16-year-old Lexi Thompson will take a five-stroke lead into the final round of play at the Navistar LPGA Classic on Sunday outside of Montgomery, Ala. Thompson shot a 5-under 67 during Saturday’s third round and currently sits at 15-under-par for the tournament. She leads Rolex Rankings No. 58 Meena Lee, who sits at 10-under-par, heading into the final round of the 72-hole event at the RTJ Trail Capitol Hill’s Senator Course.

Thompson got off to a hot start in her round on Saturday, recording four straight birdies on holes No. 6-9 en route to shooting a 31 on the front nine. Thompson didn’t miss a green on Saturday until the 10th hole and over the course of the first three rounds, she has missed a total of just four greens. In Thompson’s first round she hit an impressive 18 greens in regulation.

This will be the second time that Thompson has carried a lead into the final round of an LPGA event. She was tied for the lead with Song-Hee Kim entering the final round of the Avnet LPGA Classic in Mobile, Ala. back in April, but went on to shoot a 78 on Sunday and finish in a tie for 19th.

“It definitely helps having that experience,” Thompson said. “Definitely going to try to play a lot better. But I learned a lot from there. I probably got a little fast and jumbled up my thoughts. I'm just going to free swing tomorrow and just take one shot at a time and take it slow.”

If Thompson can hold on to win, she would become the youngest champion in LPGA history. Thompson will be 16 years, 7 months and 8 days on Sunday. Marlene Hagge was 18 years, 14 days when she won the 1952 Sarasota Open, which was an 18-hole event. Hagge won two 18-hole events at the age of 18. The youngest winner of a multi-round event on the LPGA Tour was Paula Creamer, who captured the 2005 Sybase Classic when she was 18 years, 9 months and 17 days.

Age is just a number
Thompson is certainly drawing a lot of attention based on the fact that she’s only 16 years old, but it’s not just the youngsters who are near the top of the leaderboard heading into Sunday’s final round.

There is a trio of players over the age of 38 who currently sit in the top-10 at the Navistar LPGA Classic. They are Karen Stupples (38), Pat Hurst (42) and Juli Inkster (51). Inkster got some help in her round thanks to a hole-in-one on Saturday. She used a 7-iron to hole out from164 yards on the par-3 13th. It was her fourth career hole-in-one on the LPGA Tour and helped propel her to a 3-under 69 and move from a T23 into 10th place by herself.

“The pin was back left,” Inkster said. “My ball mark was probably 15 feet short of it. It just kind of went in. I didn't see it. In competition I think that's my fourth. I think my ninth or tenth all‑time.”

A busy Moving Day
There were a number of players who took advantage of moving day on Saturday with low rounds. Rookie Tiffany Joh fired the low round of the day, a 7-under 65 to move from a tie for 42nd into a tie for third. Joh will be paired in the final group on Sunday with Thompson and Lee. There were a total of 21 rounds under par on Saturday.

Birdies for a cause
This year's Navistar LPGA Classic Presented by Monaco RV is going above and beyond to help raise funds for this year's beneficiary, the Wounded Warrior Project. The 152-yard par-3 16th has been designated as the "military hole". Navistar will donate $100 for every birdie made during this year's tournament to the Wounded Warrior Project. Over the past four years, the hole has averaged 83 birdies. In addition, a member of the military will be on the green to tend the flag during tournament play.

During Saturday’s third round the 16th hole notched 12 birdies which raised $1,200 for the Wounded Warrior Project. In total, 72 birdies have been made on the hole over the first three rounds equaling a donation of $7,200.