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San Diego • Patrick Rodgers had a clean scorecard to match a picture-perfect Saturday at Torrey Pines and shot a 5-under 67 to share the lead with defending champion Brandt Snedeker in the Farmers Insurance Open.
Just one stroke off the lead is Salt Lake City native Tony Finau, who birdied four of the last six holes Saturday for a 67.
Snedeker, trying to become only the fourth player to win back-to-back at Torrey Pines since the tournament began in 1952, didn't get much out of his round of 70. His three birdies were all inside 6 feet, and the longest putt he made was for par.
Even so, being tied for the lead is a better spot than his last two victories. He rallied from seven shots behind in 2012 and won in a playoff against Kyle Stanley, who made triple bogey on the final hole. Last year, he made the cut on the number and was six shots behind going into the final round.
That doesn't figure to make it any easier.
Snedeker and Rodgers were at 9-under 207, and 15 players were within three shots of the lead.
LPGA Tour
Paradise Island, Bahamas • Stacy Lewis had two back-nine eagles in the season-opening Pure Silk Bahamas Classic to put herself in position again to end a long winless streak.
Lewis shot a 10-under 63 at Ocean Club to match Lexi Thompson atop the leaderboard at 23-under 196, one off the tour 54-hole record for relation to par set by Annika Sorenstam in the 2003 Mizuno Classic.
Lewis was second in the event in 2014 and tied for second last year, one of her 11 runner-up finishes since her last victory in June 2014. She has 11 tour victories, including two majors.
Saturday's scores
Farmers Insurance Open Par Scores
s-Torrey Pines (South). Yards • 7,698. Par • 72
n-Torrey Pines (North). Yards • 7,258. Par • 72
Third-round leaders
Purse • $6.7 million
Patrick Rodgers 68n-72s-67s 207 -9
Brandt Snedeker 68n-69s-70s 207 -9
Tony Finau 73s-68n-67s 208 -8
Cheng Tsung Pan 70s-69n-69s 208 -8
Pat Perez 68n-74s-67s 209 -7
Marc Leishman 69s-72n-68s 209 -7
Stewart Cink 68n-72s-69s 209 -7
Jonas Blixt 68n-72s-69s 209 -7
Harris English 71s-69n-69s 209 -7
Ollie Schniederjans 69s-69n-71s 209 -7
Robert Streb 68n-71s-70s 209 -7
Justin Rose 65n-71s-73s 209 -7
Paul Casey 69n-73s-68s 210 -6
J.J. Spaun 72n-69s-69s 210 -6
Jon Rahm 72s-69n-69s 210 -6
Franesnco Molinari 71s-70n-69s 210 -6
Charles Howell III 67n-74s-69s 210 -6
Gary Woodland 67n-75s-69s 211 -5
Kyle Stanley 70s-73n-68s 211 -5
Hunter Mahan 71s-70n-70s 211 -5
Jhonattan Vegas 73s-70n-68s 211 -5
Phil Mickelson 71n-72s-68s 211 -5
Adam Hadwin 66s-71n-74s 211 -5
Ryan Armour 71s-71n-70s 212 -4
Kevin Tway 72n-70s-70s 212 -4
Kyle Reifers 76s-67n-69s 212 -4
Hideki Matsuyama 71s-70n-71s 212 -4
Lucas Glover 71s-70n-71s 212 -4
T. Van Aswegen 72s-68n-72s 212 -4
Charley Hoffman 74s-70n-68s 212 -4
Brian Harman 68s-71n-73s 212 -4
Zac Blair 70n-69s-73s 212 -4
Keegan Bradley 69n-69s-74s 212 -4
Michael Thompson 71s-71n-71s 213 -3
Sebastian Munoz 72n-71s-70s 213 -3
Emiliano Grillo 72s-69n-72s 213 -3
Louis Oosthuizen 71n-72s-70s 213 -3
Brendan Steele 69s-74n-70s 213 -3
Roberto Castro 70n-70s-73s 213 -3
Ryan Brehm 68n-72s-73s 213 -3
Kevin Streelman 69n-70s-74s 213 -3
Ryo Ishikawa 74s-68n-72s 214 -2
Rory Sabbatini 70s-72n-72s 214 -2
Kelly Kraft 72s-70n-72s 214 -2
Graham DeLaet 68s-73n-73s 214 -2
Trey Mullinax 67n-74s-73s 214 -2
Ryan Blaum 71n-72s-71s 214 -2
Mackenzie Hughes 70n-70s-74s 214 -2
Cameron Smith 73n-71s-70s 214 -2
Johnson Wagner 73s-71n-70s 214 -2
Julian Etulain 71s-73n-70s 214 -2