MEXICO CITY — Christina Kim shot a 3-under 69 on Friday to maintain a one-stroke lead in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

Kim birdied the par-3 16th to take the outright lead and parred the final two holes at tree-lined Club de Golf Mexico. She had a 10-under 134 total.

“I love Mexico,” Kim said. “Everything about it – the culture, the food. It’s amazing.”

The 30-year-old American birdied three of the first four holes, dropped strokes on Nos. 7 and 9, and rebounded with a short birdie putt on the par-3 13th.

“It was getting a little sketchy in the middle of the round,” Kim said. “I just kind of hung through it and just tried to enjoy myself and, again, tried to see if I could be the best Lorena that I could be. Overall, it was a good day. It was just very stressful.”

She won the last of her two LPGA Tour titles in 2005.

Paula Creamer was second after a 65, the best round of the day.

“It was good to see some nice results with my irons,” Creamer said.

Creamer birdied seven of the first 14 holes. She won the HSBC Women’s Champions in Singapore in March for her 10th tour title, holing a 75-foot eagle putt on the second hole of a playoff with Azahara Munoz.

“I switched to left hand low and I switched my whole putter at Evian and that’s been probably the greatest thing that I’ve done,” Creamer said. “I just have a lot of confidence. My routine and what I do when I’m over the ball is the same every time. It’s more about speed instead of thinking about my stroke.”

Munoz, Suzann Pettersen, Lydia Ko and Pornanong Phatlum were tied for third at 7 under. Pettersen shot 66, Phatlum 68, Ko 69, and Munoz 71.

Top-ranked Inbee Park was 10th at 4 under after a 70.

Michelle Wie had a 69 to reach 2 under. She won the 2009 event at Guadalajara Country Club for her first LPGA Tour victory.

Lexi Thompson, the winner last year at Guadalajara, also was 2 under after a 72.

Second-ranked Stacy Lewis followed her opening 76 with a 70 to reach 2 under. She was tied for 27th in the 36-player field.

MEXICO CITY — Christina Kim had two eagles in a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead Thursday in the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

Kim eagled the par-5 second and 17th holes at tree-lined Club de Golf Mexico, the first-year venue after six seasons in host Lorena Ochoa’s hometown of Guadalajara.

The 30-year-old Kim also birdied Nos. 4, 7 and 16 in her bogey-free round. She won the last of her two LPGA Tour titles in 2005.

Spain’s Azahara Munoz was second. She eagled No. 17 to tie for the lead and dropped back with a bogey on the par-4 18th.

Third-ranked Lydia Ko birdied the final two holes for a 68. The 17-year-old New Zealander has two victories this year.

Lizette Salas, Gerina Piller and Pornanong Phatlum shot 69. Top-ranked Inbee Park and Lexi Thompson, the winner last year at Guadalajara Country Club, were in the group at 70.

Michelle Wie bogeyed three of the first seven holes in a 73. She won the 2009 event for her first LPGA Tour victory.

Second-ranked Stacy Lewis had a 76, leaving her tied for 31st in the 36-player field.

SHIMA, Japan — Mi Hyang Lee of South Korea birdied the fifth hole of a three-way playoff Sunday to win the Mizuno Classic for her first LPGA title.

Lee sank a birdie putt to beat compatriot Ilhee Lee and Japan’s Kotono Kozuma. She shot 69 in regulation to finish tied at 11-under 205 with Ilhee Lee (70) and Kozuma, who also had a 69 in the final round.

“It was my first playoff ever so before I started the playoff I was a little nervous,” said Lee, who made her LPGA debut in 2012. “I just kept playing and made pars and birdies and the other players played really good. It was exciting when I made the last putt.”

The trio parred the first two playoff holes before an exciting third playoff hole where all three players made long birdie putts with the shortest being Mi Hyang Lee’s at 25 feet to keep the three-person playoff rolling.

The group exchanged pars again on the 4th playoff hole before Lee tapped in for the win and the $180,000 winner’s prize.

The 21-year-old is the seventh South Korean to win on the LPGA Tour in 2014, and the second consecutive after Inbee Park won in Taiwan last Sunday.

Prior to Sunday, Lee had only had three top-10 finishes, including a sixth-place finish at the Reignwood LPGA Classic last month in Beijing.

Laura Davies, who held a share of the lead after the second round and was bidding to become the oldest winner in LPGA history at 51, had a 71 to finish one stroke back of the leaders.

Karrie Webb of Australia and Morgan Pressel of the United States were also among the group of nine players tied for fourth place.

