Juli Inkster bogeyed the 18th hole on Saturday to fall into a three-way tie for the lead after three rounds of the LPGA Championship.

Inkster, missing only the LPGA crown to complete a career Grand slam, finished with a two-under-par 69 to tie for the 54-hole lead with Nancy Scranton and Cristie Kerr at 10-under 203.

Scranton fired a 66 and Kerr carded 69 for their share of the lead atop an impressive leaderboard.

Meg Mallon joined the hunt by firing a course record, eight-under-par 63 at the DuPont Country Club. That bogey-free round moved Mallon within a shot of the lead.

Tied with Mallon at nine-under 204 were defending champion Pak Se-ri of South Korea (67), Rosie Jones (68) and Sweden's Liselotte Neumann (70).

Seven players were bunched two more shots back, including Britons Trish Johnson and Alison Nicholas, Jenny Lidback of Peru, Canadian Lorie Kane and Americans Muffin Spencer-Devlin, Sara Sanders and Tammie Green.

The rejuvenated Inkster, who turned 39 two days ago, won the U.S. Women's Open earlier this season among the three titles she has claimed this year after notching only two in her previous six seasons combined.

Since the Dinah Shore became the fourth major championship on the women's calendar in 1983, only Pat Bradley has won all four Grand Slam events. Inkster twice won the Dinah Shore and triumphed at the 1994 du Maurier Classic.

Inkster has even more riding on a victory here.

A win here would also move Inkster within a point, or one more victory, of automatic entry to the LPGA Hall of Fame. The $210,000 first prize also would push her past Webb for the top spot on the money list.