“I’m going to play ahead of her and hopefully make a few birdies to get a low round,” Ochoa said. “You never know how it’s going to happen.”
A few of the other challengers are hoping the big lead ends up getting to Pettersen when she returns to the course.
“She’s out there by herself,” Webb said. “And sometimes that’s a bit of a daunting task. You know you don’t have to do anything stupid — attack pins and stuff like that — so sometimes that takes you out of your game plan.”
■EUROPEAN MASTERS
AFP, CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, SWITZERLAND
Swedish outsider Alexander Noren carded an eight-under 63 on Saturday to open up a two-shot lead over South Africa’s Charl Schwartzel after the third round of the European Masters.
The 27-year-old Swede, who has never won a European Tour title, is on 15 under par for the tournament after at one stage being three behind Schwartzel before he went eagle-birdie-birdie.
Schwartzel shot 65, but it could have been better had he not taken a six at the 516 yard 15th where his drive found the trees.
Overnight leader Thomas Aiken of South Africa slumped to a three-over 74 and was nine shots behind the lead.
Wales’s Bradley Dredge, the winner here in 2006, was three off the lead after a third round 68.
In an event co-sanctioned with the Asian Tour, Filipino Angelo Que was the best of the Asian players with a three-under-par 68, leaving him four shots behind Noren.
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