Heather Bowie and Rachel Teske shot 65s to share the lead at the Women's British Open on Saturday while two double bogey sevens badly damaged Annika Sorenstam's bid to tie Mickey Wright's back-to-back Grand Slam.
Bowie and Teske wound up 12 under on 204, one stroke ahead of longtime leader Karen Stupples, who had a 70, and Cristie Kerr, who shot a 63.
On a day of spectacular scoring in sunny, near windless conditions at Sunningdale, Minea Blomqvist, a 19-year-old Finn, made a 10-under 62, the lowest score ever in a major, and there were six scores of 66 or better. But they didn't include Sorenstam.
The Swede who has dominated women's golf for six years, began with a double bogey seven and had another at the 14th, each time driving into the rough and then three-putting. She ended up with a 70 and a tie for 10th with a three-round score of 209, five off the lead.
"I had two bad holes that ruined the whole day for me," the defending champion said. "I played them too aggressive and I paid the price for those two holes. But, other than that, I made five birdies and to still shoot under par and, with two double bogeys, I've got to be pleased with that.
"However there are lot of low scores today and I'm a little more behind than I wanted. But, it's not over yet. This is the British Open and anything can happen and hopefully I can shoot 10-under tomorrow."
Sorenstam, chasing her eighth major and second this year after a repeat success at the LPGA Championship, is hoping to tie Wright's record of winning all four designated majors back-to-back. Sorenstam also won the US Open in 1995-1996 and the Nabisco Championship in 2001-2002.
Wright won the 1958-1959 US Opens, 1960-1961 LPGA Championships, 1961-1962 Titleholders and 1962-1963 Western Opens.
Stupples, who began with a 65, had gone 39 holes without a bogey before she double bogeyed the par 3 fourth after her tee shot missed the green.
Vijay Singh shot a third-round best 65 for an 18-under 198 Saturday and a two-stroke lead over John Daly, who shot a 66, at the Buick Open.
Singh has won the last six tournaments he's led after 54 holes.
Tiger Woods started the day trailing by two shots, and despite six birdies and no bogeys, he fell another shot back with a 66 and is tied for third with Carlos Franco at 15 under. Daniel Chopra (66) is one more stroke back.
Defending champion Jim Furyk and Billy Andrade, who shared the second-round lead with Singh, struggled. Unlike many in the field, they didn't take advantage of the perfect scoring conditions on one of the easier courses on the PGA Tour.
Furyk shot a 70, and fell into a tie for sixth. Andrade was 1 over and will start the final round on Sunday tied for 11th.
Singh, who trails only Woods and Ernie Els in the world rankings, has three victories this year and 10 top-10 finishes.
But since winning consecutive tournaments three months ago, he has just two top-five finishes and was tied for 28th at the US Open and 20th at the British Open.
The Fijian is playing well this week after changing his putter -- and focus.
He went back to a standard putter after using a long one for 2 1/2 years.
Singh and Woods were both wild off the tee, hitting just five fairways each, but it didn't slow them down.
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