Australian golfer Minjee Lee is within striking distance of co-leaders Nelly Korda and Wei-Ling Hsu, heading into the final round of the LPGA Taiwan Championship.
Lee on Saturday fired a three-under-par 69 for a three-round total of 211 and tied for ninth - four shots adrift of the leading pair.
American Korda, sister of fellow LPGA player Jessica, also shot a 69 to join Hsu, who finished with an even-par 72 in front of her home crowd.
Korda and Hsu sit on 207 to be nine under overall. They will both be looking for their first LPGA titles in Sunday's final round at the Ta Shee Golf and Country Club.
"I think I'll definitely be a little nervous," Korda said of the fourth round. "Anyone who is in contention on a Sunday will obviously feel those types of feelings. But I'll also be excited and just happy to be in that position."
Korda will partner Hsu, who she knows will be the crowd favourite.
"Wei-Ling was playing right behind me (today), but you heard a couple of roars," she said. "I think it's awesome to see how much they support women's golf out here and just how they support a home player is really great. It's really nice to see."
Korda dropped a shot on the 13th hole but birdied two of the last five.
Five players are within two shots of the leaders: Jin Young Ko (69), Bronte Law (69), Megan Khang (70), Lydia Ko (72) and Jodi Ewart Shadoff (73).
"There's a lot of girls stacked up on the leaderboard," Korda said. "So you know, I'm just going to be one of those girls that's fighting for it.'
Well back from Minjee Lee, Hannah Green (T25) is the next best-placed Australian on 217 - one stroke ahead of Sarah Jane Smith (T38), followed by Katherine Kirk on 223 and So Oh on 225.
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