Saturday March 06, 2010, 07:39 AM

Karrie Webb is in sight of a seventh Australian Ladies Masters title after bursting through to the third round lead at Royal Pines on Saturday.

The Australian former world number one, 35, made a spectacular birdie out of a fairway bunker on her final hole on the way to an eight-under round of 64 and a three-round total of 15-under 201.

The seven-time major winner will go head-to-head with defending champion Katherine Hull of Australia in Sunday's final round.

Hull, who won last year's championship by five shots, shot a seven-under 65 to trail Webb by one shot on 14-under 202.

South Korean Lee Bo-Mee, who fired a course record nine-under 63, shared second place with Hull and will make up Sunday's final group.

"It was my best ball striking round this year," Webb said.

"I thought with a 64 I may have had a two or three shot lead, but the scoring has been very low."

Asked before the tournament if she thought Webb could win a seventh Masters, Hull said, "not if I've got anything to do with it," and she wasn't ready to back down from the statement on Saturday.

"That's exactly right, I'm going out there tomorrow to give it everything I've got," Hull said.

"It's great ... a lot of people have been waiting for this showdown and I'm really looking forward to it."

Lee has not carded a bogey in her 54 holes with sub-par rounds of 69-70-63.

A chat on the telephone late Friday with her Korean coach fixed a set-up flaw and she rolled in nine putts to take her tally of birdies for the three days to 14.

"It was a ball position thing but I had a tip from my coach and it really worked well," Lee said.

South Koreans Seo Hee-Kyung (69-68-66) and Ryu So-Yeon (70-67-66) were in a tie for fourth place on 13-under 203.

Halfway leader Amanda Blumenherst of the United States was two shots away in joint sixth on 11-under 205 with Taiwan's Yani Tseng.

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