Golf:Charlie Wi stayed in control of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am after maintaining his overnight three-shot lead in the first half of his third round today. However, a number of players below him were making charges up the field — notably Tiger Woods and Padraig Harrington.

The South Korean, whose opening round 61 gave him control of the field, managed just one birdie in the first nine at Spyglass Hill, at the fourth hole to move to 13 under. It gave him a three-shot advantage over Woods and Harrington while Kevin Na, Ricky Barnes and Joseph Bramlett were also on 10 under.

Harrington couldn’t have hoped for a better start, picking up shots on his first two holes at Spyglass Hill which he followed up with three straight pars. And Woods was an ominous presence on the leaderboard after four birdies in his front nine left him three shots off pole position.

The former world number one bogeyed his third hole today, the 12th, but battled back strongly. He registered birdies in the next three holes and after par on the 16th made up further shots on the 17th and 18th.