Mediate enjoys 3-shot lead entering final round

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SAN MARTIN, Calif. (AP) - Rocco Mediate holed out with a pitching wedge from 111 yards on the par-5 15th hole for his third eagle of the week and finished with a 4-under 67 to maintain a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Frys.com Open.

The 47-year-old Mediate, looking for his first PGA Tour victory in eight years, became the first player to make three eagles in a tournament since Tiger Woods in the 1998 Sprint International. Mediate had a hole-in-one on the par-3 third hole Thursday and holed out from 160 yards Friday on the par-4 fourth hole. He had a 17-under 196 total on the CordeValle Golf Club course in the Fall Series event.

Bo Van Pelt was second after a 65, Alex Prugh (66) and Ryuji Imada (69) were five strokes back at 12 under, and U.S. Ryder Cup player Rickie Fowler (68) was 11 under.

CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge

DANVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Michele Redman holed out from 126 yards for an eagle on the par-4 18th holefor a 4-under 68 and a share of the third-round lead in the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge with Spain's Beatriz Recari and South Korea's Ilhee Lee.

The 45-year-old Redman, who had a double bogey on the par-3 16th, hit an 8-iron approach that landed 16 feet from the pin, then rolled into the cup as the crowd cheered.

Lee also shot a 68, and Recari had a 70 to match Redman at 12 under on the Blackhawk Country Club course. Wendy Ward (69) and France's Gwladys Nocera (71) were 11 under. Iskandar Johor Open

JOHOR BAHRU, Malaysia (AP) - Ireland's Padraig Harrington overcame a sore neck to shoot a 4-under 68 and take a five-stroke lead in the Asian Tour's Iskandar Johor Open.

Harrington had a 17-under 199 total. Taiwan's Lin Wen-tang (72) was second.

Portugal Masters

VILAMOURA, Portugal (AP) - Spain's Pablo Martin shot a 9-under 63, eagling the third and fifth holes, to take a three-shot lead in the Portugal Masters at 18 under. Denmark's Jeppe Huldahl matched the Oceanico Victoria record with a 61 to join England's Oliver Wilson (65) at 15 under.