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OTTAWA — Yani Tseng finished off a course-record 8-under 64 in the rain-delayed second round, then shot a 68 in the third to take a four-stroke lead Saturday in the Canadian Women’s Open.

Tseng, the 19-year-old Taiwanese star who won the McDonald’s LPGA Championship in early June and finished second two weeks ago in the Women’s British Open, had a 14-under 202 total on the tree-lined Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club course.

“Every week I’m ready to win the tournament,” Tseng said. “I finished second four times and I really learned a lot each time. I don’t feel surprised because I keep learning and working hard and being relaxed.

“I have to play my own game and not think too much. I have a four-shot lead, so there’s a lot of room to play good.”

South Korea’s Se Ri Pak (68) was second, and defending champion Lorena Ochoa (74) and Katherine Hull (72) were 8 under. Paula Creamer (70) and Song-Hee Kim (71) were 5 under.

Pak had her first LPGA hole-in-one, acing the 178-yard fifth with a 6-iron.

“It was a surprise to see it go in,” said Pak. “Of course, you don’t expect anything like that. That probably made my day.”

Michelle Wie, using the last of her six LPGA exemptions this year, was tied for 14th at 2 under after a 69. She opened with rounds of 75 and 70.

“I’m making a lot more putts than I did the first day,” Wie said. “All I can do is play the best I can and try to shoot a low score. I’ll focus on being consistent, hitting fairways and greens.”

Annika Sorenstam (76) and Suzann Pettersen (70) also were in the group at 2 under.

“I feel fine. I just didn’t play well today,” Sorenstam said. “I actually hit a lot of good shots, I just never converted. Obviously, I’m very disappointed.”

Tseng returned to the course early Saturday to finish the final eight holes of the second round. She birdied the final four holes to break the course record of 65 set by Martha Nause in the 1994 du Maurier Classic and matched Friday by Katherine Hull.

Tseng had seven birdies and three bogeys in the third round.

“I feel great, but I’m so tired,” Tseng said. “It was such a long day and I had a headache, so I just tried to concentrate on every shot.”

Ochoa birdied the final hole.

“It wasn’t a great day,” the top-ranked Mexican star said. “I didn’t hit the ball good and I didn’t putt good. ... I made birdie on the last hole and have a little chance now. There’s nothing I can do. Just come here tomorrow and do my best.”

Alena Sharp was the top Canadian. She was 1 over after a 73.

“You always want to shoot under par,” said Sharp, from Hamilton, Ontario. “I’m out of contention to win now, but I still feel I can shoot in the 60s out here and that would be a great way to finish — to get back into red numbers.”

Compatriot Lorie Kane was 4 over after a 73.

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Scores with relation to par from the third round of the CN Canadian Women’s Open, played Aug. 16 at the par-72, 6,510-yard Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club (Note: a-amateur):

