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Martin Laird leads

Barclays by three

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
PARAMUS, New Jersey (AP) — Martin Laird suspected that four straight birdies early in the round and no bogeys had put him in the lead Saturday at The Barclays. When he finally glanced at a leaderboard, it gave him quite a jolt.
And it had nothing to do with the size of his three-shot lead.
The board occasionally shows the projected FedEx Cup standings. Laird, who started these playoffs at No. 95 and was hopeful of reaching the second round, saw his name at No. 1.
"I didn't think I'd come in here and move that much," Laird said after his 6-under 65. "I caught a glimpse of the projected FedEx Cup and I got a little shock."
It was a not-so-subtle reminder that winning goes a long way in these playoffs, and Laird put himself in a great spot. He was at 12-under 201, three shots clear of Dustin Johnson and Jason Day with one round left at Ridgewood Country Club.
A victory for the 27-year-old Scot would move him to No. 1, assuring him a spot in all four majors next year, and making him a serious contender for the $10 million FedEx Cup pay-off.
Tiger Woods also has something at stake Sunday, but it most likely won't be a trophy. After missing only one fairway in each of the first two rounds, Woods hit his opening tee shot off the property and took triple bogey. He couldn't get those three shots back and shot 72, putting him nine shots behind. He needs a steady final round just to advance to second round next week outside Boston.
For Johnson, who has found nothing but hard luck in the majors this year, it will be his second straight tournament playing in the final group. So much for that hangover from the PGA Championship, where he was penalized two shots on the final hole when he didn't realize he was in a bunker at Whistling Straits, knocking him out of a playoff.
Johnson, struggling with a cold and his swing earlier in the week, began to hit his stride on a sunny day in northern New Jersey. On the 616-yard 13th hole, he blasted a 3-wood to about 15 feet for eagle, and added consecutive birdies a short time later on his way to a 64 that gave him a chance to win.
"I definitely put myself into the hunt," Johnson said.
The good news? Everyone knows what a bunker looks like at Ridgewood.
Day remains in the hunt, too, although he didn't help himself on a day for scoring at Ridgewood. The 22-year-old Australian regained the lead by chipping for eagle on the short par-4 fifth hole, but he simply missed too many putts and struggled enough with his driver - he hit only four fairways - to give it away. Day made five bogeys, one of them on a par 5 on the back nine, and had to settle for a 70.
"Just hit more fairways and I'll be able to set myself up better at making birdies," Day said.
Adam Scott birdied the 18th hole for a 68 and was four shots behind.
On the day before European captain Colin Montgomerie announces his three captain's picks, it might be pleasing to see a fellow Scot atop the leaderboard against such a strong field. Too bad it's Laird, who played college golf at Colorado State and never left the American golf circuits. Plus, he has played so poorly all year that he's not even thinking about the Ryder Cup.
Laird was simply trying to get into the top 125 in the FedEx Cup standings to qualify for the playoffs, and he's moving up quickly.
Justin Rose, in his final round before Montgomerie makes his captain's picks, went off early having narrowly made the cut and shot 65 to join the group at 7-under 206 that included Ryan Palmer, Matt Kuchar, John Senden, Vaughn Taylor and Kevin Streelman.
"I think it's a tight selection process," said Rose, who has been quiet since wins at the Memorial and AT and T National. "It's just been nice to make a little bit of noise and shoot a great round to show him my game is there. I didn't go out there to prove anything today. But I'm glad that it worked out. I think it's a timely round of golf.
Woods was in a tie for 28th, continuing his slide since he opened with a 65 to share the first-round lead.
Four shots behind to start the third round, his 3-wood went straight up in the air, then straight left, over the trees and out-of-bounds. He had to hit another tee shot, then missed a short putt and took triple bogey. Woods went out in 39 after a bogey on the ninth before he began another reclamation project - birdies on the par 5s, and a 7-iron to 8 feet on the 18th hole for another birdie.
The top 100 in the standings - Woods is at No. 112 - make it to the Deutsche Bank Championship, which donates its proceeds to the Tiger Woods Foundation. Woods likely will need something around par in the final round to get there.
Laird has much higher hopes.

