Win would put Saiki on Cloud 9

The 38-year-old Californian is looking for her first win in 13 years on tour.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (AP) -- Kim Saiki is proud of her LPGA career. Still, she's relishing this opportunity to capture a rare victory.
Saiki remained on course for her first win in 13 years on tour, shooting a 4-under 68 Saturday to open up a one-stroke lead over Rosie Jones after the third round of the Rochester LPGA.
"I think of myself as a successful player," said Saiki, a 38-year-old Californian who's been a runner-up four times. But to win "would be incredible. It's what I'm out here for."
She was at 13-under 203 after her third sub-70 round.
Last hole flub
Jones, looking for her third victory in seven years at the tree-lined Locust Hill course, was tied for the lead until the last hole. Her approach shot landed in a green-side bunker on No. 18 and she picked up her first bogey to finish with a 67.
Candie Kung, a three-time tour winner who was tied with Saiki after the second round, shot a 73 and fell to 8-under 208.
Annika Sorenstam managed only a 71 and was tied for fourth at 7-under with Becky Morgan of Wales, Mi Hyun Kim of South Korea and France's Patricia Meunier-Lebouc, who shot a 65, the day's best round.
"Hopefully, I'll have another 66 in me tomorrow," said Sorenstam, who shot a 66 on Friday. "And that's what it's going to take."
Saiki got going on the back nine with three straight birdies. Her wedge shot on No. 11 kicked back to within inches of the hole. She followed that by sinking a 10-foot putt on 12, then chipped in after landing in thick rough behind the 13th green.
Another chip from the rough to within 8 feet at No. 17 gave her a fourth birdie.
Saiki has bogeyed just once in the tournament -- a three-putt Friday after a wayward drive on No. 16.
Jones took the lead briefly after chipping to 7 feet on No. 10. She sank a curling 30-foot putt for another birdie on No. 14, then chipped in from the edge of the green on the next hole. She also birdied the 17th after landing 4 feet away.
The 13-time tour winner has three top 10s this year, her best a second-place tie at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship in May. But she has taken the last three weeks off with a neck injury.
"I'm not feeling any pain -- maybe a little stiffness," she said. "I'm in a great position for not really hitting the ball solid."
Looking back
Jones, 44, won here in 1998, beating Juli Inkster by two strokes. She also won in 1991 and lost in a playoff to Kathy Whitworth in 1984.
It drizzled early at the tree-lined course before brightening in the afternoon, when birdies became much more numerous.
Defending champion Rachel Teske of Australia shot her third 70 and was at 210.
Morgan, who shot a 73, picked up her first bogeys of the tournament on the back nine. She had gone 89 straight holes without bogey, picking up where she left off last year when she set a tournament record by playing the final 44 holes without a bogey.
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