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Pak leads Kraft Nabisco, Ochoa flops

Se Ri Pak kept her mistakes to a minimum, finished with a 12m birdie putt and stands one round away from becoming the seventh woman to complete the career Grand Slam at the Kraft Nabisco Championship.

Lorena Ochoa made a whopper of a mistake that might cost her a chance to win her first major and move to No. 1 in the world.

The 25-year-old Mexican star whiffed a flop shot on her way to a quadruple bogey on the par-3 17th hole on Saturday, leaving Pak and Suzann Pettersen atop the leaderboard at Mission Hills in a major that no one seems to want to win.

If Saturday was any indication, the tournament could come down to who doesn't lose it.

Pak overcame some short-game gaffes over the closing holes with a birdie putt from the back of the green that dropped on its final turn, leaving her with a 2-under 70 and a chance to capture her last leg of the Grand Slam.

Pettersen chipped to 0.5m for a tap-in birdie on the 18th for a 71 that allowed her to join Pak at 4-under 212.

When a wild day in the desert finally came to a close, the Kraft Nabisco was still up for grabs.
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