K.J. Choi of South Korea and Richard Johnson of Sweden share the lead at the Scandinavian Masters after the third round Saturday, and new British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen blew a chance to join them. Cheered on by a large home crowd, Johnson mixed four birdies with two bogeys in shooting 70 for a total of 10-under 206. Choi shot three birdies and two bogeys in the rainy and windy conditions at Bro Hof Slott in a 1-under 71 round. Oosthuizen could have made it a three-way tie for the lead, but he bogeyed his final hole to end on a 70 and at 9 under. Choi hit water at the 13th, where he opted to wade into the water to take a shot at a difficult ball. He said afterward that it was the the first time he had done that during a golf tournament. Mark Brown of New Zealand had the best score of the day with a 67 and shares fourth place with Argentina's Rafa Echenique at 209. Italian Edoardo Molinari is one more shot back. Langer opens 3-shot lead Bernhard Langer took a three-shot lead in the Senior British Open after shooting a 2-under 69 in the third round at Carnoustie Saturday. The German has yet to win on the US Champions Tour but is well-placed to change that after outplaying his nearest rival, Corey Pavin. The pair set out as joint leaders at 4-under but three bogeys dropped the American Ryder Cup team captain to a 1-over 72. Langer's lead would have been even greater but he drove into a bunker on the final hole and was forced to lay up short of the infamous Barry Burn with his recovery shot. He then hit a wedge to five feet but missed the putt to save his par and had to settle for the three-shot overall lead with a 6-under 207. A group of six players go into the final round at 2-under, one shot behind Pavin and four off the lead. Five of them are Americans reflecting three days of domination at the top of the leaderboard. Joining Larry Mize, Jay Haas, Russ Cochran, Jay Don Blake and Fred Funk is Welshman Ian Woosnam. Funk climbed more than 15 places after a bogey-free 4-under 67, the lowest round of the day. Pressel ahead Morgan Pressel of the United States took the lead at the Evian Masters after the third round Saturday, shooting a 5-under 67 to move to 11-under and two strokes clear of South Koreans Jiyai Shin and Jeong Jang. Pressel had been three strokes off the lead overnight after managing only a par 72 Friday, but hit back with four birdies and an eagle on the final hole of the day. Shin, who was briefly ranked No. 1 in the world following Lorena Ochoa's retirement this year, had five birdies and a bogey in a round of 68, while Jang hit 70. Overnight leader Mika Miyazato of Japan (74) fell four strokes behind Pressel after a patchy round which featured three consecutive bogeys and five overall. Brittany Lincicome, one of the longest drivers in women's golf, had a fine round of 65 – including six birdies and an eagle on the 16th hole – to move three strokes behind Pressel in a tie for fourth with Alexis Thompson (67) at 8 under. Gwladys Nocera was one off the lead overnight, but the Frenchwoman slipped down the leaderboard with a poor 76, undone by five bogeys. Michelle Wie had a better day after her sluggish 77 on Friday, showing more consistency with a 70 to move to 1 under. Pettersson sets record Carl Pettersson of Sweden shot a 10-under 60 to break the Canadian Open record, missing a 59 when his 30-foot birdie putt from the fringe grazed the left edge on St. George's difficult par-4 closing hole on Saturday. “I hit a pretty good 6-iron in there, but the wind sort of got it,” Pettersson said. “And you can't go past the hole because then you got no chance. And it was actually a difficult putt to get to the hole because it was very steep uphill. “I hit a good putt. I told myself, ‘You cannot leave this short. You got to give this a chance.' And I hit a solid putt and it was just hovering right on the left side. ... With 6 inches less pace it probably would have gone in.” Pettersson was trying to become the second player this month and fifth overall to shoot a 59 on the US PGA Tour. Paul Goydos did it on July 8 in the John Deere Classic and Al Geiberger (1977 Memphis Classic), Chip Beck (1991 Las Vegas Invitational) and David Duva (1999 Bob Hope Classic) also have accomplished the feat. In May on the Japan Tour, Ryo Ishikawa shot a 58 – the lowest score ever on a major tour – to win The Crowns. Pettersson broke the tournament record of 62 set by Leonard Thompson in 1981 at Glen Abbey and matched by five others, including Brent Delahoussaye on Thursday and Kevin Sutherland Friday. Pettersson tied the tournament record for relation to par of 10 under set by Greg Norman in 1986 when Glen Abbey played to a par of 72.
