Guadalajara, Mexico (My Sportsbook) - Michelle Wie shot a two-under 70 on Saturday to join Cristie Kerr, who fired a 67, atop the leaderboard after the third round of the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

The American pair finished 54 holes at Guadalajara Country Club at 10-under 206 and is one shot ahead.

Second-round leader Jiyai Shin stumbled on the back nine Saturday and finished with a two-over 74. She is tied for third place with Song-Hee Kim, who posted a two-under 70, and Paula Creamer, who held the lead until back-to-back bogeys to close. Creamer managed a one-under 71 and the group came in at nine-under 207.

Wie trailed Shin by three strokes to start her third round, but caught fire right out of the gate on Saturday. Wie birdied her first two holes to get near the lead, but was never able to get into first until later in the round.

Wie parred her next eight in a row until a nine-foot birdie putt at the 11th. She dropped a shot at the 12th, but knocked her tee ball to four feet to set up birdie at the par-three 14th. That birdie earned Wie a share of first place with Shin and Creamer.

At the par-four 15th, Wie hit a terrible drive and left herself with 30 feet for par. She missed that putt to fall back to 10-under par and out of the lead.

With steady golf down the stretch, Wie was able to get back into first thanks to mistakes from others.

Shin, who made her first birdie at 10, bogeyed 12, then missed a short par putt at the 16th. The LPGA Tour's leading money winner bogeyed the 17th as well to fall out of the lead.

Creamer was two-under in her round, but a long birdie putt at the 16th gave her sole possession of first place at 11-under par. She missed a seven-foot par save at 17 and three-putted the last green from 25 feet for her second consecutive bogey.

That left Wie, and of course Kerr, in first place.

"There were a couple of misses on a couple of holes but I'll try to make some more birdies [Sunday]," said Wie, 20. "I felt like I made some birdies early on and just couldn't get anything going after that."

Wie is still winless on the LPGA Tour, but this may represent her best chance at that breakthrough victory. It marked the third time she held a piece of the 54-hole lead on tour, but the previous two times were in her teens at the 2005 and 2006 U.S. Women's Opens.

"I think I'm just going to play the same way I've always played and go out there and try my hardest and try not to make any expectations of myself," said Wie. "Just go out there like it's another day and try to play as hard as I can and try not to make any bogeys [Sunday]."

While the final threesome was battling for the lead, Kerr just steadily climbed up the leaderboard.

She birdied the third and ninth holes and added another at the par-three 13th. Kerr moved to eight-under par after the three birdies, but it was her approach at 16 that gave her top spot on the leaderboard.

Kerr holed her nine-iron approach from 137 yards on the fly for an eagle that pushed her to minus-10.

"That's probably a one in a thousand, maybe more. So that was really cool," said Kerr.

She parred out and will try for win No. 13 in her career and her second in 2009. Kerr has lost the last two times she's held a share of the third-round lead on tour, but has other things on her mind.

Kerr has a mathematical chance to still win Player of the Year honors.

"I got caught up in the whole Player of the Year, which obviously I want to do; but to do that I need to do my mental stuff well," acknowledged Kerr.

Yani Tseng shot a three-under 69 and is alone in sixth at minus-seven. In- Kyung Kim fired a seven-under 65 that flew her up to seventh place at six- under 210.

Ochoa managed an even-par 72 on Saturday and is part of a large group tied for 12th at minus-four.