Golf: Aaron Baddeley established a one-shot lead after the third round of the Northern Trust Open in California. The Australian Baddeley shot a four-under-par 67, including three straight birdies at the eighth, ninth and 10th holes, to move on to 10 under for the tournament at Pacific Palisades.
He had two other birdies and a bogey to lie just ahead of American duo Kevin Na and Fred Couples.
Na also carded a 67 in a round of seven birdies and three bogeys, while 51-year-old Couples, the overnight leader, went round in 70. Vijay Singh of Fiji picked up two birdies in his final three holes for a 67 to move on to eight under in fourth place.
"I'm really, really fired up for tomorrow," Singh said on www.pgatour.com. "I know I have a good position, I'm in a good position to win tomorrow, so we'll see what happens."
Ryan Moore and John Senden were on six under after rounds of 70 and 71 respectively. England's Justin Rose was one of seven players in a tie for seventh on five under after a 70.
Harrison Frazar, Jimmy Walker, Robert Allenby, Stewart Cink, Spencer Levin and JB Holmes also lay five shots off the pace. Scotland's Martin Laird was a shot further back.
Phil Mickelson dropped way off the pace as a 74, including a double bogey six at the eighth, left him on two over for the tournament.
A 75 left Ireland's Pádraig Harrington on one-over-par, 11 shots off the pace.
Collated third-round scores & totals (USA unless stated, par 71):
203Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 67 69 67
204Kevin Na 71 66 67, Fred Couples 68 66 70
205Vijay Singh (Fij) 68 70 67
207John Senden (Aus) 67 69 71, Ryan Moore 69 68 70
208Spencer Levin 67 69 72, J.B. Holmes 67 69 72, Justin Rose (Eng) 69 69 70, Robert Allenby (Aus) 67 70 71, Jimmy Walker 68 71 69, Harrison Frazar 69 74 65, Stewart Cink 70 67 71
209Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 70 67 72, K J Choi (Kor) 70 69 70, Martin Laird (Sco) 67 73 69, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 69 72 68
210Steve Stricker 73 72 65, Kevin Stadler 70 71 69, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 69 71 70, Vaughn Taylor 71 71 68, Hunter Haas 71 69 70, Cameron Tringale 71 68 71
211Zach Johnson 73 70 68, Ryan Palmer 70 71 70, Paul Casey (Eng) 71 67 73, Matt Kuchar 69 73 69, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 69 71 71, David Duval 71 71 69, Tommy Gainey 71 71 69
212J J Henry 69 74 69, Steve Marino 71 71 70, Chad Collins 70 73 69, Bill Haas 67 74 71, Scott Piercy 73 66 73, Ben Curtis 71 70 71
213Brendon De Jonge 72 72 69, Peter Tomasulo 68 74 71, Charley Hoffman 71 74 68, Jason Dufner 70 75 68, Zack Miller 76 66 71, Michael Putnam 72 69 72, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 71 70 72, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 71 70 72, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 70 72 71, Paul Goydos 72 73 68, Shaun Micheel 72 69 72, Brandt Jobe 71 73 69, Rickie Fowler 74 71 68, Jhonattan Vegas 71 70 72
214Scott McCarron 72 72 70, Robert Garrigus 73 69 72, Pádraig Harrington (Irl) 68 71 75
215Hunter Mahan 72 71 72, Phil Mickelson 71 70 74, Lucas Glover 73 72 70, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 67 78 70, D.J. Trahan 71 73 71
216Ricky Barnes 72 73 71, Jim Furyk 75 70 71, Jeff Overton 73 71 72, Steve Flesch 73 71 72, Corey Pavin 69 71 76
217Justin Leonard 73 72 72, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 71 74 72, Erik Compton 72 70 75, Andres Romero (Arg) 72 73 72, Matthew Jones (Aus) 71 74 72, Jason Bohn 72 73 72, Charles Howell III 72 72 73
218Michael Sim (Aus) 70 71 77, Sean O'Hair 72 71 75, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 71 73 74
219Tim Petrovic 74 70 75
220Troy Merritt 71 74 75, Mark Wilson 71 73 76
222Brian Davis (Eng) 68 76 78
WD: 143 Anthony Kim 73 70
