South Korea¡¯s Amy Yang and Nasa Hataoka of Japan put a little distance between themselves and the field Saturday and share the lead after three rounds of the LPGA¡¯s season-ending CME Group Tour Championship in Naples, Florida.

Yang fired an 8-under-par 64 and Hataoka, the second round co-leader, shot 65 at Tiburon Golf Club as both sit at 21 under heading into Sunday¡¯s final round.

Second round co-leader Alison Lee dropped off the pace with a 68 to own solo third at 18 under. China¡¯s Xiyu Lin shot 66 to creep into solo fourth at 17 under. Australia¡¯s Minjee Lee (who shot a 69 in the third round) and China¡¯s Ruoning Yin (69) are tied for fifth, five shots off the lead.

Yang birdied the first hole and never looked back, posting eight birdies on the day without a bogey. In fact, she has played bogey-free golf since a bogey on No. 1 Thursday.

¡°Yeah, boy, I wasn¡¯t even thinking about it,¡± Yang said.

¡°I¡¯ve been hitting the ball really solid and that really gave me lots of chances out there,¡± she added. ¡°My putting has been working so well, and just, yeah, was just everything worked out together.¡±

Hataoka also turned in a clean card with seven birdies.

¡°My hitting and putting were good again, and I¡¯m very happy to play bogey-free today,¡± Hataoka said.

Lee had no arguments with her 68 but a repeat of her Friday 64 would have been a game-changer on moving day.

¡°You can never complain with a 4-under par,¡± Lee said. ¡°I just felt like today I hit it really well. Just couldn¡¯t make the putts that I wanted to make. ... Left quite a few today short. Didn¡¯t really feel comfortable. I didn¡¯t read some of the putts quite right.¡±

Lin had an interesting day. She posted a bogey on the front nine but then reeled off four straight birdies. She then repeated the pattern coming in ¡ª bogey followed by birdies on Nos. 15-18.

¡°I think the early bogey comes in with a little bit of frustration because it was a three-putt, but then I just keep telling myself there is plenty of opportunity out there,¡± Lin said. ¡°And especially on this course, the first four is pretty hard to get through. ... I did really good before I make the turn, so that sets pretty good tones going into the ... back nine.¡±

Carlota Ciganda of Spain posted the day¡¯s low round, 63, to leap into T11 at 1 under.