GOLF DiMarco cards 64 to tie Kaye for lead

The final-round leader-board in the FBR Open will be packed with favorites.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- On a day when nearly everyone made a charge, Chris DiMarco had one of the best.
DiMarco shot his way into a share of the third-round lead in the FBR Open on Saturday, shooting a 7-under 64 to join Jonathan Kaye at 14-under 199.
Kaye carded a 66, making all five of his birdies on the back nine, and second-round leader Phil Mickelson was one shot back after a 68.
The leader-board for the final round will be packed with crowd favorites -- DiMarco (2002), Mickelson (1996) and Vijay Singh (1995, 2003) are former Phoenix Open champions -- and international stars such as Mike Weir, Bernhard Langer and Sergio Garcia.
Langer (66), Justin Leonard (66), Weir (68) and Ricky Barnes (68) were three shots off the pace, with Singh, Garcia, Steve Flesch, Fredrik Jacobson and first-round leader Scott Verplank at 203.
Tied Phoenix record
Leonard, who was 1 over after 12 holes, tied a Phoenix record by birdieing the last six, and Singh charged into contention with a remarkable 63 -- matching the best round of this tournament and his winning score in the fourth round last year.
Singh had eight birdies to move within range of his 11th consecutive top-10 finish, the most since Greg Norman's 11 in 1993-94.
DiMarco, whose wife had their third child the first week of January, waited until the Bob Hope last week to start his season and then missed the cut. But he was 7 under through two rounds this time and was on target from the start, starting his chain of birdies with a 20-foot putt on the second hole. He had a short putt for birdie on No. 3, but holed a 15-footer on No. 6 and a 25-footer on No. 9.
DiMarco's other birdies were on the 12th, 13th and 15th holes.
Kaye, playing three groups behind, made a 15-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to pull into the tie, but wasn't able to hole a putt of similar length on the last hole for the lead.
Mickelson had one birdie in the first 12 holes, but was back in his element on Nos. 13 and 15, the two par-5s on the back nine.
He birdied both, two-putting from 26 feet on the 13th hole after a 327-yard drive, and two-putting from 35 feet on 15 after a 334-yard drive. That got him to 13 under.
Touch deserted him
But the former Arizona State golfer's touch deserted him down the stretch despite encouragement from a huge gallery announced at 148,521. Mickelson smiled as he walked down the 16th fairway, but missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the green.
Mickelson was 12-under before bogeying his last two holes Friday.
Nobody reached that level Saturday until DiMarco's birdie on the par-3 12th.