In her first pro event, Lewis leads U.S. Women's Open through 54 holes

6/29/2008

EDINA, Minn. (AP) -- Stacy Lewis is making her professional debut one to remember.

Nineteen days after she turned pro, Lewis showed the poise of a veteran Saturday at Interlachen with no bogeys and a 6-under 67 that gave her a one-shot lead over Paula Creamer going into the final round of the U.S. Women's Open.

Lewis, a former NCAA champion at Arkansas, might have been the only one not surprised to see her name atop the leaderboard.

And she will have to hold off a half-dozen players within four shots of the lead, starting with Creamer.

Leaderboard – Round 3:

1.  Stacy Lewis                           73 70 67 210 - 9
2.  Paula Creamer                      70 72 69 211 - 8
3.  Helen Alfrdsson                     70 71 71 212 - 7
     Inbee Park                           72 69 71 212 - 7
5.  In-Kyung Kim                        71 73 69 213 - 6
6.  Mi Hyun Kim                          72 72 70 214 - 5
7.  Maria Jose Uribe (am.)           69 74 72 215 - 4
     Angela Park                          73 67 75 215 - 4
9.  Young Kim                            74 71 71 216 - 3
     Momoko Ueda                      72 71 73 216 - 3
     Teresa Lu                             71 72 73 216 - 3
     Jeong Jang                           73 69 74 216 - 3

58. Jessica Korda                        72 78 75 225 +6

Source: AP, LPGA Tour