Creamer Creaming The Field at LPGA Tournament of Champions

Evian Masters champion Natalie Gulbis used six birdies on Saturday to move into a tie for seventh place

Paula Creamer notched a 4-under-par 68 to move to 16-under-par, six shots ahead of Pat Hurst, at The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions.

MOBILE, Ala. - Paula Creamer recorded her third straight round in the 60's on Saturday at The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions.

The 21-year-old notched a 4-under-par 68 to move to 16-under-par (67-65-68=200) for the week, six shots ahead of Pat Hurst.

Creamer carded her second straight bogey-free round with four birdies, including a chip-in on 18. She has now played her last 45 holes without a bogey, eight away from Lorena Ochoa's season-best 53 holes without a bogey at the Safeway International Presented by Coca-Cola.

Creamer has entered the final round with a lead or co-lead six previous times in her career with two victories to show for it. She most recently won with a lead entering the final round in the first event of the 2007 season at the SBS Open at Turtle Bay where she defeated Julieta Granada by one stroke for her third career victory.

In May at the LPGA Corning Classic, Creamer co-led by one shot entering the final round and walked away with a second place finish. She also won with a third round lead at the Evian Masters in 2005.

Annika Sorenstam fired a 2-under-par 70 on Saturday to put herself in good position to qualify for next week's ADT Championship based on her second half ADT points.

Sorenstam is in a tie for fourth place at 8-under-par (71-67-70=208) entering Sunday's final round at The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions.

Evian Masters champion Natalie Gulbis used six birdies on Saturday to move into a tie for seventh place at The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions.

The 24-year-old started the day in a tie for 10th place, but a 5-under-par third round elevated her to a tie for seventh place, 10 shots of the lead held by Paula Creamer.

She made the turn at 4-under-par 32 and added two more birdies on the back nine before making a bogey on 15.

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