LPGA: Inbee Park leads by four in Taiwan as Stacy Lewis finishes with a flourish

Inbee Park will take a four-shot lead over Stacy Lewis into the final round of the Fubon LPGA Taiwan Championship.

Park, who reclaimed her world No 1 ranking from Lewis at the start of the week, fired an erratic three-under 69 to maintain her overnight lead on 21 under.

But Lewis defied the blustery conditions at the Miramar Country Club as she kept a bogey off her card and birdied four of the last five holes to return a superb 64, earning a place alongside Park in the final group on Sunday.

The American got off to a confident start with two opening birdies, and two more at seven and eight swept her to the turn in 32 before her momentum stalled with a run of five pars.

But she got back on the birdie trail with three in a row from the 14th, and another at the last set the clubhouse target at 17 under par.

Park birdied the fourth and sixth but gave both shots back at the next two holes before responding with a birdie at nine.

The South Korean then drained a putt for an eagle at the 12th before blotting her card again at 14, but she hit back with a two at the 17th before a closing par ensured a commanding overnight advantage.

"It was quite different situation with the wind," said Park afterwards. "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.

"We're going to have a good competition on Sunday and, obviously, four strokes around this golf course, it's not impossible. 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 added: "I kind of got things together there and played really good. The wind started blowing on seven, 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.

"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 that got me close enough for Sunday and in the last group, so good spot to be in."

Lewis shares second place with Shanshan Feng, who struggled on the greens but put together a respectable three-birdie 70 to stay in the hunt.

Solheim Cup star Azahara Munoz is a further four strokes adrift after a 69, but Suzann Pettersen's hopes of a third straight victory in the tournament are over after she crashed to a two-over 74 to slip 21 shots off the lead.