DUBLIN, Ohio — On the table next to Tiger Woods' chair Saturday was a bottle of water, not a trophy, a reminder that there's still one round left to play in the Memorial Tournament.

Try getting everyone else to believe that.

Harrison Frazar, who trailed Woods by one stroke when the third round began on soft, soggy Muirfield Village, finished the day 14 strokes behind and became the latest member of the Tiger Woods Fan Club.

"It's been a long time since I've played with him, and now I know why," Frazar said.

Ernie Els thought he had seen it all. He has had four sensational battles with Woods since 1998, but he could only watch as Woods manhandled Muirfield Village for a 7-under 65 to build the largest 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour in two years.

"He's just awesome, man," Els said.

Woods will be paired Sunday with Steve Lowery, who birdied the 18th for a 66 that left him six strokes behind.

Let's see. Lowery, whose only PGA Tour victory came six years ago, will spot the No. 1 player in the world six strokes on the course built by Jack Nicklaus but now seemingly owned by Woods.

Of course, anything is possible. Woods could get the kind of migraine that made Mike Weir feel as though the Ohio State marching band was playing "Hang On, Sloopy" inside his head. He could miss his tee time. He could slip the non-conforming Callaway ERC driver in his bag and get disqualified. He could retire.

Then again, just last week in Germany, Woods had a three-stroke lead going into the final round and finished third, the first time since 1996 he had let a 54-hole lead get away.

"Oh, come on guys," Els said. "Don't even try. It's over."

Woods made his first bogey in 48 holes on No. 18, but he still was at 17-under 199 and has plenty room for error as he tries to become the first repeat champion in the 25-year history of the Memorial.

The six-stroke lead is the largest on tour for 54 holes since David Duval led by seven in Tucson in 1998, and its the most for Woods since he took a nine-stroke lead into the final round of the 1997 Masters and won by 12.

Woods, however, was not ready to polish off his victory speech.

"If it were over, there would be a trophy," he said.

Still, he was looking ahead to a chance to make his first successful title defense since he turned pro.

"It would be nice to get that over with, and then I don't have to hear anymore questions about it," he said.

Corning Classic

CORNING, N.Y. — Defending champion Kelli Kuehne shot a 5-under-par 67 Saturday to race past struggling Mi Hyun Kim and take the third-round lead in the LPGA Corning Classic.

Kuehne, who beat Rosie Jones by a single stroke last year, overcame a double-bogey on the first hole and finished the round at 11-under 205, one shot ahead of Betsy King, who had a 69.

Alone in third place another stroke back was Nancy Ramsbottom after a somewhat erratic 70. Pat Hurst finished with a 67 and was tied at 208 with Liz Earley of Canada, who celebrated her 30th birthday with a 68.

Sherri Steinhauer, who has eight top-10 finishes this year, also moved into contention with a 66, the best round of the day.

Kim, who began the day with a two-shot lead over King, Ramsbottom and Cindy Flom, self-destructed with a 76, as did Flom.

The 23-year-old South Korean, the leader the first two rounds despite a muscle strain in her left shoulder, started with a bogey on No. 1. After rallying with two straight birdies to go to 10 under, disaster soon struck in earnest for her: two bogeys before the turn and a double-bogey on No. 10, a 364-yard dogleg right. Another bogey on the par-4, 412-yard No. 13 dropped her six shots behind Kuehne and put her chances of winning for the third time on tour in jeopardy.

The wind, which had gusted during the first two rounds, died down and the soggy Corning Country Club course, soaked by a week of rain, dried out some more under sunny skies. The forecast for Sunday called for a chance of afternoon showers.

Kuehne started the day with a drive into the left rough on the first hole, a 402-yard par-4. She recovered nicely, but when her putt for par hit the hole and rolled 8 feet past, she missed again coming back and three-putted.

That failed to dampen her spirits.

"You make some, you miss some," said Kuehne, who rallied with six birdies to go to 10-under at the turn. "I'm not the least bit disappointed considering the start I got off to."

Kuehne then strung together seven straight pars and finished the day with a birdie on No. 18 after driving into the left rough again.

Boone Valley Classic

AUGUSTA, Mo. — Larry Nelson shot a 6-under-par 66 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Tom Watson after the second round of the Senior PGA Tour's Boone Valley Classic.

Nelson, the 1998 winner, had seven birdies and a bogey for a 12-under 132 total on the rain-soaked course.

"It'll be a lot of fun," said Nelson, a three-time major winner on the PGA Tour who won the Las Vegas Senior Classic last month for his sixth senior title. "I'm in a position where I won't have to buy a ticket to see a lot of good golf."

Watson, who started the day two strokes behind Nelson and Leonard Thompson, shot a 65. The five-time British Open winner holed a 50-foot putt on No. 4 for one of his eight birdies.

Watson was asked what he would have to do Sunday to beat Nelson. "Shoot low," he said with a laugh.

Watson also made putts of 40 and 25 feet on a day when he said he had to scramble to score well. "I wasn't getting close to the pins, but I made the birdies," Watson said.

David Graham, who started the round four strokes behind Nelson and Thompson, shot a 64 — one off the course record — to move within two strokes of Nelson. Thompson had a 73 to drop seven back.

Graham had eight birdies in a bogey-free round.

"Nelson is going to be tough to catch," Graham said. "He has played, by far, the best golf in the last 10 weeks out here. He's on his game full-bore and he's going to be hard to beat.

"I may do the same thing tomorrow and still not win, the way those two are playing."

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Nelson, Watson and Graham will be paired together Sunday.

NCAA women

SUNRIVER, Ore. — The University of Arizona won its second NCAA women's golf title in five years Saturday, completing one of the most dominating performances in tournament history.

The Wildcats' four-round total of 23-over 1,175 gave them a 21-stroke victory, the third largest in the tournament's 19-year history.

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