South Korea's Hur Mi-Jung fired a five-under par 67 on Saturday to grab a share of the lead alongside Paula Reto after three rounds of the LPGA Yokohama Tire Classic.
Reto, a South African rookie who led by three going into the round, carded a two-under par 70 to join Hur on 15-under par 201.
The duo are four strokes in front of world number one Stacy Lewis and her fellow American Kris Tamulis.
Tamulis posted the low round of the day on the Senator course on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Capitol Hill Golf Club. She had seven birdies in a flawless seven-under 65 while Lewis - who won this title the last time the event was played in 2012 - signed for a 70.
It was another three strokes back to Thailand's Moriya Jutanugarn and American Alison Walshe, who both shot 71 for 208.
Hur carded four of her six birdies on the back nine as she duelled with Reto.
The South African's six birdies helped her overcome a double-bogey five at the par-three seventh, along with two bogeys.
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