Spain's Beatriz Recari had an eagle and one birdie in a three-under par 69 on Saturday to stretch her lead in the LPGA Kia Classic to two strokes. Recari, seeking to add a second LPGA Tour title to the LPGA Challenge crown she won in 2010, had a 54-hole total of 11-under par 205 and a two-stroke lead over Australian Hall of Famer Karrie Webb. Webb had six birdies, but her four bogeys included two to cap her round at 17 and 18. Her two-under 70 left her on 207, one stroke in front of South Korea's I.K. Kim and American Paula Creamer.

World number four Stacy Lewis won the HSBC Women's Champions by just one shot from South Korea's Choi Na-Yeon after a thrilling final round on Sunday. Lewis carded a scintillating eagle on the par-five seventh but then bogeyed 15 and 17 before clinching it with a two-foot par putt on the last for a score of 71 and 15-under-par 273 at Singapore's par-72 Sentosa Golf Club. Choi, the world number two, carded 72 for 14-under 274 and Paula Creamer, who is recovering from whiplash injuries after a car crash last week in Thailand, was a shot further back in third. th/mtp

America's Stacy Lewis took a step forward in her quest to replace Tseng Yani as women's world number one as she shot a red-hot six-under-par 66 to seize control of the HSBC Women's Champions on Friday. The world number four started the day two back from overnight leader Azahara Munoz, but she holed three birdies on both the front and back nine to head into the weekend two shots clear at Singapore's par-72 Sentosa Golf Club.