Thompson & Wie atop the Leaderboard at Kraft Nabisco Championship


It'll be an all-American final pairing in the Kraft Nabisco Championship on Sunday.

Lexi Thompson - who began Saturday sharing the lead with South Korean legend Se Ri Pak - and Michelle Wie, vying for her first major title, carded a 69 and 68, respectively, for a 54-hole total of 10-under 206, two strokes ahead of Pak (71) and Charley Hull.

The LPGA Tour's first major of the year is taking place on the Dinah Shore Tournament Course at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

The 18-year-old Hull fired the low round of the day, a 6-under 66. The English teen is in position to become the youngest player ever to win a major on the LPGA Tour.

Hawaii native Wie was steady all day, carding four birdies through 11 holes and parring out from there.

Thompson, a 19-year-old from Florida, could have taken the overnight lead heading into Sunday. The three-time winner recorded four birdies through 15 holes but three-putted from 80 feet for a bogey on the par-5 18th to drop into a tie with Wie.

Pak, a 25-time LPGA winner and already a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, also got off to a nice start with three birdies on the front nine. But Pak, who's primarily responsible for the South Korean surge in women's professional golf, struggled on the home half with three bogeys and just one birdie coming home.

Sharing fifth at 6-under 210 are Scotland's Catriona Matthew (70) and American Cristie Kerr (71), while five behind Thompson and Wie are first-round leader Shanshan Feng (72) of China and South Korea's Chella Choi (69).

Americans Angela Stanford (69), Stacy Lewis (69) and Gerina Piller (7) are tied for ninth at 4-under with Spain's Azahara Munoz (70) and South Koreans Jiyai Shin (70) and Amy Yang (71).

Defending champion and No. 1-ranked Inbee Park struggled Saturday, carding a 1-over 73 to drop into a tie for 34th at 1-over 217.

After opening with a promising 68, Angel Yin, a 15-year-old amateur from Los Angeles who qualified for the tournament Tuesday, struggled for the second straight day. Following a 79 on Friday the youngster had a 75 in the third round.

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