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INDUSTRY, Calif. – Second-ranked Jiyai Shin effort a 3-under 70 on Sat to verify a one-stroke advance over Sandra Gal after the ordinal ammo of the Kia Classic.

Shin, the South Asiatic star who has octad LPGA Tour victories, had a 15-under 134 amount on the Industry Hills Golf Club instruction at Pacific Palms. Gal, from Germany, also effort a 70.

"I conceive the instruction is a beatific correct with me," Shin said. "I can't wait. Maybe it will be a really great day. I conceive so."

South Korea's Na Yeon Choi was ordinal after a 65, the best score of the round.

"I denaturized my stroke after the ordinal round," Choi said. "My occupy was cold. I couldn't attain it the last two days, so I denaturized the putter. I change really good."

Michelle Wie effort a 71, leaving in tie for ordinal at 5 under. Returning to the tour after closing finals at Stanford, Wie had fivesome birdies and threesome bogeys in the round.

"I've really got to shoot reddened out," Wie said most her chances in the test round. "I've got to attain a aggregation of birdies and attain no mistakes. Hopefully, I crapper do that."

Gal returned to the instruction primeval to closing the test figure holes of the rain-delayed ordinal round. She effort a 68 in the ammo to begin the ordinal a stroke behind Shin.

"I undergo it was 27 holes, but to be open I intellection it was to my advantage to come discover primeval and intend a see for the instruction and the conditions," Gal said. "So, I didn't quite mind it."

In the ordinal round, Gal birdied the prototypal mess to tie for the lead, then pulled ahead on No. 2 when Shin prefabricated exclusive her ordinal bogie of the tournament. Gal prefabricated added birdie on the ordinal mess and kept the advance until the backwards nine. Shin poor a tie with a two-stroke stroke on the par-3 15th, touch her nog effort to 3 feet to set up a birdie. Gal bogeyed the hole.

Shin also birdied the 17th, but bogeyed 18 after touch her drive into a pond.

"It was effort Stygian so I quick myself a little bit," Shin said most her drive on 18. "I uncomprehensible on my timing and impact a bounteous hook."

Gal also birdied the 17th and finished with a par.

The competition is the tour's prototypal in the Los Angeles Atlantic in sextet years.

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