NAPLES, Florida (AP) ― For all the talk about $700,000 going to the winner of the LPGA Titleholders ― the richest prize in women’s golf ― Natalie Gulbis is far more interested in the trophy.

She hasn’t had one of those of her own in six years.

And this sure didn’t seem to be the place to end that drought. Not after spending the first half of the year battling malaria. Not after a season in which she has plunged to No. 64 on the LPGA Tour money list and No. 109 in the women’s world ranking.

And not after the start she had Saturday at Tiburon Golf Club.

Seven shots behind at the start of the third round, Gulbis tried to lay up on the right side of the fairway and hooked a 5-iron into the water on the left to make bogey on the par-5 opening hole. She followed that with eight birdies that sent her to a 7-under 65 and a three-way share of the lead.

Gerina Piller and Pornanong Phatlum of Thailand each had a 67 and joined Gulbis at 11-under 205.

“To walk away with the trophy ... it wouldn’t matter what amount the first place was,” Gulbis said. “To win another individual title would be huge for me.”

There is plenty of work left, and a dozen players separated by four shots.

Stacy Lewis virtually wrapped up the Vare Trophy with a tournament-record 63, and now has a chance to do so much more. Lewis was two shots behind, along with Shanshan Feng of China (67), Lexi Thompson (67) and 36-hole leader Sandra Gal, whose 74 let so many players back into contention.

Michelle Wie, on the one-year anniversary of her peculiar putting stroke, had a 66 and was among three shots behind. Wie played with Lydia Ko, the 16-year-old from New Zealand who shot 72 and was nine shots behind in her pro debut.

Schwartzel moves into 1-shot lead

JOHANNESBURG (AP) ― Charl Schwartzel shot a 3-under 69 Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the South African Open, the season-opening event on the European Tour.

Schwartzel moved to 15-under 201, with Morten Orum Madsen (69) and Marco Crespi (70) tied for second at Glendower Golf Club. South Africa’s Hennie Otto surged into fourth with a 65, another stroke behind on 13 under.

Schwartzel has won just one European Tour title since clinching the Masters in 2011 and has never won his home open. He mixed five birdies with two bogeys to put himself in a good position to claim the first title on the 2014 Race to Dubai. “It was a bit up and down but I think I did what I needed to do,” the South African said. “You always think some things could have been better.”

Madsen also had five birdies and two drops to sit one off the pace alongside Crespi.

Otto, the 2011 champion, fired the round of the day to put himself in contention on Sunday despite a triple bogey seven on the par-4 No. 9. Otto responded to that slip with seven birdies in his last eight holes to move into fourth.

Day wins World Cup at Melbourne

MELBOURNE (AP) ― Jason Day made a 7-foot par-saving putt on the 16th hole, Thomas Bjorn bogeyed and the Australian won his first tournament in nearly three years at the World Cup at Royal Melbourne.

Day’s closing 70 left him with a 10-under 274, two strokes ahead of Bjorn with a 71.

Adam Scott finished third after a 66, three strokes behind.

Scott, trying to win his third tournament in a row, shot 75 on the opening day, including a nine on the 12th hole, and spent the rest of the tournament trying to catch up.

Day won $1.2 million and Australia won the team portion of the World Cup as Day and Scott, who each holed approach shots for eagles, also shared the $600,000 first-place prize.