Broken Arrow, Okla. ? Lorena Ochoa got off to an eagle-birdie start, but a double bogey at No. 15 spoiled her round and left the top-ranked Mexican star three strokes behind leaders Stephanie Louden, Nicole Castrale, Karin Sjodin and Reilley Rankin in the SemGroup Championship.

The four leaders, tied at 4-under 138, are all seeking their first LPGA Tour win.

Rankin shot a 3-under 68, Louden had a 69, Sjodin a 70 and Castrale a 71.

Rankin’s 68 matched Mi Hyun Kim and Young Kim for the low round of the day on a windy, but much drier course at Cedar Ridge Country Club.

Mi Hyun Kim and Angela Stanford (71) were one stroke behind the leaders. Se Ri Pak (71), Katherine Hull (69) and Virada Nirapathpongporn (70) were tied for seventh, two strokes off the lead.

Seven players were three strokes back, including Juli Inkster (70) and Ochoa (71), who took over the No. 1 ranking from Annika Sorenstam last week.

Hoch on top at Kinkos

Lakeway, Texas – Scott Hoch moved into position for his first Champions Tour victory, shooting a 6-under 66 to take a three-stroke lead over D.A. Weibring into the final round of the FedEx Kinko’s Classic.

Hoch, the only player in the field without a bogey in the first two days, had an 11-under 133 total on The Hills Country Club course. The 51-year-old player won 11 times on the PGA Tour.

Weibring was 8 under after his second straight 68. Hale Irwin (68) and first-round leader Leonard Thompson (73) were 7 under, Loren Roberts (72) and Tom Purtzer (67) followed at 6 under, and Massy Kuramoto (73) was 5 under.

McLardy Italian leader

Milan, Italy – South Africa’s Andrew McLardy shot his second straight 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead in the Italian Open, which was reduced to 54

holes after play was cut short Saturday because of lightning.

Nick Dougherty (64) was a stroke behind, followed by Joakim Backstrom (70), Markus Brier (69) and Alvaro Quiros (67) at 12 under.