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Michelle Wie and the gallery watch her second shot from the rough along the first fairway during the third round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco championship golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Saturday, April 2, 2011. Reed Saxon, Associated Press
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Michelle Wie reacts after missing a birdie putt on the fourth hole during the third round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Saturday, April 2, 2011. Chris Carlson, Associated Press
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Brittany Lincicome reacts to a missed putt on the first green during the third round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco championship golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Saturday, April 2, 2011. Reed Saxon, Associated Press
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Yani Tseng, of Taiwan, waves after a birdie on the fifth hole during the third round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Saturday, April 2, 2011. Chris Carlson, Associated Press
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Stacy Lewis tosses her putter after missing a birdie putt on the sixth hole during the third round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Saturday, April 2, 2011. Chris Carlson, Associated Press
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Stacy Lewis makes her approach shot to the second green in the third round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco championship golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Saturday, April 2, 2011. Reed Saxon, Associated Press
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Yani Tseng, of Taiwan, tees off on the third hole during the third round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Saturday, April 2, 2011. Chris Carlson, Associated Press
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Morgan Pressel smiles after a birdie on the third hole during the third round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Saturday, April 2, 2011. Chris Carlson, Associated Press
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Morgan Pressel tees off on the third hole during the third round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Saturday, April 2, 2011. Chris Carlson, Associated Press
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Stacy Lewis tees off on the second hole during the third round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco championship golf tournament at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Saturday, April 2, 2011. Reed Saxon, Associated Press
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Michelle Wie reacts after a birdie on the third hole during the third round of the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship golf tournament in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Saturday, April 2, 2011. Chris Carlson, Associated Press
By Associated Press

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Defending champion Yani Tseng roared into the lead at the Kraft Nabisco Championship with a third-round 66 Saturday, moving two shots ahead of Stacy Lewis in the LPGA Tour's first major of the year.

The top-ranked Tseng showed a champion's confidence with her aggressive, powerful play at Mission Hills, shooting the round's low score to move to 12-under 204. She erased playing partner Lewis' three-shot lead in the first seven holes before going ahead on the 11th.

After Lewis evened it in the quest for her first tour victory, Tseng went back ahead with her sixth birdie on the 15th.

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Lewis finished with a 71. Morgan Pressel (69) is four shots off the lead in third place. Michelle Wie (69) is six shots back, staying in the hunt for her first major title.

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