EVIAN, France -- Michelle Wie is leading a tournament again.

Now she has to prove she can stay there.

Wie shot a 6-under 66 on Thursday to share a three-way lead in the Evian Masters with Lorena Ochoa and Karrie Webb. It's the fourth time she's shared the lead as a professional -- and she's still looking for his first victory.

"I just played more smart," said Wie, who opened with a first-round 69. "You never know what might happen."

Ochoa, the top money winner this season on the LPGA Tour, shot a 69 to follow her opening 66 for a 9-under 135. Webb had a 68 to go with her opening round 67 on the hilly lakeside course where temperatures reached 34C (94F) in the Alpine foothills.

Se Ri Pak shot a 68 and was one shot back. Fellow South Korean Mi Hyun Kim was two behind after a 71. Defending champion Paula Creamer was three back with a 68. So was No. 1-ranked Annika Sorenstam, who carded a 69.

The 16-year-old from Hawaii, who has never led a tournament outright, has shared the lead three times before in her short career -- each time at the Women's U.S. Open. She was in that position after the first and third rounds in 2005. This year, again, she led after the third round.

Wie described her game as "very solid." But it might have been even better.

She didn't drop a single shot, picked up six birdies but failed to capitalized on several chances.

"I felt I left a couple of shots out there," she said. "Starting from the 12th hole I had so many birdie chances. I hit good putts and rolled it good but they just kind of slid by the hole. I could have made a couple more putts."

It more than slid by the 13th hole, where she missed a three-foot putt by about a foot and settled for par-4.

Wie's final tee shot of the day on 18 hit a tree, but she got lucky when the ball bounced back into the fairway. However, she was less fortunate on the birdie putt, which she missed by a couple of feet.

"Today I hit driver left and was fortunate enough to get a good bounce but it was in that kind of weird lie, with weird grass," Wie said. "I would have hit a 5-wood over the water but I didn't think it was worth it, so I laid up."

Ochoa slumped to three bogeys on the back nine, but also had six birdies.

"I think I am in a good position for the weekend," she said. "I did struggle a bit on the back nine with three bogeys. That was tough but I ended up making two birdies on the last three holes."

Webb, who was one stroke off the lead after the first round, double bogeyed on the par-4 13th hole and dropped two other shots. But the Australian was able to limit the damage with an eagle on the par-5 ninth hole. She had six birdies, including one on the 18th.

"I birdied the last. It was good to get one back after stumbling on a few holes."

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