Singh recovers to grab share of lead at Pebble Beach National

The big Fijian has a 13-under 203, same as Arron Oberholser.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- The sun-splashed scenery at Pebble Beach was never more spectacular.
Vijay Singh made sure the golf was worth watching, too.
Singh recovered from a rugged start by unleashing five birdies in a six-hole stretch Saturday for a 4-under 68 that gave him a share of the lead with Arron Oberholser in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
"I always enjoy the scenery here, the golf course is great and you cannot ask for a better place to play golf and win a golf tournament," Singh said. "I would love to do it if I could [today]."
No one would expect anything less.
Singh already has 11 consecutive top-10 finishes, three off the modern-day record set by Jack Nicklaus in 1977, and not even the bumpy greens on the Monterey Peninsula seem capable of stopping him.
He will be in the final group today with Oberholser, who had a 67 at Spyglass Hill to join Singh at 13-under 203.
Oberholser, who grew up 90 minutes away in San Mateo, was even more impressive on a far more difficult track, playing bogey-free to get into serious contention for the first time on the PGA Tour.
Phillip Price of Wales had a 69 at Pebble Beach and was at 204.
Phil Mickelson, who played the first three rounds with Singh, had a three-shot lead over the big Fijian at the turn but lost seven shots to him on the back nine. Mickelson wound up with a 71 and was four shots behind.
"I didn't strike it as well as I did the first 45 holes of the tournament," Mickelson said. "At Pebble, you really need to hit your irons sharp because the greens are so small. When you give yourself putts at it, you can make some birdies. And you saw that with Vijay."
Signature string
During his streak of top 10s, which dates to the NEC Invitational in August, Singh has been known to run off several birdies in a row to take the lead or get into contention. This was no different.
"It's maybe because I'm hitting good shots, making the right putts at the right time," Singh said. "I can't explain it. It's a good feeling when it's going in, let me tell you that much."
He bogeyed the first two holes, hitting his 3-wood out of bounds on No. 2 and scrambling for a bogey.
Singh held it together with a 5-iron that landed 20 inches right of the pin on No. 5 for birdie, and a lob wedge that spun back to 2 feet on the par-3 seventh.
He was only even par when he made the turn, although still in the thick of it.
Starting with an 18-foot birdie putt on No. 11, Singh started hitting fairways and greens, and making just about every putt he had, no matter how far away.
He birdied five of his next six holes, ending the run with a 40-foot putt up the hill on No. 16.
Mickelson
Mickelson was flawless on the front nine, giving himself a birdie putt on the first eight holes and converting three of them in what appeared to be a methodical journey around Pebble Beach. When his 15-foot putt on the treacherous eighth hole dropped for birdie, he was three shots clear of Singh.
Mickelson dropped a shot on No. 10 when his approach found the bunker, and he never got anything going after that. When he three-putted the 17th from 60 feet for bogey, he dropped four shots behind.