Tournament host Woods shares lead with Kim
BETHESDA, Md. — Tournament host Tiger Woods and defending champion Anthony Kim set the stage Saturday for a showdown everyone wanted at the AT&T National, with some expected company on a suddenly crowded leaderboard at Congressional.
Woods salvaged an even-par 70 from a roller-coaster round, losing a three-shot lead in two holes and having to scramble down the stretch to regain a share of the lead.
Kim turned birdie into bogey with an ugly three-putt on No. 9, but kept his cool in warm, blustery conditions for a 2-under 68.
The 24-year-old has never finished higher than Woods in a PGA Tour event, and this will be the first time they have been paired together in any round of any tournament.
Woods has a 45-3 record on the PGA Tour when he has at least a share of the 54-hole lead, although it took work to get there.
Woods and Kim were at 10-under 200, but it was far from a two-man race.
Michael Allen, who is 0-for-336 in his PGA Tour career but undefeated on the Champions Tour when he won the Senior PGA Championship earlier this year, made seven birdies in a round of 65, the best score Saturday.
Allen turned 50 in January and ventured out to play against men his own age only once, winning at Canterbury at a senior major. He has won on the Nationwide Tour, the European PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.
He was at 9-under 201 with Cameron Beckman, who chipped in for eagle on the par-5 16th for a 66. A dozen players were separated by four shots going into the final round, including Jim Furyk (69) and Rod Pampling (71) at 8-under 202, and U.S. Open champion Lucas Glover (68) another shot behind.
JAMIE FARR OWENS CORNING CLASSIC: At Sylvania, Ohio, Eunjung Yi shot a 10-under 61 to take a four-stroke lead after the third round of the Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.
The 21-year-old South Korean, seeking her first LPGA Tour victory, had an eagle and eight birdies to reach 18-under 195 at Highland Meadows.
Morgan Pressel (67) and Song-Hee Kim (64) were tied for second.
Top-ranked Lorena Ochoa was 11 under after a 67.
FRENCH OPEN: At Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France, Argentina's Rafa Echenique shot a 1-under 70 to take a one-stroke lead over Germany's Martin Kaymer in the French Open.
Echenique, coming off a second-place finish last week in Munich, had an 11-under 202 total on Le Golf National's Albatross Course. Kaymer shot a 69.
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