REUNION, Fla. -- They are among the shortest LPGA players, with Mi Hyun Kim at 5-foot-1 and Ai Miyazato a mere 1 inch taller.

A diminutive duo, they're atop the Ginn Clubs & Resorts Open leaderboard heading into Sunday's final round.

Kim shot a 3-under-par round of 69 on Saturday to get to 11 under for the tournament, three shots ahead of Miyazato.

Christina Kim was alone in third place, five shots off the lead after three straight birdies closed her 69 on a windy day that made already slick greens even more daunting, adding to the challenge of a long course that most Tour players hadn't seen before this week and still haven't quite figured out.

"It's got a lot of strange little nuances that no one really knows because not a lot of people have played here a lot," Christina Kim said. "The greens are what really kills us. It's one of the longest courses we get all year, just over 6,500 yards long. And then you've got the wind ... this course, it can be a monster."

Maybe so, but Mi Hyun Kim -- who last won on the LPGA Tour in 2002 -- clearly enjoys the layout. The former LPGA Rookie of the Year made only one bogey Saturday and four birdies.

"I'm nervous every day, every day before when I tee off," Mi Hyun Kim said. "But after I tee off, I forget about that."

She made her last birdie on No. 18 while Miyazato, one of her playing partners, four-putted.

"I have to forget. Tomorrow is another day," Miyazato said. "I don't feel like this was the end of the world. I still have a lot of chances left."

With one round left, only nine women are within nine shots of the lead. Karrie Webb (69) and Seon Hwa Lee (72) are tied for fourth at 5-under, Lorena Ochoa (75) is alone in sixth at 4 under, and Pat Hurst (69), Lindsey Wright (69) and first-round leader Cristie Kerr (74) all are at 3 under.

Webb -- coming off a win and a tie for second in her last two starts -- seemed primed for a challenge at one point, recovering from double bogey on No. 1 with four birdies in a five-hole span to close the front side.

She birdied No. 11, missed a three-foot birdie try on the par-3 12th, then made a 30-footer on No. 13 to reach 6 under -- at the time, only four shots off the lead. Consecutive bogeys on Nos. 15 and 16 sent her back to 4 under, although she got back to 5 under with a birdie on No. 18.

"I was on the wrong side of playing good for a long time," said Webb, the former world No. 1 who won her seventh career major -- the Kraft Nabisco Championship -- earlier this year. "I'm really, really close and hopefully I'm on the downside of the wave to get on a good playing streak."

Meanwhile, the current No. 1 player never made a real charge.

Annika Sorenstam seemed like she was poised for a move after her third shot -- from a deep gully on the left side of the green -- landed at tap-in range on the par-5 10th. She made her birdie, then retired to the back of the green for a quick snack while her playing partners, Webb and Young Kim, putted out.

Sorenstam nearly added another on No. 11, raising her putter as her long try from just off the back seemed right on line. But it slipped by and the short par putt coming back lipped out, leaving her with a bogey.

Her 18th hole summed up the day, with a big drive and pinpoint approach setting up a 4-foot birdie try that just missed. Sorenstam's two-birdie, four-bogey round of 74 left her at even par, and she acknowledged struggling in the conditions.

"I have the yardage," Sorenstam said. "You just have to make your best guess as to what the wind is doing at the time."

Even before leaving with a three-shot lead, it already was a special day for Mi Hyun Kim, a 29-year-old from South Korea; she learned before her tee time that her brother had just became a father.

"I'm so happy," she said. "I'm Aunt Kimmy."

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