four holes yesterday for a 4-under 68 that left her one shot behind former NCAA champion Stacy Lewis at the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament, where the only goal is to leave LPGA headquarters with a full-time job.

"I want to win," Lewis said. "I wouldn't be terribly upset if I didn't, but that's why I came here."

Lewis hit a delicate pitch over the bunker to an elevated green for a tap-in birdie on the par-5 16th, sending her to a 5-under 67 and the lead at 15-under 273.

It won't bother her playing with Wie today, especially after beating her by one shot when they were in the same group Friday.

"She's a good player," Lewis said. "But it's not like she's a step above everybody else."

Wie was nine shots clear of the cutoff for the top 20 players to earn their cards.

The Punahou School alum and part-time Stanford student went bunker-to-bunker on the 15th and escaped with par, made birdie from the greenside bunker on the 16th, hit a tough chip down the slope to save par on the 17th and closed her round with another tough bunker save on the 18th to finish at 14-under 274.

Wie's only big mistake came on the eighth hole when she hooked her tee shot into the hazard, and had to two-putt up the ridge from 30 feet to escape with bogey. She bounced back with a birdie on the ninth, knocked in an 18-footer after a poor wedge on the 13th, and then showed off a superior wedge game over the closing holes.

Amy Yang of South Korea, who has won on four tours around the world, shot a 67 and was at 275.

She will join Lewis and Wie in today's final group on the easier Champions course.