Ashleigh Buhai will head into the final round of the LPGA Tour’s Ford Championship presented by KCC at Seville Golf and Country Club in Phoenix, Arizona just five strokes off the lead after her second consecutive two-under-par 70 on Saturday.

Buhai made four birdies and two bogeys on her third round to move to 10-under-par through 54 holes and a share of 29^th on a tightly bunched leaderboard.

In the lead were Carlota Ciganda of Spain, Hyo Joo Kim of Korea and Sarah Schmelzel of the United States on 15-under-par after rounds of 66, 69 and 70 respectively. They had a one-stroke edge over Maja Stark of Sweden and Yuka Saso of Japan. There were 10 players on 13-under, five on 12-under and eight on 11-under. Buhai shared 29^th with five other players.

Paula Reto signed for her third consecutive three-under-par 69 to climb into a share of 35^th.