GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Michelle Wie moved into position for her first LPGA Tour victory, shooting a 2-under-par 70 on Saturday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational for a share of the third-round lead with Cristie Kerr.
Kerr had a 67 to match Wie at 10-under. Second-round leader Jiyai Shin (74) was a stroke back along with Paula Creamer (71) and first-round leader Song-Hee Kim (70). The top-ranked Ochoa (72) was six strokes back.
Wie has a share of the lead going into the final round for the second time this season. She was tied for the lead in February at the SBS Open in Hawaii, but finished three strokes behind winner Angela Stanford.
• Tiger Woods won the Australian Masters in Melbourne for his seventh victory of the year, closing with a 4-under 68.
Woods pulled away from a three-way tie for the lead with three birdies on his opening six holes, then seized control with a tee shot that covered the flag and stopped 6 feet away and led to a birdie on the par-3 15th.
• George McNeill closed with a double bogey to share the lead with three others entering the final round of the Children’s Miracle Network Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
McNeill overcame a five-shot deficit and made two eagles in a 3-under round of 69 that left him tied at 203 with Justin Leonard (71), Justin Rose (69) and Mathias Gronberg (66).
Lysacek delivers at Skate America
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — World champion Evan Lysacek won his first Skate America title with a powerful free skate.
Lysacek wasn’t nearly as brilliant as in his short program the previous night, but he didn’t need to be in besting Canada’s Shawn Sawyer for the crown.
Earlier, Kim Yu-na of South Korea broke her own world record for the women’s short program with 76.28 points, and two-time Olympic bronze medalists Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo won the pairs.
Real Salt Lake reaches MLS Cup final
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. — Real Salt Lake advanced to its first MLS Cup final by beating the Chicago Fire 5-4 on penalty kicks after 120 scoreless minutes in the Eastern Conference final.
RSL, which joined the league in 2005, will meet Los Angeles in the MLS Cup final on Nov. 22 at Qwest Field in Seattle. The Galaxy reached the title game with a 2-0 overtime win against the Houston Dynamo on Friday.
• New Zealand reached the World Cup for the first time since 1982, with Cameroon and Nigeria also qualifying for next year’s event in South Africa.
• In its first World Cup warm-up match, the U.S. national team was missing key starters and lacked sharpness in a 1-0 loss to host Slovakia in Bratislava.
Footnotes.
Novak Djokovic overpowered Rafael Nadal 6-2, 6-3 to reach the Paris Masters final. Gael Monfils defeated Radek Stepanek 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
• Miami Dolphins linebacker Joey Porter was ruled out of today’s game against Tampa Bay because of a coach’s decision.
The Associated Press