Defending champion Teresa Lu of Taiwan shot a 67 to finish tied for 13th, while second-ranked Stacy Lewis, the 2012 winner, had a 69 and was six strokes off the lead.

The Mizuno Classic was the final stop on the LPGA’s Asian tour. The next tournament is the Nov. 13-16 Lorena Ochoa Invitational in Mexico.

SHIMA, Japan — Laura Davies of Britain shot a 5-under 67 to share the Mizuno Classic lead with Ai Suzuki of Japan and Ilhee Lee of South Korea after Saturday’s second round.

The 51-year-old Davies offset two bogeys with seven birdies at the Kintetsu Kashikojima course for a 9-under 135 total. The English player won the most recent of her 20 LPGA Tour titles in 2001.

“I’ve been playing well but my results have been horrendous,” Davies said. “If you don’t hole putts, you can’t compete out here anymore. It’s not like it’s a shock to me but it’s a nice surprise.”

Davies has a chance to become the oldest winner in LPGA history at the age of 51 if she can close out the tournament for the 21st LPGA victory of her career.

“Obviously, it’s a bad thing, really, because it means I’m really old,” Davies said of the possibility of being the oldest winner. “But it would be a nice thing too because it would mean I have a good record.”

Suzuki finished with four straight birdies to record the day’s lowest score of 64 while Lee shot a bogey-free 66.

Suzuki became the youngest winner of the Japan LPGA Championship in September at age 20 and is competing in her first LPGA event.

“I won’t be thinking about the win,” Suzuki said. “l’ll just try my best and see how I can do in an LPGA tournament.”

Japan’s Kotono Kozuma fired a 67 and was one stroke back with South Koreans Mi Hyang Lee (67) and Chella Choi (68).

Second-ranked Stacy Lewis, the 2012 winner, shot 72 and was tied for 27th while defending champion Teresa Lu of Taiwan (67) was five strokes back.

Lee Na Ri of South Korea had eight birdies against a lone bogey for a 65 and is two strokes back. Karrie Webb of Australia shot a 68 and is tied for eighth place at 6-under with Jessica Korda (67) of the United States and Japan’s Ayako Uehara (68).

Overnight leader Morgan Pressel of the United States had an even-par 72 to fall into a tie for 11th place.

SHIMA, Japan — Morgan Pressel shot a 5-under 67 Friday to lead the Mizuno Classic by one stroke after the first round.

Pressel, who hasn’t won on the LPGA Tour since 2008, had five birdies at the Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club.

“It was tough out there with the winds. Especially early, some of those holes played really tough,” Pressel said. “I didn’t get myself in a lot of trouble and when I did I made a good putt for par. I definitely putted well today and I think that’s why I ended up at 5 under.”

Laura Davies of Britain and Chella Choi of South Korea were in second spot at 4 under.

Kotono Kozuma of Japan was a stroke further back after a 69 and in a four-way tie with South Koreans Ilhee Lee and Mi Hyang Lee and Pornanong Phatlam of Thailand.

Stacy Lewis of the United States, who won here in 2012, shot a 70 and was in a group of eight players that included Karie Webb of Australia and Sakura Yokomine of Japan.

Lewis, second in the Rolex rankings behind Inbee Park of South Korea, offset bogeys on Nos. 9 and 14 with four birdies.

Park is taking a week off before resuming play next week in Mexico at the Lorena Ochoa Invitational.

Defending champion Teresa Lu of Taiwan struggled with her game and opened with a 73. Jiyai Shin of South Korea, who won here in 2010 and 2008, had a 71.

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Six days after taking the No. 1 spot in the world from Stacy Lewis, Inbee Park was a notch above the American again at Miramar.

Park won the LPGA Taiwan Championship on Sunday for her third victory of the year and 12th tour title, holding off Lewis by two strokes.

The 26-year-old South Korean player closed with a 1-under 71 in light rain to finish at 22-under 266. The victory capped a hectic Asian trip centered around her marriage last month to swing coach Gi Hyeob-nam.

“I think this will be my wedding gift for myself,” Park said. “It’s a good feeling and maybe people who said, `She’s not going to play as well as when she was not married.’ I think we can put that wrong.”

Park shot 64-62-69 to take a four-stroke lead over Lewis and China’s Shanshan Feng into the final round.

“I think playing with Stacy, I really wanted to play well,” Park said. “Obviously, being able to win the tournament was a great accomplishment. It was a tough day and I got nervous on every hole today, even on the 18th hole.”

The second-ranked Lewis, also a three-time winner this year, shot 69.

“I hung in there all day and just made Inbee work for it,” Lewis said. “That was the goal. You give Inbee four shots, it’s a tough task to overcome. She hit the shots when she needed to coming in.”

