PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Cristie Kerr moved into position for her third victory of the year, shooting a 5-under 67 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead in the Navistar LPGA Classic.
Kerr, who won the LPGA State Farm Classic and LPGA Championship - by 12 strokes - in consecutive starts in June, had a 17-under 199 total on the links-style Senator layout at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Capitol Hill complex. She opened with rounds of 65 and 67.
Katherine Hull (67) and Na Yeon Choi (70) were tied for second.
Kerr had a chance for a bigger lead, but had a double bogey on the 15th and bogeyed the 18th.
After matching the course record with a 63 on Friday, Mika Miyazato shot a 71 to drop into a tie for fourth at 13 under with Se Ri Pak (67), Haeji Kang (67) and Hee Young Park (67).
McGladrey Classic
ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) - Heath Slocum shot his third straight 4-under 66 to take a one-shot lead over Joe Durant and tour rookie Troy Merritt going into the final round of the new McGladrey Classic.
The second stop in the Fall Series is loaded with players simply trying to keep their cards. Slocum doesn't have that concern, although he would love to win for the second straight year.
Merritt (64) is at No. 123 on the money list, while Durant (68) is at No. 131. Both are trying to get inside the top 125 to keep their cards. David Toms, the 36-hole leader, had a 70 and was two shots behind.
Tournament host Davis Love III shot 65 and was only four shots out of the lead.
Senior Players Championship
POTOMAC, Md. (AP) - Mark O'Meara, looking for his first individual victory on the Champions Tour, shot a 1-under 69 to take a two-stroke lead in the Senior Players Championship.
O'Meara, the only player in the field to break par in all three rounds, had a 5-under 205 total at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in the last of the 50-and-over tour's five major championships.
Loren Roberts (68), Russ Cochran (73) and Michael Allen (72) were 3 under, and Joe Ozaki (68) was 2 under.
Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) - England's John Parry's shot a 1-under 71 at Carnoustie to take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Parry, coming off his first PGA European Tour victory two weeks ago in the Vivendi Cup in France, had a 13-under 203 total. PGA champion Martin Kaymer (68) and Alvaro Quiros (68) were tied for second. The also played at Carnoustie. The final round will be played on the Old Course at St. Andrews.