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After dropping a shot at the par-three 17th, Woods made a mess of the tough par-four 18th, pushing his drive into the right rough, before yanking a six-iron into the green. He limited the damage to one dropped shot, getting up and down from 40 yards, but his mistake left Sabbatini alone in front with one round left.

Sabbatini was one of the few players in the final groups not to have trouble at the last, finishing with a fine 20-foot birdie to tie the Quail Hollow course record with a bogey-free eight-under-par 64 in intermittent rain.

He posted an 11-under 205 total, one shot better than Woods (68), with Vijay Singh (69) and Arron Oberholser (69) two behind.

Woods was not the only player to have trouble at the last in the wet conditions. Singh discarded his shoes and socks to play his second shot from the hazard, eventually making bogey, while Oberholser dropped two shots after finding the water with his second shot.

And Phil Mickelson rinsed his ball as well, also making double bogey to fall four shots off the pace.

Sabbatini's lead should come as no surprise. He tied for third at last week's Byron Nelson Championship, and last month tied for second at the Masters, where he led for part of the final round.

"I just managed to keep the ball in play and the rain slowing the greens up just a touch made it a little easier to be a little aggressive with the putter," said Sabbatini, who eagled the first hole and never looked back.