Lexi Thompson plays well, but 7 shots back

KOHLER, Wis. -- Lexi Thompson was one of the best golfers at the U.S. Women's Open Saturday, in the non-Na Yeon Choi division. Thompson, the 17-year-old from Florida, shot par 72, which is almost always a good score in an Open and seemed just fine to her Saturday.

"I'm very happy with it. It was a little windier today and there were some harder pin placements. I had one bad hole, but I'll take it for sure," said Thompson, who is tied for third at 1 under, seven shots back, heading into the final round Sunday.

The complication is that Choi shot an almost unthinkable 65 and is 8 under. So unless something truly extraordinary happens Sunday, the U.S. Open again -- for the seventh time in nine years -- will not have a U.S.-born winner.

"I'm not going to just try to go after her. I'm going to play my own game and the golf course," Thompson said. "That's all I can do: focus on my game and nobody else's."

"It was tough out there. It was pretty crazy, that 65 today. Good for her. But tomorrow, we'll see what happens," Wie said. "I hit a couple of loose shots and I felt like [some of] my putts should have gone in that didn't go. Hopefully, I'll get them back tomorrow."

It looks unlikely that the person will be from the home team.