THIRD ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 213 (3x71)
201 Martin Laird (Sco) 69 67 65
204 Dustin Johnson 71 69 64, Jason Day (Aus) 67 67 70
205 Adam Scott (Aus) 66 71 68
206 Vaughn Taylor 65 70 71, Justin Rose (Eng) 72 69 65, John Senden (Aus) 67 69 70, Ryan Palmer 66 74 66, Matt Kuchar 68 69 69, Kevin Streelman 72 63 71
207 Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 72 65 70
208 Steve Stricker 70 70 68, J.P. Hayes 72 69 67, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 68 71 69, Heath Slocum 67 71 70, Charlie Wi (S Korea) 69 70 69, Ian Poulter (Eng) 70 72 66, Paul Casey (Eng) 69 69 70, Rickie Fowler 71 70 67, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 69 68 71
209 Zach Johnson 69 69 71, Retief Goosen (S Africa) 70 70 69, Bill Haas 69 73 67, Brian Gay 66 72 71, Stewart Cink 67 69 73, Webb Simpson 72 65 72, Josh Teater 68 71 70
210 Tiger Woods 65 73 72, Michael Sim (Aus) 69 70 71, Charley Hoffman 68 72 70, Pat Perez 67 73 70, Robert Garrigus 69 72 69, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 70 71 69, Hunter Mahan 70 71 69, Kevin Na 72 69 69, Ben Crane 67 70 73, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 72 68, Troy Matteson 71 69 70, D.J. Trahan 67 71 72, Stephen Ames (Can) 73 68 69
211 Rory Sabbatini (S Africa) 68 74 69, Sean O'Hair 69 70 72, Marc Leishman (Aus) 70 70 71, Chris Couch 67 72 72, Bubba Watson 71 70 70
212 Nick Watney 69 71 72, David Duval 68 72 72, Matthew Jones (Aus) 72 70 70, D.A. Points 70 70 72, Andres Romero (Arg) 73 69 70, Tim Petrovic 68 69 75, Camilo Villegas (Col) 67 74 71, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 70 71 71
213 Chad Campbell 72 69 72, Justin Leonard 71 71 71, Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 68 74 71, Davis Love III 67 74 72, Jimmy Walker 68 74 71, Bryce Molder 72 67 74
214 Spencer Levin 72 69 73, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 72 70 72, Robert Allenby (Aus) 73 67 74, Jeff Overton 68 73 73, Jonathan Byrd 67 72 75, Y.E. Yang (SKor) 73 67 74
215 Chad Collins 68 74 73, John Merrick 73 69 73, Ernie Els (Rsa) 71 71 73, Scott Verplank 67 75 73
217 Brian Davis (Eng) 72 70 75, Kenny Perry 72 70 75
218 J J Henry 68 73 77.

Langer leads Boeing Classic after a 63

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SNOQUALMIE, Washington (AP) — Bernhard Langer fired a 9-under 63 to take a one-shot lead over Nick Price after the second round of the Champions Tour's Boeing Classic on Saturday.

Price struggled to make birdies on the back nine, allowing Langer to overtake the opening round leader.

Langer made a 12-foot birdie on the 12th hole to pull within a shot of Price and move to 6-under on the round. With Price making pars, Langer continued his run to the top of the leaderboard. Birdies at Nos. 14 and 15 gave him the outright lead and a birdie at 18 moved him to 15-under 129 for the tournament.

Price (67) made four birdies on the front nine. He recorded his only bogey of the day at 17, but closed with an eagle at the par-5 18th to pull within a shot of Langer.

Hometown favorite Fred Couples had just come off consecutive birdies at Nos. 13 and 14 that moved him into a tie with Tom Pernice Jr. for third at 8-under par.

But Couples bogeyed the par-5 15th hole for the second consecutive day after going in the hazard that lines the left side of the hole off the tee. Then he came unglued at 16 finding the sand trap in front of the green with his second shot. His first two attempts failed to clear the 8-foot lip and rolled back to his feet. He finally got out on the third attempt and made double-bogey.

Another bogey at 17 added to Couples' problems and he finished with a 72 to put him at 4 under for 36 holes.

Pernice Jr. was three shots off the lead before consecutive bogeys at Nos. 11 and 12 dropped him back to 8-under par. Pernice Jr. bounced back with birdies at 15 and 16 to finish at 10-under.

Keith Fergus and Hal Sutton are tied for fourth at 6-under par.