Edwards overtakes Love in 3rd round

PINE MOUNTAIN, Ga. -- Maybe Joel Edwards might not have to wait so long for his second victory.

Edwards, who needed 316 tournaments to win for the first time on the PGA Tour, defied chilly, windy weather to shoot a 7-under-par 65 Saturday in the third round of the Buick Challenge.

The 39-year-old Texan has an 18-under 198 going to the final day at Callaway Gardens, one-stroke ahead of Davis Love III (69).

Edwards had an eagle at No. 11, the next-to-easiest hole on the Mountain View course. He skipped his second shot between a couple of bunkers and sank an 18-foot putt.

At 15, Love yanked his tee shot into the woods and wound up with a bogey, while Edwards birdied the same hole for a two-shot swing.

Neal Lancaster had a 68 and was two strokes back. Chris DiMarco bogeyed the last two holes for a 71, but the 202 total left him only four shots off the lead. Bob Estes and Per-Ulrik Johansson were at 203.

Senior Tour Championship

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Bruce Lietzke played the final six holes in 3 under and shot a 69 to maintain a one-stroke lead over Bob Gilder heading into the final round of the Senior PGA Tour Championship at Gaillardia Country Club.

Lietzke, coming off a course-record 63 on Friday, struggled most of the day as the greens firmed. But birdies on Nos. 14, 16 and 18 kept him ahead of Gilder, who birdied 17 and eagled the par-5 18th to move to 12 under.

Local favorite Gil Morgan shot an even-par 72 to remain at 8 under and is five behind in third.

World Match Play

NARITA, Japan -- Annika Sorenstam and Se Ri Pak remained on course for a final-round showdown, winning quarterfinal matches in the World Ladies Match Play Championship.

Sorenstam, seeking her seventh LPGA Tour victory of the year, beat Scotland's Mhairi McKay 3 and 1. Pak, a five-time winner this season, defeated Australia's Rachel Teske 3 and 2.

Sorenstam, the Swedish star seeded No. 1 among the 16 LPGA Tour players in the field, advanced to a semifinal match against Canada's Lorie Kane, a 4-and-3 winner over Emilee Klein

Pak, seeded second, will play Taiwan's Huang Yu-chen, who beat Japan's Aki Takamura 1-up.

Buy.com Championship

PRATTVILLE, Ala. -- Pat Bates, seeking his second straight win, birdied the 18th hole to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Buy.com Tour Championship.

Bates passed playing partner Chad Campbell on the final hole as the tour's leading money winner finished with a double bogey to fall two shots back.

Brian Kamm (71) and Brenden Pappas (70) are tied for second, one stroke back.

-- From wire reports