Paula Creamer hot again but fizzles

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Paula Creamer looked as though she might blow away the competition Saturday at the SemGroup Championship, rolling in two long birdie putts and keeping bogeys off her card.
Another poor finish gave four players a decent chance, none of them named Lorena Ochoa.

Creamer made bogey on two of the last three holes for the second straight day in identical fashion - a three-putt on the 16th, a bogey from the bunker on the 18th - but still wound up with a 2-under 69 for a two-shot lead over Juli Inkster.

"When I was on the 15th green, my goal was to have a five-shot lead," Creamer said. "And I ended up having two shots. But I'm not going to complain. I'm sitting in a good position with the field that's out here and a course that plays hard. Having the lead in any tournament is something that you want going into Sunday."

Creamer was at 3-under 210 and will play in the final pairing with Inkster, whose 20-foot par putt on the 18th hole gave her a 4-under 67, the best this week at Cedar Ridge.