Bart Bryant blasted out of the sand and into a three-shot lead Saturday in the Tour Championship, holing a bunker shot for birdie on the 18th hole for a 4-under 66 and a cushion he didn't expect.
Bryant was clinging to a one-shot lead over defending champion Retief Goosen over the back nine at East Lake in Atlanta, with Tiger Woods closing fast with three birdies over his final five holes.
Everything changed so suddenly.
Goosen three-putted for bogey from about 45 feet on the 17th to fall two shots behind, and was in the same bunker to the right of the 18th green when he watched the 41-year-old Bryant make it for an unlikely birdie.
His birdie from the bunker put him at 14-under 196 to break by one shot the 54-hole record at the Tour Championship, previously held by Tom Lehman at Southern Hills in 1996. Lehman went on to a six-shot victory that enabled him to win the PGA Tour money title.
Bryant still has plenty of work left.
Goosen blasted out to 4 feet and saved par for a 1-under 69, putting him at 11-under 199.
Woods worked out some kinks in his swing overnight and managed to make birdies on the par 5s for the first time this week — "Miracles do happen," he said — and shot 67 to finish four shots behind at 10-under 200.
Goosen is trying to become the first back-to-back winner of this All-Star game for the top 30 players on the money list. Woods needs a victory to become the first PGA Tour player to break $11 million in one year.
Scott Verplank overcame four bogeys for a 69 and was at 8-under 202, while Davis Love III birdied the first four holes on the back nine and shot 65 to finish at 204.
SOUTHERN FARM BUREAU CLASSIC: At Madison, Miss., rookie Joey Snyder III surged to the top of the leaderboard in the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, shooting a 7-under 65 to take a one-stroke lead after three rounds.
Snyder was at 16-under 200 after 54 holes, with Heath Slocum (64) and Loren Roberts (66) right behind.
Snyder, whose best finish on the tour was a tie for sixth at The International, started the day 9 under, one stroke behind six co-leaders. His third round included an eagle on No. 5, six birdies and one bogey.
Slocum, seeking his second tour win, closed his round with four of his six birdies, while Roberts, an eight-time winner, closed his 66 with two of his seven birdies.
MIZUNO CLASSIC: At Otsu, Japan, Annika Sorenstam remained in position for her record fifth straight victory in the Mizuno Classic, birdieing the final two holes of the second round for a 5-under 67 that left her a stroke behind South Korea's Young Kim.
Sorenstam, tied with Laura Davies for the LPGA Tour record for consecutive victories in a tournament with four, had six birdies and a bogey in the second round on the Seta course. Davies won the Standard Register Ping from 1994-97.
Kim, who opened with a 63 on Friday for a one-stroke lead over Sorenstam, had eight birdies and three bogeys in her 67 to move to 14-under 130. The 25-year-old South Korean player is winless in three full seasons on the LPGA Tour.