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Ochoa's lead balloons to 5
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.--It's Lorena Ochoa's tournament to win--or lose.
Ochoa sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 9th hole, walking the putt in a la Tiger Woods, and added her third consecutive birdie on the 10th hole and is 5-under par on her final round and 11 under for the tournament at the Kraft Nabisco Championship. Ochoa's lead is five strokes over Annika Sorenstam, who just birdied the 11th hole to move to 6-under par. Sorenstam is 4 under on her round. Two players are at 5 under, including Norway's Suzann Pettersen.
Ochoa still has some work to do to win her second major championship and 11th LPGA tournament since the start of the 2007 season. The back nine at Mission Hills Country Club is definitely the tougher of the two, and Ochoa has some past demons there, having triple-bogeyed the par-3 17th hole during last year's third round.
Reigning U.S. Open champion Cristie Kerr, playing in the final group with Ochoa, is having a miserable round. Kerr, who fired a 66 on Saturday, is 7-over par through nine holes and +3 for the tournament. She took a quadruple-bogey 7 on the par-3 5th hole, hitting the ball in the water twice off the tee.
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