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Show MtAlD DAILY THE ASSOCIATED BROKEN ARROW. Okla. Amnlca Sorenstam took a lead into the final round of the John Q. Hammons 'Hotel Classic, shooting a 68 on the demanding Cedar Ridge Country dub course. The Swedish star, the 2002 winner at Tulsa Country Club who is making her first LPGA Tour start since the Women's British Open in late July, had an 134 total. England's i''Tp win pe ROUKPUP HttSS Joanne Morley was second af- ter a 67. MikaelaParmM(140). ishing with feu birdtes and a 1 1 Krofar dacste m MaineviSe, r bogey. "1 realty wasntm trouble, Ohio, Doug TeweB shot a lead i thafs the key here, biting fair- der 65 to take a ways, hitting greens," Sorett- - v over Ireland's On Smyth after V? st am said, "I've got to continue the second round of the Kroger ; to do that. Anything can hap-' pen on this course. ; TewelL the runner-u- hst 131 total . Johanna Head (69), Karen year, bad a , on the TPC at River's Bend. Stupples (70) and ShiHyun : Smyth shot a 67. Gary McCord Ann (73) were five strokes V back at 3 under, and second- - ; J (69) was 10 under, Fred Gibson ": round leader Christina Kim (75) (65) was 9 under, and defend- - ; was another shot behind along ing champion Gu Morgan (67) ; . was 8 under with KelH Kuehne (72) and V along with Hale Ir-one-stro- "I didn't touch three-strok- e a golf club for three weeks. I'm surprised," said Sorenstam, who won the HP Open in Sweden on Aug. 8 in her last tournament appear. ance. . Sorenstam, seeking her fifth LPGA Tour win of the season and 53rd of her career, had a strong baltatriking day, hitting 16 greens in regulation and fin IVcir lead in LPGA Tour Sorenstam takes three-strok- e September 11 20 Sund ; p . . (67X 2001 winner Jim Thor(68) and Bob Murphy fc). .' Singh mak six birdies amd i, stffl ofirysbot a 72, couron the of a triple bogey tesy Uth hole for the second time , tiiis week. Jesper Parnevik, dressed m bright orange pants, htt his evening tee shot so far 'over the corporate tents that v : only later was K found m a : bunker on the adjacent hole, r "Gotf is a crazy game," said 203. Weir, who was at 1 would rather play like I did and keep making pur after par, then keep scrambfing aD over the place. It was a calm day for me. ' ' That might not be the case Sunday. Canada has been clamoring, for another native to win ks : national title since Pat Fletcher in 1954. What better way to , celebrate the 100th amuverr sary of the Canadian Open than to see Weir holding the v I I Mb q. KaasMaa Natal flwftf f . om CI Continue femaa Hasten: In Ger- many, Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell shot a 3un-de-r lead to take a three-strok- e over European Ryder Cup player Padraig Harrington of Ire- land after the third round of the German Masters. ' t ; ' McDowdl bad a 14nmder 202 total on the Gut Laercbenhof course. Harrington shot a 64, the best round of the day. l er ', . Hill trophy? "I can remember being on the putting green (as a kid) and havW a chance to win the ,. HEIullHliH iBiHiBIH id 1 SI Canadian Open," Weir said. : Kresge shot a 67 and win be paired in the final group today with Canada's biggest star. Kresge is playing in the final group for onh the second time m his career. Otherwise, he is : best known as the guy who was lining up a putt in Qwhool when he backed off the green and fell into a creek. He might feel as though he's up a creek playing with Weir in his native land, on the 100th anniversary of the Canadian . Open in front of a gallery that sounds more suited for a Stan--, ley Cup finals. "It's a hockey crowd," Weir said. "Hopefully, the golfing gods will be here tomorrow." Singh Kkeh win be around, too. He started his day with bo--. geys on three of the first four ; holes, hit another ball into the ' creek on No. 11 to fan five ' with shots behind, then rallied three straight birdies to give himself another chance at his third victory in his last five tournaments. "I recovered very wen," Singh said. "No. 11 has got me this week, but I've got another day to fix it." Bfll Haas, the : son. of Jay Haas, took another step toward earning his PGA Tour card without going to He shot 67 and was six shots behind in a tie for seventh, needing a top 10 to qualify for the Texas Open next week and possibly earn enough money to. get unlimited exemptions the rest of the season. : "I'm shooting good rounds, I'm just not putting four of them together," Haas said. Weir needs one more good round to capture the tournament that took him more than 10 years just to make the cut. No longer bedeviled by Gen Abbey, he stayed in control te missing so many birdie 2putts. Canada's only major champk on didnt do anything special, " but Weir didnt have to. Singh I was sloppy from the start, ; making a bogey from the bunker on the opening hole I from 25 feet " and three-puttion the next. Parnevik hit his : opening tee shot over the cor- - .. 1 porate tents. time Weir the to the By got third tee, he already had a three-sho- t lead. The first time he missed a green, he chipped in for his first birdie on No. 8 to extend his lead to four ' shots. f. Singh cut that lead in half on the 10th hole when Weir went ; bunker and ended his streak of 37 consecutive f boles without a bogey, while f er a Singh knocked in a for birdie. But that didn't last long. : Singh swung his leg in dis-- ? gust as his tee shot on the 11th headed for the trees, perhaps knowing what was coming. His approach got caught in a -gust of wind and dropped into . the creek, and his fourth shot htt the pm and bounced back into the rough. He wound up ; with a triple bogey. 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