Ko mid-pack in Classic
Lydia Ko is in a six-way tie for 17th place after three rounds of the Kia Classic - but is still just four shots off the lead.
The 20-year-old Kiwi shot a twounder 70 with five pars and three bogeys yesterday at Aviara Golf Club at Carlsbad, California.
Ko is seven-under for the tournament with a total of 209 - four shots behind the three joint leaders.
Lizette Salas, Eun-Hee Ji and In-Kyung Kim share the lead after Cristie Kerr blew a five-stroke leading, shooting a 70.
Kerr was tied with Caroline Hedwall, Wei-Ling Hsu and Cindy LaCrosse, and four players were another shot back in the final event before the major ANA Inspiration next week at Mission Hills.
The 40-year-old Kerr had a double bogey on the par-4 15th after snap-hooking a drive into the trees.
The 2015 winner at Aviara, she had a two-putt birdie on the short par-4 16th and a bogey on the par-4 18th.
Ji had a 67 to match Salas (69) and Kim (69) at 11-under 205. Salas had a chance to pull away, but missed birdie putts of 1 1/2 feet on 16 and 2 1/2 feet on the par-5 17th.
Anna Nordqvist had a 66 to top the group at 9 under.
Top-ranked Shanhan Feng (69) and Lydia Ko (70) were four strokes back at 7 under. Inbee Park, coming off a victory last week in the Founders Cup in Phoenix, was 6 under after a 68. Singapore winner Michelle Wie had a 68 to get to 5 under.