After Lewis birdied the par-4 16th to pull within one, Park birdied the par-3 17th to regain her two-stroke lead. Her only other birdies came on the first two holes and she bogeyed the last two holes on the front nine.

“I don’t think this is the last time we’ll be battling at the end of a tournament,” Lewis said. “I think we’re both playing some really good golf right now. It’s unfortunate, I guess, for the fans it’s the end of the season, but we have a few tournaments left and hopefully we’ll do it again.”

Park won the LPGA Manulife Financial in June in Canada and took the LPGA Championship in August for her fifth major title. Last year, she swept the first three majors and won six times.

Third-ranked Lydia Ko was third at 17 under after a 66, the best score Sunday. The 17-year-old New Zealander won the Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters in December at Miramar.

“I think I played really well here in Asia,” Ko said. “I’ve enjoyed it and I’m excited for a week off next week.”

Spain’s Azahara Munoz had a 69 to finish fourth at 16 under

Feng closed with a 76 to drop into a tie for sixth at 13 under.

Michelle Wie had weekend rounds of 72-72 to tie for 20th at 6 under in a group that included Norway’s Suzann Pettersen and Taiwan’s Yani Tseng. Pettersen, the winner the last two years at Sunrise, finished with a 71. Tseng, the winner of the inaugural event in 2011, shot 70. She won the last of her 15 LPGA Tour titles in March 2012.

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Inbee Park shot a 3-under 69 in windy conditions Saturday in the LPGA Taiwan Championship to increase her lead to four strokes.

Playing her first event since regaining the No. 1 spot in the world from Stacy Lewis on Monday, the South Korean newlywed had an eagle, four birdies and three bogeys at Miramar in wind gusting to about 30 mph. In calm conditions the first two days, she shot 64-62 to take a three-stroke lead.

“It was quite different situation with the wind,” Park said. “It was playing a lot tougher. The downwind holes, it was tough to stop the ball on the green. We have quite tough holes out there, but I think I managed myself quite good.”

Park had a 21-under 195 total. She won the LPGA Championship in August for her second victory of the year and fifth major title. Last year, she swept the first three majors and won six times.

The second-ranked Lewis was tied for second with China’s Shanshan Feng.

“We’re going to have a good competition tomorrow and, obviously, four strokes around this golf course, it’s not impossible,” Park said. “I just need to putt like the way I did for the last couple days and control the ball really good in the wind.”

Lewis birdied four of the last five holes for a bogey-free 64, the best round of the day.

“I kind of got things together there. Played really good,” Lewis said. “The wind started blowing on 7, and my caddie kind of made a comment about it and I said, `Good.’ That was my response. I knew I needed some help with the weather to get a little bit closer and played some great golf there coming in.”

The American has a tour-high three victories this season.

“You go into this golf course thinking it’s going to be windy and you kind of have it set in your head that that’s the way it’s going to be,” Lewis said. “When it’s not windy you have to change the game plan a little bit. Didn’t quite adjust the last two days.

“But I love it when it’s like this. When it’s windy and hard, I think it brings the best out of me and the big thing today was I made some putts there at the end and got me close enough for tomorrow and in the last group, so good spot to be in.”

Feng had a 70.

Spain’s Azahara Munoz was fourth at 13 under after a 69, and South Korea’s So Yeon Ryu was another stroke back after a 68. Third-ranked Lydia Ko shot 71 to fall into a tie for sixth at 11 under. The 17-year-old New Zealander won the Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters in December at Miramar.

Michelle Wie had a 72 to drop into a tie for 27th at 6 under. Norway’s Suzann Pettersen, the winner the last two years at Sunrise, was another stroke back after a 74.

Taiwan’s Yani Tseng, the winner of the inaugural event in 2011, was tied for 39th at 4 under after a 69. She won the last of her 15 LPGA Tour titles in March 2012.

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Inbee Park shot a 10-under 62 on Friday at Miramar to take a three-stroke lead in the LPGA Taiwan Championship, her first event since regaining the No. 1 spot in the world Monday.

“Everything was working really good out there today,” Park said. “I probably didn’t hit as close as yesterday, but I holed a lot of putts today. And this season, I’ve been struggling with my putter. This week has been totally different to what I’ve been putting.”

The South Korean star played the first eight holes in 6 under, holing out from 82 yards for eagle on the par-4 eighth and making five birdies and a bogey. She birdied four of the first six holes on the back nine and closed with three pars.

At 18-under 126, she matched the lowest 36-hole score in relation to par in LPGA history. The 10-under round matched the best to par on the tour this season.

