Mickelson rides home crowd to four-shot lead at FBR Open

Cheered on by tens of thousands who consider him their hometown hero, Phil Mickelson forged a four-shot lead over Kevin Na through three rounds of the FBR Open, a giant party that happens to have a golf tournament going through it.

Mickelson, who tied the course record with a 60 on Friday, shot a 5-under 66 -- with birdies on the final two holes -- on Saturday for a 14-under 199 total on the 7,216-yard Tournament Players Club course in Scottsdale, Ariz.

"It was a fun round," Mickelson said. "I mean, there's a lot of people out there. It was pretty interesting. It felt like I shot over par because of yesterday, but it was good enough to get in the lead."

He leads going into a final round for the first time since last year's Masters, and then he was tied with Chris DiMarco.

Na, at 21 the youngest player on the PGA Tour, began the day tied for the lead with Mickelson, and still was even through 14, but his second shot went into the water on the 15th hole, then he missed a short putt to save par.

Na bogeyed the 16th and finished with a 70, leaving him four back at 10 under going into the final round of the $5.2 million event.

Four were tied at 9 under -- K.J. Choi, Harrison Frazar, Kenny Perry and Steve Flesch. Mark Calcavecchia and David Toms were 8 under. Toms got to 10 under but hit his tee shot into the water on the 14th for a double bogey.

The FBR event -- formerly the Phoenix Open -- draws the biggest crowd of any PGA tournament. An estimated 165,000 people came on a perfect, sun-baked Saturday -- a single-day record for a tournament that draws about a half-million.

Heineken Classic

Australia's Nick O'Hern shot an 8-under 63 to take the third-round lead in the Heineken Classic, while South African star Ernie Els stayed in contention for a fourth straight title at Royal Melbourne in Melbourne, Australia.

O'Hern finished at 14-under 199 to take a one-stroke lead over fellow Australians Jarrod Lyle (66) and Craig Parry (65). Els, who had a 66 after starting his round with a birdie and an eagle, was three shots back along with Australia's Brett Rumford (66).

Scotland's Colin Montgomerie, coming off a second-place tie last week in Singapore, shot a 72 to drop six strokes back.