Healthy Love grabs lead at Pebble Beach

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- It's been two long, painful years since Davis Love III raised a trophy. Back injuries, neck injuries, elaborate mental blocks and plain old laziness -- Love has battled them all.

But two years after he erased a seven-stroke Sunday deficit to win the 2001 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Love is healthy and hungry again.

He's also back on the gorgeous courses of the Monterey Peninsula, the site of his most recent victory -- and he won't need a final-round comeback to take the next step in his personal comeback.

Love shot a 5-under 67 on the tough Spyglass Hill course Saturday, taking a two-stroke lead over Mike Weir, Tom Lehman and Rod Pampling in a field kept tight and uneasy by the fast courses and ocean breezes.

Six players held the lead for part of the third round, but Love jumped ahead with steady play at Spyglass -- away from the celebrity-studded field crowding Pebble Beach Golf Links.

Weir matched Love's 67 with a brilliant front nine, while Lehman and Pampling both remained steady.

Rocco Mediate is three strokes back at 209 with Jim Furyk, the second-round leader, and Brad Faxon -- Love's playing partner -- among five at 6-under 210. Mark O'Meara and Vijay Singh are seven strokes behind Love.

Royal Caribbean Classic

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Gil Morgan birdied the final three holes for a 4-under 68 and a one-stroke lead over Australia's Rodger Davis in the Royal Caribbean Classic.

Morgan, a 21-time winner on the Champions Tour, had a 6-under 138 total on the Crandon Park course. Davis shot a 70.

First-round leader Bobby Wadkins (74) was two strokes back along with Hubert Green (68), Tom Purtzer (69) and Canada's Dave Barr (70).

Wie makes men's cut

Thirteen-year-old Michelle Wie made the cut for the final round of the Hawaii Pearl Open on Saturday, shooting a 1-over 73 to finish two rounds at 3-over 147.

Wie was 12 strokes behind the early leader Greg Meyer, a Japanese tour player who was at 9-under 135 after two rounds.

Playing from the championship tees, Wie was the only female in the field of 192.

The top 80 players plus ties qualified for today's play.

-- From wire reports