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Ochoa, Kerr Share Lead
The leaders are through nine holes in the final round of the U.S. Women's Open, with Lorena Ochoa and Cristie Kerr sharing the lead at 4-under par. Angela Park and Jiyai Shin are two shots back at 2 under, while Kraft Nabisco champion Morgan Pressel is three back at 1 under.
Ochoa, however, is in trouble on the par-5 10th hole, having hit her tee shot in the trees. Kerr also found trouble off the tee and had to punch out.
None of the leaders were able to take advantage of the easier front nine at Pine Needles. Only Ochoa was under par, with birdies on the 1st and 3rd holes with a lone bogey sandwiched in-between on 2. All three players in the final pairing--Ochoa, Kerr and Pressel--birdied the short par-3, 132-yard 3rd hole. Ochoa nearly rolled in her tee shot for a hole-in-one when her ball hit the slope to the right of the hole and fed down to about 18 inches. Pressel's tee shot nearly flew in the hole and came to rest 8 feet by the pin, and Kerr's tee shot landed farthest away, 10 feet below the hole.
Ochoa may have the edge down the stretch. She is even par on the back nine through three rounds while Kerr is 2-over par.
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