1. Yani Tseng	70-64-68--202			-14
2. Se Ri Pak	68-70-68--206			-10
3. Lorena Ochoa	66-68-74--208			-8
3. Katherine Hull	71-65-72--208			-8
5. Paula Creamer	71-70-70--211			-5
5. Song-Hee Kim	69-71-71--211			-5
7. Jee Young Lee	71-72-69--212			-4
7. Sun Young Yoo	71-72-69--212			-4
7. Meena Lee	68-74-70--212			-4
7. Laura Diaz	70-70-72--212			-4
7. Hee-Won Han	68-72-72--212			-4
12. Inbee Park	70-72-71--213			-3
12. Jennifer Rosales	72-68-73--213			-3
14. Michelle Wie	75-70-69--214			-2
14. Suzann Pettersen	69-75-70--214			-2
14. Nicole Castrale	68-69-77--214			-2
14. Annika Sorenstam	67-71-76--214			-2
18. Angela Park	72-73-70--215			-1
18. H.J. Choi	73-67-75--215			-1
20. Cristie Kerr	74-71-71--216			E
20. Eun-Hee Ji	71-73-72--216			E
20. Wendy Ward	71-72-73--216			E
20. Na Yeon Choi	72-71-73--216			E
20. Brittany Lincicome	72-71-73--216			E
20. Heather Young	72-71-73--216			E
26. Eva Dahllof	71-74-72--217		+	1
26. Meaghan Francella	71-74-72--217		+	1
26. Grace Park	73-73-71--217		+	1
26. Moira Dunn	73-72-72--217		+	1
26. Natalie Gulbis	70-74-73--217		+	1
26. In-Kyung Kim	69-73-75--217		+	1
32. Karrie Webb	73-73-72--218		+	2
32. Mollie Fankhauser	75-70-73--218		+	2
32. Beth Bader	78-69-71--218		+	2
32. Alena Sharp	71-73-74--218		+	2
32. Catriona Matthew	69-74-75--218		+	2
32. Su A Kim	72-75-71--218		+	2
32. Kris Tamulis	71-72-75--218		+	2
32. Louise Friberg	74-74-70--218		+	2
40. Morgan Pressel	71-74-74--219		+	3
40. Eunjung Yi	69-76-74--219		+	3
40. Shi Hyun Ahn	75-71-73--219		+	3
40. Leta Lindley	72-73-74--219		+	3
40. Jimin Kang	74-73-72--219		+	3
40. Lindsey Wright	73-70-76--219		+	3
40. Christina Kim	73-67-79--219		+	3
40. Angela Stanford	71-77-71--219		+	3
48. Liselotte Neumann	77-70-73--220		+	4
48. Juli Inkster	73-71-76--220		+	4
48. Lorie Kane	74-73-73--220		+	4
48. Candie Kung	70-77-73--220		+	4
52. Samantha Richdale	73-73-75--221		+	5
52. Shanshan Feng	72-74-75--221		+	5
52. Soo-Yun Kang	74-71-76--221		+	5
52. Sophie Giquel	72-74-75--221		+	5
52. Helen Alfredsson	72-74-75--221		+	5
52. Seo-Jae Lee	76-72-73--221		+	5
52. Janice Moodie	76-72-73--221		+	5
52. Giulia Sergas	75-73-73--221		+	5
60. Irene Cho	72-73-77--222		+	6
60. Il Mi Chung	75-72-75--222		+	6
60. Hee Young Park	75-73-74--222		+	6
60. Jimin Jeong	74-74-74--222		+	6
60. Jennifer Greggain	73-75-74--222		+	6
65. Seon Hwa Lee	72-73-78--223		+	7
65. Erica Blasberg	70-76-77--223		+	7
65. Stacy Prammanasudh	75-72-76--223		+	7
65. Young-A Yang	73-74-76--223		+	7
65. Minea Blomqvist	72-76-75--223		+	7
70. a-Candace Schepperle	71-76-77--224		+	8
70. Liz Janangelo	75-73-76--224		+	8
70. Michele Redman	73-75-76--224		+	8
70. Katie Futcher	72-76-76--224		+	8
70. Sandra Gal	72-76-76--224		+	8
75. Jamie Hullett	70-77-78--225		+	9
75. Allison Fouch	72-76-77--225		+	9
77. Teresa Lu	75-72-79--226		+	10
77. Lee Ann Walker-Cooper	75-72-79--226		+	10
77. Birdie Kim	77-71-78--226		+	10
77. Carri Wood	73-75-78--226		+	10
77. Sarah Kemp	71-77-78--226		+	10
82. Ashli Bunch	75-73-80--228		+	12
• • •
Missed the cut
83. Heather Daly-Donofrio	72-77--149		+	5
83. Sophie Gustafson	73-76--149		+	5
83. Kim Hall	78-71--149		+	5
83. Young Kim	74-75--149		+	5
83. Salimah Mussani	73-76--149		+	5
83. Gloria Park	72-77--149		+	5
83. Lisa Strom	72-77--149		+	5
83. Adrienne White	73-76--149		+	5
91. Dina Ammaccapane	76-74--150		+	6
91. Brandie Burton	76-74--150		+	6
91. Jessica Carafiello	73-77--150		+	6
91. Jackie Gallagher-Smith	78-72--150		+	6
91. Kate Golden	71-79--150		+	6
91. Julieta Granada	75-75--150		+	6
91. Tracy Hanson	74-76--150		+	6
91. Rachel Hetherington	76-74--150		+	6
91. Charlotte Mayorkas	74-76--150		+	6
91. Kristy McPherson	73-77--150		+	6
91. Na On Min	74-76--150		+	6
91. Becky Morgan	74-76--150		+	6
91. Reilley Rankin	76-74--150		+	6
91. Karen Stupples	75-75--150		+	6
105. Kyeong Bae	75-76--151		+	7
105. Marisa Baena	77-74--151		+	7
105. Silvia Cavalleri	78-73--151		+	7
105. Dorothy Delasin	77-74--151		+	7
105. Wendy Doolan	79-72--151		+	7
105. a-Kirby Dreher	72-79--151		+	7
105. Meredith Duncan	75-76--151		+	7
105. Nancy Scranton	75-76--151		+	7
105. a-Stephanie Sherlock	78-73--151		+	7
105. Sherri Turner	76-75--151		+	7
115. a-Sue Kim	72-80--152		+	8
115. Sarah Lee	77-75--152		+	8
115. Carolina Llano	79-73--152		+	8
115. Stephanie Louden	77-75--152		+	8
115. Jill McGill	75-77--152		+	8
115. Ai Miyazato	74-78--152		+	8
115. Sherri Steinhauer	78-74--152		+	8
122. Danielle Downey	79-74--153		+	9
122. Pat Hurst	71-82--153		+	9
122. Becky Iverson	79-74--153		+	9
122. Michelle McGann	75-78--153		+	9
126. A.J. Eathorne	77-77--154		+	10
126. Marcy Hart	79-75--154		+	10
126. Mhairi McKay	78-76--154		+	10
126. a-Kira Meixner	78-76--154		+	10
130. Karine Icher	78-77--155		+	11
130. Paige Mackenzie	79-76--155		+	11
130. Cindy Pasechnik	79-76--155		+	11
130. Karin Sjodin	79-76--155		+	11
134. Emily Bastel	76-80--156		+	12
134. Diana D'Alessio	84-72--156		+	12
134. Candy Hannemann	77-79--156		+	12
134. Seol-An Jeon	80-76--156		+	12
134. Christa Johnson	74-82--156		+	12
134. Kelli Kuehne	79-77--156		+	12
134. Brittany Lang	80-76--156		+	12
134. Meg Mallon	79-77--156		+	12
134. Patricia Meunier-Lebouc	75-81--156		+	12
134. Mikaela Parmlid	77-79--156		+	12
144. a-Maude-Aimee Leblanc	76-81--157		+	13
144. Kris Tschetter	81-76--157		+	13
146. Dawn Coe-Jones	75-83--158		+	14
146. a-Stacey Keating	80-78--158		+	14
146. Becky Lucidi	81-77--158		+	14
149. Walailak Satarak	78-81--159		+	15
150. Seema Sadekar	83-77--160		+	16
151. Linda Wessberg	83-78--161		+	17
152. Corina Kelepouris	85-81--166		+	22
WD. Sung Ah Yim	74-WD
WD. Jin Joo Hong	78-WD
WD. Violeta Retamoza	87-WD
WD. Young Jo	WD
DNS. Jane Park

Posted: 8/16/2008

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