Ai Miyazato again saw Yani Tseng pull away Saturday after a 71 in the third round of the Kia Classic.
A five-birdie, four-bogey outing left Miyazato trailing Tseng, who beat her at the RR Donnelley LPGA Founders Cup last week, by nine shots going into Sunday's final round at Wildfire Golf Club.
Miyazato was tied for 10th with South Korea's Meena Lee at 3-under 213, with Ayaka Kaneko much further down the board in 71st with a three-day total of 225.