Rain wipes out Telecom round

Jim Furyk was the only player to shoot in the 60s each day this week.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
INCHEON, South Korea -- Michelle Wie's first chance to play a post-cut round in a men's professional tournament got washed out Saturday.
Heavy rain and strong wind forced the postponement of the third round of the SK Telecom Open, where the 16-year-old American is six strokes off the lead after making the cut in a men's tournament for the first time Friday. Because of the delay, the Asian Tour event was be shortened from 72 holes to 54.
Wie was at the tee when the rain hit. After a delay of almost three hours, the course was declared unplayable.
The SK Telecom Open is the eighth men's professional event for Wie. She has played in four PGA Tour events and has competed on the Japan, Nationwide and Canadian tours, missing the 36-hole cut in all seven tournaments. No woman has made the cut on the PGA Tour since Babe Zaharias at the 1945 Tucson Open.
The Hawaiian-born teenager became the second woman to make the cut at a men's tournament in South Korea. LPGA star Se Ri Pak tied for 10th in the lower-tier KPGA Tour SBS Pro-Golf Championship in 2003.
Wie was six strokes behind leaders Iain Steel of Malaysia (66) and Prom Meesawat of Thailand (64).
Wachovia Championship
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Stung by a playoff loss at Quail Hollow a year ago and frustrated by two close calls this year, Jim Furyk gave himself another shot at winning by taking advantage of a rain-softened course for a 4-under 68 and a one-shot lead.
Furyk, the only player to shoot in the 60s each day this week, got the separation he needed with an approach that landed softly and rolled within 2 feet on the 16th hole, then finished with solid pars to reach 11-under 205.
Retief Goosen made seven birdies on the back nine and was thrilled to escape with a bogey on the 18th hole after driving into the creek that meanders down the left side of the fairway. That gave him a 65 and left him one shot behind, along with fellow South African Trevor Immelman, who birdied the 18th for a 66.
Bo Van Pelt had a three-shot lead going into the third round, but he opened with a bogey and followed with eight straight pars, eventually settling for a 73 that allowed several players into the mix.
Franklin American Mortgage Championship
FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- Angela Stanford moved into position for her first LPGA Tour victory since 2003, shooting a 6-under 66 to take a four-shot lead after the third round.
Stanford entered the day ahead by one stroke at Vanderbilt Legends Club's Ironhorse Course. She responded with 25 putts in a seven-birdie, one-bogey round that featured five straight birdies to put her at 18-under 198.
Regions Charity Classic
HOOVER, Ala. -- Mark McNulty shot a 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead over Dick Mast and Brad Bryant.
McNulty finished at 10-under 134, parring the par-5 closing hole after dropping a stroke on No. 17 when he hit his second shot into the water.
Mast (66) is trying to become the first Monday qualifier to win since Pete Oakley in the 2004 Senior British Open. Bryant shot a 67.
Italian Open
MILAN, Italy -- Francesco Molinari and Benn Barham shot 5-under 67s to share the lead at 16 under after the third round.
Phillip Archer was a stroke back after a 68.
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