SHANGHAI, May 15 (Xinhua) -- The Buick Championship is set for a final-round duel as the star players, China's Feng Shanshan and South Korean Choi Na-yeon, each shot 70 on Saturday to sit deadlocked at nine-under 207 atop the leaderboard through 54 holes.
American Beth Allen (71) was two shots back at the US$600,000 tournament, a co-sponsored event between the China LPGA Tour and Ladies European Tour, while England's Florentyna Parker (71) was fourth a shot further back.
China's Zhang Weiwei (71) and England's Georgia Hall (71) were equal fifth at the tournament being played at Shanghai Qizhong Garden Golf Club, four shots off the pace. Ji Yifan was the top amateur as the 15-year-old Henan native carded a 74 to sit in equal eighth at six shots back.
As Choi carded four birdies through the first 11 holes to get to 11-under, world No. 10 Feng stayed patient in the windy conditions after faltering early. Starting the day tied with Choi at seven-under, the China No. 1 dropped her only stroke of the day when she carded a bogey four at the second hole.
Feng then got her game going with a birdie four at the ninth, before picking up further strokes at the 11th and 15th holes. As she attempts to get her first win of the year Sunday, the Guangzhou native was saying little about her game plan for the final round.