EDMONTON, Alberta – Lorena Ochoa moved into position for her second straight victory and fifth of the season, shooting a 7-under 64 in rainy conditions Saturday to take a four-stroke lead in the Canadian Women’s Open.

The top-ranked Mexican star, coming off her first major victory two weeks ago in the Women’s British Open, had a 14-under 199 total on the Royal Mayfair course. She opened with rounds of 70 and 65 and hasn’t made a bogey in 40 holes.

“It was a long day in the rain (but) you get a good feeling when you start getting birdies,” Ochoa said.

Paula Creamer (66) and Laura Diaz (68) were 10 under, Ya-Ni Tseng (67) followed at 8 under, and Juli Inkster (73) and Kimberly Hall (72) were 6 under. Shi Hyun Ahn, tied for the lead with Inkster after the second round, had a 74 to drop to 5 under.

“I made a lot of good putts,” Creamer said. “I missed a ton of opportunities out there but considering the weather, I’ll take 5 under.”

Ochoa, a stroke behind Inkster and Ahn at the start of play Saturday, had five birdies in a front-nine 30 and added two more birdies on the back nine to match the course record set by Karrie Webb on Friday.

Ochoa had a chance to break the record, but her 15-foot putt from the fringe on 18 stopped inches from the hole.

Edwards, McNulty take lead into final round

SUNRIVER, Ore. – First he had an eagle, then a double bogey. The third round of The Tradition was quite an adventure for David Edwards.

Edwards stumbled on the par-3 17th hole, and wound up with a share of the lead with one round left in the fourth major on the Champions Tour.

“The wind was kind of calm on the tee and I almost thought I had too much club, then the wind started blowing so I hit a 4-iron,” he said. “I thought I hit it pretty good but it hooked more that I thought it would.”

Edwards and Mark McNulty were two stroke ahead of D.A. Weibring at Crosswater Golf Club. Tom Watson and Tom Kite were three strokes back of the leaders.

Edwards finished with an even-par 72 for a 12-under 204 total.

“You’ve got to block those things out and not play too much of an emotional roller coaster,” he said.

McNulty had trouble, too. He bogeyed the par-4 18th for a third-round 70.

“I certainly played well for the first 10 holes and then a few things went wrong,” McNulty said. “I had a couple of loose tee shots and lost a little bit of confidence, to be brutally honest.”

Overton shoots 66, remains in lead

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Maybe Jeff Overton would feel more relaxed leading by three strokes at some other course. Not at Greensboro, where three days of low numbers and easy scoring probably mean no lead is safe.

Overton opened his three-shot advantage with a 6-under 66 Saturday after three rounds at the Wyndham Championship. He is looking for his first victory on the PGA Tour.

“It’s better than being three shots back, but I don’t think 18 under’s going to win the golf tournament,” Overton said. “So we can’t go out there (Sunday) and just play bad. We’ve got to go out there and have a good, solid round of golf.”

Billy Mayfair (64), Anders Hansen (68), Carl Pettersson (68) and Tim Petrovic (68) were at 15-under 201, with 2003 winner Shigeki Maruyama (67) and Lucas Glover (66) four strokes behind Overton.

The 24-year-old Overton, holding his first lead of any kind in two years on tour, is in front with rookie Steve Marino and veteran John Huston.

He took advantage of late struggles by Craig Kanada to build the largest lead at this course since Maruyama led Brad Faxon by three strokes in 2003.

Overton is trying to avoid dwelling on the prospect of his first title.

“It’s a journey where we’re trying to get to the point in our golfing career, and we’re trying to achieve a level, that top level in the world,” he said.