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MOBILE, Ala. -- Anna Nordqvist was putting like a rookie again -- and thats a good thing. The Swede said she had perhaps her first "really good putting day" since her rookie year in 2009 with a course-record 61 on Saturday in the third round of the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic. South Koreas Chella Choi shot her second straight 6-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Jessica Korda and Nordqvist, who is seeking her first win since capturing the LPGA Championship and season-ending LPGA Tour Championship as a rookie. "I just felt like I tried to trust myself and trust my line and just hit it," Nordqvist said. "Usually, Im very close to making a lot of putts but its just the difference of making them. It just felt like sometimes I couldnt miss." Choi twice made three straight birdies to move to 17 under, and has made only two bogeys in three rounds on The Crossings course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trails Magnolia Grove complex. Her best finish in four-plus years on the tour is a tie for second in the Manulife tournament in Canada last March. Choi, who had three top-five finishes last year, said she started checking out the leaderboard "every hole" at the start of the tournament and feels mentally stronger now in her bid to finally get a win. "I know my shot and my putting," she said. "I think just my mental and my experience and just confidence ... so I think I can do it. Hopefully." Nordqvist broke the course record of 62 set by Sydnee Michaels on Friday. Korda, the second-round leader, shot a 69. The American had a bogey on No. 11 when the ball landed in a divot and she tweaked her right wrist, and a double bogey on No. 12. She rebounded with a 33-foot eagle putt on the 16th hole. "It was left to right and it was pretty," Korda said, laughing. That was set up by what she said was a 325-foot drive sparked by the mentality that: "Oh, I havent hit the green in two almost all day, I need to go for it." Nordqvist had a run of five birdies starting on the third hole and added a 10-foot eagle putt on the par-5 13th hole. Nordqvist, who did have one bogey, holed a par-saving bunker shot from some 10 yards on 12. "Today was a lot of fun," she said. "I started out with a couple birdies, hit a lot of good shots, and I think I missed one green. And then I made that bunker shot and it was just like, I couldnt stop smiling, couldnt stop laughing." Win drought aside, the former Arizona State player thinks her game has improved substantially since making the splash as a rookie because shes more consistent. "Its fun being in contention and having people watch," she said. "Thats what you work hard for. Its a lot more fun playing up there than playing for 50th or 60th, so its a good place to be." Defending champion Stacy Lewis was four strokes back with a 63 after opening the day in 35th. She won both Alabama tournaments last year. Lewis had a string of four straight birdies from Nos. 5-8 to start a stretch of eight in 10 holes. Gone were the mistakes of the previous two days when she had a double bogey and two bogeys each round for 70s. "It was one of those stress-free days," Lewis said. "I needed something like that to get back into the tournament." Webb and Korda will play together for the fourth straight round. Webb had her first bogey since early Thursday but already had three birdies in the first six holes. "I got off to really quite a nice start," the 38-year-old Australian said. "I was cruising along and then threw a three-putt in there on No. 7 and sort of lost a bit of my momentum there and didnt really get it going again. I had a lot of in-between numbers today and just wasnt guessing right." The courses low round entering the week was 64 by Danielle Downey in 2008 and Webb and Sjodin in 2011. In fact, Lewiss low round in last years win was 67. 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OMAHA, Neb. -- In a U.S. Olympic swim trials that have yet to see a world record, Katie Ledecky on Friday morning said that may be about to change.Ledecky cruised in her preliminary heat of the 800-meter freestyle, focusing mostly on using her arms but still finishing in a time of 8 minutes, 10.91 seconds, the third-fastest time in history and an Olympic trials record. She now owns all of the top 10 times in the events history.I took it pretty easy, Ledecky said. I thought it was going to say 8:20. But it felt really easy -- that bodes well for tomorrow.Ledecky will swim in the 800 free final on Saturday night, when she takes aim at the 8:06.68 world record she set in January at a grand prix meet in Austin. But first she will swim in the 100-meter freestyle final on Friday night. She is seeded sixth.To help prepare for that race, around the 550 mark of Friday mornings 800 free Ledecky said she spontaneously decided to push her pace and essentially practice for the 100. Considered already one of the greatest distance freestylers of all time, Ledecky has set the challenging goal for herself of trying to finish in the top four of the sprint-dominated 100 free in hopes of earning a spot on the 4X100 free relay in Rio.She finished third in her semifinal heat on Thursday night.I just want to get in and race, she said. I think I can be up there. Just need to get my hand on the wall as fast as I can.Waiting for Ledecky after her 800 free prelim Friday morning was Janet Evans, who held the world record in the event from 1992-2008. Evans hugged Ledecky after the race and told her great job.Ledecky planned to eat, nap, then eat some more in preparation for Friday nights 100 free final.This is a little different, she said. I dont think Ive done this before. An 800 free prelim and then a big time 100 free final? It will be fun.USA Swimmings other big stars were in the water Friday morning as well, with Michael Phelps finishing sixth (:51.87) and Ryan Lochte ninth (:52.66) in tthe preliminary heats of the 100-meter butterfly.ddddddddddddMissy Franklin had the top preliminary time in the 200-meter backstroke, her best event, 2:09.69. Franklin led her heat from beginning to end.Earlier this week Franklin failed to finish in the top two and make the team in the 100-meter backstroke, the event in which she won gold in London. She later finished second in the 200 free to punch her ticket to Rio. She failed to make the final for Friday nights 100 free.Its been hard to call on my speed this week but my endurance has felt awesome, she said. A little bit of a blessing that I didnt make that 100 free final. Being able to come to this next day-and-a-half with just this focus. [The 200 back] is my favorite race. Glad its finally here.Ledecky has already made the team in the 400- and 200-meter freestyle events. And Phelps qualified for his fifth Olympics when he won the 200-meter butterfly final on Wednesday night.Lochte, who will turn 32 two days before the Opening Ceremonies in Rio, has battled a groin pull this week that he suffered in the breaststroke leg of the 400-meter individual medley on Sunday. His best chance to make the team in an individual event will come Friday night, when he squares off with his longtime rival Phelps in the final of the 200-meter individual medley. Lochte has never beaten Phelps in the event at Olympic trials or the games, but is the current world record holder in the event. He will enter the final with the top time after swimming a 1:56.71 in semifinals.Both swimmers will also have the semis for the 100 fly on Friday night. Lochte said he would talk to his coach David Marsh about the possibility of scratching the event. 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