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Ochoa Shares Lead At Classic

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: September 28, 2008

PRATTVILLE, Ala. - Winless since May, top-ranked Lorena Ochoa shot a 3-under 69 on Saturday for a share of the third-round lead in the Navistar LPGA Classic.

The Mexican star, making her first start since tying for sixth in the Safeway Classic on Aug. 24, matched Louise Friberg (65) at 13-under 203.

Ochoa has four top-seven finishes in a row, but is winless in seven starts. She opened the year with six wins in nine events, including four straight.

LPGA Championship winner Yani Tseng (68), Christina Kim (69), Song-Hee Kim (69), Michele Redman (70) and second-round leader Janice Moodie (67) were 11 under.

After opening with consecutive 67s, Ochoa had five birdies and two bogeys in the third round. Friberg had seven birdies in her bogey-free round on the Senator Course.

CHAMPIONS TOUR: At Cary, N.C., Bruce Fleisher moved into position for his first Champions Tour victory in four years, shooting a 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the SAS Championship.

Fleisher, 59, had a 10-under 134 total on the Prestonwood Country Club course. Tom Kite (66) and Eduardo Romero (67) were tied for second.

PGA EUROPEAN: Charl Schwartzel of South Africa held the clubhouse lead when darkness stopped play in the third round of the British Masters.

Schwartzel shot a 6-under 66 to total 6-under 210 at The Belfry. England's Lee Westwood and Sweden's Alexander Noren led at 6 under after the second round was completed Saturday morning.

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