Tiger Woods says he didn't like the way he hit in the third round of the Buick Open. Woods was happy with how he scored, though, as a 65 Saturday put him at 17 under. It ended up being good enough for the lead because Michael Letzig double bogeyed the last hole. Letzig hit a poor shot out of the sand at No. 18 and two-putted from 12 feet and fell to 16 under while Woods was on the practice range. Second-round leader John Senden shot a 1-under 71 to fall to 15 under and in third place. Woods, in his first tournament since missing the cut at the British Open, opened with a 71 after what he said was probably his worst putting day. He roared back into contention by going 9 under in the second round and 7 under in the third. While Woods savored one of his best rounds, fan favorite John Daly was left to digest one of his worst, going 15-over 51 on his last nine as he bumbled his way to a 16-over 88 to miss the four-under cut by a whopping 24 shots. The 88 was the second worst round of Daly's career. He shot 89 in the second round of the 2008 British Open. Matthew leads Open In England, Catriona Matthew tightened her grip on the Women's British Open with a third round 71 on Saturday as she aimed to become the first home winner of the tournament since 2004. Tied for the lead at halfway, Matthew, who has won six tournaments in her career, had three birdies and posted a four-under-par total to lead by three shots from American Christina Kim at Royal Lytham and St. Annes. The defending champion from South Korea, Shin Ji-yai (68), and Japan's Ai Miyazato (70), who won her first LPGA tournament last week at the Evian Masters, are joint third on even par. The last British winner of the event was Karen Stupples at Sunningdale in 2004. Scot Matthew, after dropping shots at the third and fourth, steadied the nerves by holing a 12-foot birdie putt at the short fifth and added more birdies at the 10th and 13th. “I'm delighted,” said the 39-year-old, who is playing in only her second event since the birth of her second daughter, Sophie, 11 weeks ago. “I stayed patient today and tried to stay relaxed, although it was tough with the pressure. “The key here is to stay out of the bunkers and I pretty well managed to do that. But while it's nice to be a few shots ahead there is still a lot of work to do tomorrow,” she told reporters. Shin, who won at Sunningdale with an 18 under-par total, mounted her challenge with five birdies in the best score of the day. “I'm right up there behind the leaders and this course is very tough, so I definitely have a chance,” she said. “It's much harder than Sunningdale. I got a lot of confidence winning last year and I feel I can play really well when it matters.”