“I’m doing really well on the greens this week and obviously two days without the wind here in Taiwan is really unusual,” Park said. “I thought I should take advantage of that for two days and I feel like I did that.”

She was thinking about shooting 59.

“Yeah, definitely thought it was possible going into 13, 14, because coming down the stretch, I thought it was a lot of birdie holes,” Park said. “Especially the last, it’s a par 5. Yeah, I definitely had that in my mind. I had a score this year, 61, which was my best round and I really wanted to beat that one. But just came one short.”

Park won the LPGA Championship in August for her second victory of the year and fifth major title. Last year, she swept the first three majors and won six times.

China’s Shanshan Feng was second after a 65.

South Korea’s Mirim Lee also shot a 62 to join third-ranked Lydia Ko, Azahara Munoz and Line Vedel at 10 under. Lee won the Reignwood LPGA Classic on Oct. 5 in China for her second victory of the year.

“My irons were very good, so I had a lot of chances,” Lee said.

Ko had six straight birdies on Nos. 3-8 in a 65. The 17-year-old New Zealander won the Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters in December at Miramar.

“It’s a course where you can shoot some low scores,” Ko said. “I haven’t actually seen the course where there’s hardly any wind. So it’s kind of different. I kind of feel like, `Man, am I playing the same course?'”

Munoz, from Spain, had a 66. Vedel, from Denmark, shot 68.

Second-ranked Stacy Lewis was 9 under after a 68.

Norway’s Suzann Pettersen, the winner the last two years at Sunrise, was 7 under after a 71. Michelle Wie followed her opening 68 with a 70 to reach 6 under.

Danielle Kang made her second hole-in-one in eight days, acing the 158-yard 17th hole with a 7-iron. She won an Audi A6 T2.0.

“I was actually thinking about a hole-in-one, because I’ve been touching that car,” Kang said. “I really wanted the car. … It hit the fringe, like the collar, and it just kicked straight in and just rolled, tracked all the way into the hole.”

Last week in the first round of the Blue Bay LPGA in China, the 22-year-old American had a hole-in-one with an 8-iron on the 155-yard 17th hole to win a Buick LaCrosse.

“Everyone was saying, “Are you kidding me? Again? Another car?” Kang said.

Kang has three aces in LPGA Tour play this season to tie the record set by Tracy Kerdyk in 1991 and matched by Charlotta Sorenstam in 2002.

Kang’s other hole-in-one came in the LOTTE Championship in April in Hawaii. She also had one this year in a non-competitive round and has eight aces in her life.

Kang finished with a 4-under 68 to reach 4 under.

Taiwan’s Yani Tseng, the winner of the inaugural event in 2011, was 1 under after a 71. She won the last of her 15 LPGA Tour titles in March 2012.

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Top-ranked Inbee Park birdied five of the last seven holes Thursday for an 8-under 64 and a share of the first-round lead in the LPGA Taiwan Championship.

The South Korean star, playing her first round since regaining the No. 1 spot in the world Monday, was tied with China’s Shanshan Feng after her bogey-free round at Miramar.

“I hit the ball really solid all day and, on the back nine, everything seemed to drop,” Park said. “I can’t remember the last time I putted like this. It’s been a really good putting day, so I’m really happy about that.

“I really concentrated on my putting this week and tried to improve a little bit and I practiced a lot on the greens this week. The hard work is paying off, so I’m really happy.”

Feng eagled the par-5 sixth hole and had six birdies in her bogey-free round.

“I think it’s my putting, because my long game is always good,” Feng saiid. “When my putting is on, I always have a chance to win. But when the putting is not doing well, then I’m just like so so.”

South Korea’s So Yeon Ryu, settled for a 66 after playing the first 12 holes in 9 under. She bogeyed the par-3 17th and had a double bogey on the par-5 18th.

“Honestly, 6 under is a good score, but I had a really bad finish,” Ryu said. “So, 6 under is not enough good score to me.”

Taiwan’s Ssu-Chia Cheng, Denmark’s Line Vedel and Japan’s Haru Nomura also shot 66.

Second-ranked Stacy Lewis had a 67, and Michelle Wie topped the group at 68.

Third-ranked Lydia Ko opened with a 69. The New Zealand teenager won the Swinging Skirts World Ladies Masters in December at Miramar.

Taiwan’s Yani Tseng, the winner of the inaugural event in 2011, also shot 69. She won the last of her 15 LPGA Tour titles in March 2012.

Norway’s Suzann Pettersen, the winner the last two years at Sunrise, had a 70.