Anna Nordqvist and Lee-Anne Pace have a share of the lead at the Meijer LPGA Classic after they both shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday.
Nordqvist and Pace each birdied four of the first five holes and two of the last three - each making 20-footers on the par-4 18th - in their bogey-free third rounds. They were at 18-under 198 at Blythefield Country Club.
Nordqvist, from Sweden, has eight LPGA Tour victories, winning the Founders Cup and The Evian Championship last year.
"It just feels good playing good golf," the 31-year-old Swede said. "I feel like I need to trust myself."
She birdied the par-3 fourth hole with the tee moved back behind the river.
"It was playing 218 today and I had a 3-wood," Nordqvist said. "I don't get a lot of roll on my 3-wood, so I pitched in front of the green and it just rolled up perfect. So, it's a tough hole, but I like the way LPGA challenges us."
The 37-year-old Pace, from South Africa, won the 2014 Blue Bay LPGA in China for her lone LPGA Tour title. She has nine victories on the Ladies European Tour.
"I love this golf course," Pace said. "It reminds me a lot of home, and I love shaping the course. It's fast on the greens, and I was hitting my irons really, really well these first rounds."
Second-round leader So Yeon Ryu was third at 16 under after a 69. Angela Stanford (66) and Caroline Masson (68) were another stroke back. Ryu had six birdies, a double bogey and two bogeys.
Su Oh shot a third-round 73 to drop to a tie for 20th, although she is still the best-placed Australian.
Hannah Green is tied for 56th after shooting a 70 on Saturday. Rebecca Artis and Katherine Kirk both missed the cut.
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