Suzann Pettersen of Norway follows her ball after teeing off on the 3rd hole during the third day of the LPGA Taiwan Championship tournament at the Sunrise Golf and Country Club, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Yangmei, northern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
Suzann Pettersen of Norway follows her ball after teeing off on the 3rd hole during the third day of the LPGA Taiwan Championship tournament at the Sunrise Golf and Country Club, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Yangmei, northern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
Suzann Pettersen of Norway, lines up her putt on the 18th hole during the third day of the LPGA Taiwan Championship golf tournament at the Sunrise Golf & Country Club, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Yangmei, northern Taiwan. Pettersen finished in first position for the third day in a row carding a 1 over par 70. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
A course staff member updates the leaderboard during the third day of the LPGA Taiwan Championship tournament at the Sunrise Golf and Country Club, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Yangmei, northern Taiwan. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
Azahara Munoz of Spain tees off on the 1st hole during the third day of the LPGA Taiwan Championship golf tournament at the Sunrise Golf & Country Club, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, in Yangmei, northern Taiwan. Munoz finished tied in second position carding 3 under par at 69. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
YANGMEI, Taiwan (AP) — Defending champion Suzann Pettersen struggled with three early bogeys but recovered for a 1-over 73 Saturday to maintain a four-shot lead after the third round of the Sunrise Championship.
The Norwegian dropped three shots over the first five holes but had three birdies and just one more bogey the rest of the way for a 6-under total of 210. The trio of Azahara Munoz, Sun Young Yoo and Carlota Ciganda were four shots back heading into the final round.
One of Pettersen's bogeys came on the par-3 second, which she aced on Friday.
"On the second, I kind of made a little amateur mistake trying to get too cute on the tee ball and left myself with a very tough up and down," Pettersen said. "I just couldn't get it going and made a few errors. Today was a tough day for me. It was all about hanging in there and trying to bring it back to where I started."
Munoz shot a 69 at the Sunrise Golf and Country Club to climb up the leaderboard, while Yoo and Ciganda both shot 72.
Munoz has just one top-10 finish on the LPGA Tour this year, but won a Ladies European Tour event in France in September.
"It's fun finally being in contention and being in one of either the leading group or second leading groups," said Munoz, who was second in Taiwan in 2011. I'm just going to go out there and keep playing like I am."
After her poor start, Pettersen recovered with birdies on No. 8 and 13 before three-putting for another bogey on 17. But she finished with a birdie to carry a bit of momentum into Sunday.
"I could easily have lost it out there today," Pettersen said. "Obviously nice to finish on a good note. This is far from over."
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