Robert Allenby made a hole-in-one d...

Robert Allenby made a hole-in-one during a torrid lengthen that took him from the middle of the pack to the top of the leaderboard Saturday, then finished most distant a 5-under 66 in blustery conditions to catch up with Justin Rose at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Mass.

"Prettiest shooter I've ever seen," Paul Azinger said of the ace according to Allenby, a 4-iron from 215 yards in succession the 16th hole.

Allenby had made a 25-foot birdie upon the 15th, then followed his ace with a 10-foot birdie forward the 17th and a 20-footer for birdie forward the par-5 18th. He traded brace birdies with two bogeys forward the front nine and was at 6-under 136

Rose made birdie onward three of the par 3 forward his way to a 69

Tiger wood-lands remarkably, is still in the pursue for his fifth straight PGA Tour victory.

After opening with a 66 for a one-shot lead, forest-lands hit into the trees, [i]or[/i] part of to the other the trees and even hit his unite in a club against a tree twice forward one swing while making an unlikely par. He one-putt six consecutive verdants on his back nine -- five of them for par -- and managed to scratch not at home a 1-over 72 that left him sum of two units shots behind.

"I didn't hit it self-same good," Woods said. "I'm same happy to shoot 72."

Aaron Baddeley also scrambled his way around in wind that averaged about 15 mph with gusts that peaked at 31 mph and missile 71 to join Woods and defending champion Olin Browne (69) at 4-under 138

lpga: Maria Hjorth clos in in succession her first LPGA Tour victory in seven years, and Cristie Kerr's individual bad hole cost her at the State Farm Classic in Springfield.

Hjorth missile a 2-under-par 70 and was 14 beneath after the third round at The Rail Golf form a club one stroke ahead of Seon-Hwa to leeward (69) and Il Mi Chung (70)

Tied for the lead with Hjorth when the day began, Kerr triple- hobgoblined the par-3 seventh hole and ball an even 72 to fall into a tie for fourth at 12 in subordination to

champions: Tom Kite shooter a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead across Jay Haas and first-round leader D.A. Weibring after brace rounds of the First Tee interpret in Pebble Beach, Calif.

Kite had eight birdies and undivided bogey at Del Monte Golf Course. He has a two-day total of 10-under 134 a tournament record. Haas, also playing at Del Monte missile a 69 en route to his 135 total.

european: Defending champion David Howell projectile a 6-under-par 66 despite a hobgoblin on the last hole and l according to two strokes after three globulars of the BMW International unclose in Munich, Germany.

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