PGA Steve Lowery's 4-under 68 creates 5-shot B.C. edge

Alex Cejka and John E. Morgan are tied for second.
ENDICOTT, N.Y. (AP) -- Steve Lowery shot a 4-under-par 68 Saturday and led Alex Cejka and John E. Morgan by five shots after three rounds in the B.C. Open.
Lowery, who has led each round, was at 20-under 196. Only 1987 B.C. Open champion Joey Sindelar has led all four rounds of the tournament.
John Maginnes, David Gossett and Brett Quigley were tied for third another shot back at 202. Rod Pampling and Brian Henninger were at 203. Robert Gamez, Craig Stadler, Steve Allan, Joel Edwards and David Frost were at 204.
Lowery was one of 70 players who had to complete the second round in the morning because of a rain delay on Friday before tackling the narrow En-Joie Golf Club course again.
After a 45-minute fog delay, bright sunshine produced near-ideal conditions. Lowery took advantage with four birdies on the back nine in finishing his second straight 64 and taking a four-shot lead into the third round, but he was unable to maintain that torrid pace.
Close calls
Lowery parred the first seven holes of the third round, watching birdie putts of 10 feet at No. 3 and 5 feet at the fourth hole stay out before making birdie at the par-5 eighth hole to reach 17 under.
Cejka, playing in a threesome with Lowery and Pat Bates, birdied No. 2 to move within three shots of the lead.
But he missed a 7-foot putt for birdie on the first hole and squandered another on No. 5, settling for a three-putt par from 59 feet on the par-5.
Lowery converted a nice up-and-down par save at No. 9 after driving under the trees on the right side of the fairway and lifting his second shot into the rough on the back side of the green.
He then parred the 10th hole and rolled in a 6-footer for birdie at No. 11 to reach 18 under and gain a two-shot lead over Morgan.
A two-putt birdie from 39 feet on the par-5 12th hole dropped Lowery to 19 under, but his second shot at No. 13 found a bunker to the left of the green and he two-putted for bogey from 17 feet.
After a par at 14, Lowery drained a 7-foot birdie putt at 15 and sank a 34-foot birdie putt at 16 after driving a greenside bunker.
Huge break
Cejka, who received a huge break on the hole when his drive caromed off a tree and landed in front of the green, also managed birdie to go to 16 under.
But his drive at 18 landed in a water hazard and he had to settle for bogey and a tie for second.
Morgan's shocking electric blue hair -- the result of a lost bet on a golf course -- tucked neatly under his cap, made three straight birdies on the front nine before dubbing his third shot at the par-4 sixth hole and settling for bogey.
At the eighth hole, he began another string of three birdies to reach 16 under, then birdied 18 to tie Cejka and offset a double-bogey 6 at 15.