LPGA Annika's lead cut to stroke with 74
She led Marisa Baena and Liselotte Neumann entering the final round.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Annika Sorenstam had a two-shot lead that she thought should have been more as she stood in the rough on the 18th hole Saturday in the ADT Championship, staring at a difficult lie below her feet and a big water hazard next to the green.
This had not been the best of days.
She wanted to make sure it didn't get worse.
"This was too dangerous," she said.
Sorenstam opted for caution, laid up and made bogey on the par-4 closing hole for a 2-over 74 that cut another stroke off her lead, and ended her streak of nine consecutive rounds at par or better at Trump International.
The good news?
She still had the lead by one shot over Marisa Baena and Liselotte Neumann heading into the final round of the year at a tournament where she is the defending champion.
"She didn't birdie the last hole," Neumann said. "She ended up shooting [2 over], which is a little bit unusual for her. But, unfortunately, that probably only gets her more fired up for tomorrow. That's usually how it works when she doesn't have a good day. She really comes back and plays great the next day."
At least Neumann has a chance, carried along by a pure swing that kept bogeys off her card on a gusty afternoon, until her only bad swing sent her tee shot into the water on the par-3 17th for a double bogey. She shot 71.
World Cup
VILAMOURA, Portugal -- Wales is in position to win the World Cup at the expense of rival England.
Bradley Dredge teamed with Stephen Dodd for an 11-under 61 Saturday in better ball for a two-stroke lead over defending champion England and Sweden.
"It's always nice to beat them in rugby, and great to beat them in golf," Dredge said ahead of today's final.
David Howell and Luke Donald of England and the Swedish team of Henrik Stenson and Niclas Fasth were tied for second after rounds of 63 for a total of 25-under 191.
Raphael Jacquelin and Thomas Levet of France also carded a 61 to trail by five strokes. Denmark shot 63 and was six off the lead.
Americans Zach Johnson and Stewart Cink had a 67 to tie for 17th with Australia and Mexico.
Japan
MIYAZAKI, Japan -- Just like last year, Tiger Woods is in front at the Dunlop Phoenix -- with far less room for mistakes.
After trailing by a stroke in each of the first two rounds, Woods shot a 2-under-par 68 to take a one-stroke lead over Jim Furyk. Woods is at 10-under 200 while Furyk shot a 70 for 201. David Duval, whose last victory came at this event in 2001, shot a 71 and was at 203.
Woods entered the final round of last year's tournament with a 10-stroke lead and shot a 67 to finish eight strokes ahead of Japan's Ryoken Kawagishi.
"I just need to go out there and execute shots and play well in order to win," Woods said. "Jim loves to compete and that's what makes him tough to beat. Whenever he's in contention, he's tough."
Woods carded five birdies against three bogeys at the Phoenix Country Club and took advantage of a shaky back nine by Furyk.
"The golf course was playing difficult today," Woods said. "I knew it was a day when you had to play more conservatively. Guys weren't going to go too low so a 2 under is a pretty good score."
Furyk, who held a one-stroke lead over Woods entering the third round, bogeyed the par-3 17th hole when he hit a tee shot that went into the greenside rough. His second shot landed on the edge of the green and he two-putted for his third bogey of the day.