08/31/2008 - Norton, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Weir narrowly missed carding a 59 on Friday, but his four-under 67 Sunday gave him a one-shot lead after three rounds of the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Weir's three-day total of 17-under-par 196 established a new 54-hole scoring record at this event. The Canadian broke Adam Scott's record of 198, which he set in 2003.
Camilo Villegas started the day tied for 22nd, but flew into second place with an eight-under 63. He completed three rounds at 16-under-par 197.
Sergio Garcia (68) and Vijay Singh (69) share third at minus-14. Singh, the FedEx Cup playoff points leader, won this title in 2004 and was runner-up in 2006.
Second-round leader Tim Clark, who had a shot at 59 on Saturday, stumbled to six bogeys in a nine-hole span, but birdied the final two holes to post two- over 73. That left him tied for eighth at 12-under-par 201.
Clark had a two-stroke lead after seven holes, but a three-putt bogey on the eighth sent him tumbling out of the lead at the TPC of Boston.
Villegas was playing nearly two hours ahead of the final pairing - Weir and Clark. He spread his birdies throughout the front and back nines.
The Colombian collected birdies on the second and fourth to open his round. Birdies on six and nine helped him make the turn at 12-under.
Villegas sank an eight-footer for birdie on the 12th and came back two holes later with a 10-foot birdie putt at 14.
After a pair of pars, Villegas dropped his approach within two feet at the 17th and kicked that in for birdie. That gave him a share of the lead with Clark.
Villegas followed with a 10-foot birdie putt at the last to give him a one- shot lead on Weir, who would pass him thanks to three birdies in his final five holes.
Weir birdied the second, but gave that shot back as he bogeyed the sixth. He bounced back with an eight-foot birdie putt on No. 7.
Around the turn, Weir drained a seven-foot birdie putt at 10 to join Villegas atop the leaderboard. After Villegas birdied the last, Weir again tied him for the lead with a birdie at 14.
Weir made it two in a row as he chipped in for birdie at the 15th. He dropped back into a share of the lead with a bogey on the 17th. Weir bounced back with a birdie at the last from five feet out to take the third-round lead.
"I've got to play my game," said Weir of the final round. "Today was not textbook. I did not play great. I had to lean on my short game. Hopefully that was my bad ball-striking day. I am proud of that round because I felt a little off all day. I held in there well, especially with my short game."
The lead might not be where Weir wants to be though. Weir has won just once in nine tries with the 54-hole lead and that was at the 2004 Northern Trust Open. He has lost his last three events when holding the 54-hole lead, including the Mercedes-Benz Championship earlier this year.
Villegas missed the cut for just the third time this season last week. He has four top-10 finishes, including a tie for fourth at the PGA Championship.
"I've been playing pretty solid all year. If you look at it, last week was just my third missed cut of the year and the way the points are right now, it was probably the worst cut to miss all year," said Villegas, referring to the FedEx Cup playoff race.
"I'm very excited with the way I played today to get back into contention and back into this tournament."
Ernie Els (69), Jim Furyk (69) and Ben Crane (63) are tied for fifth at 13- under-par 200. Clark was joined in eighth at minus-12 by Heath Slocum (69) and Briny Baird (68).
There was a second cut at three-under-par 210 with 14 players missing out on the final round. Among those 14 were 2007 champion Phil Mickelson, who shot one-over 72 to finish at 211, Adam Scott (211) and Kenny Perry (213).
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NEW YORK (AP) -By staying away from the cupcakes, Southern California earned itself a slim new ranking.
No. 1 always seems to fit USC.
Southern California jumped two spots to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Tuesday, rewarded by voters for opening the season with a dominant performance on the road against a BCS conference opponent.
Georgia and Ohio State, the preseason Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, started their seasons with glorified scrimmages at home against FCS (formerly I-AA) teams. USC, however, traveled across country to face Virginia and could not have been more impressive in a 52-7 victory.
Georgia fell to No. 2 and Ohio State to No 3.
"We realize that rankings so early in a season are certainly fluid. But rankings do help establish a pecking order for things later in the season," USC coach Pete Carroll said in a statement. "As for moving into the No. 1 spot, it's nice to know that people think highly of our team."
Since reaching No. 1 on Dec. 7, 2003, the final-regular season AP poll of that season, USC has been No. 1 in 39 polls, by far the most of any team during that time.
"Some have said the voters are taking our schedule into consideration," Carroll said. "Our philosophy has always been to schedule outstanding opponents. We need to play challenging games like we just did, traveling across the country to open the season at Virginia. Games like that bring out our best and make us stronger as a team."
The latest voting was close. USC received 21 first-place votes and 1,539 points from the 65-member media panel. Georgia had 20 first-place votes and 1,506 points. Ohio State got 15 first-place votes and 1,497 points.
"I'd say we've evolved as pollsters," said Stewart Mandel of SI.com, who moved USC up to No. 1. "In the past, voters just kind of automatically moved teams up and kept teams where they were if they won."
Georgia beat Georgia Southern 45-21 on Saturday and Ohio State opened with a 43-0 win over Youngstown State.
"There's a bit of a growing backlash for the amount of teams that open with I-AA cupcakes," said Mandel, whose book "Bowls, Polls and Tattered Souls" chronicles college football's controversies. "To see a team [USC] go on the road and play a New Year's Day bowl team from last season, and not only play them but destroy them, how could you not reward that team?"
USC also jumped past Georgia to No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' poll, which has the same top five as the AP poll.
"It's definitely a privilege to be No. 1. But it's not heartbreaking to me if we drop," Georgia offensive lineman Josh Davis said. "It doesn't matter right now what we're ranked. What matters is our next game and right now, that's Central Michigan. The only time the polls matter is in December. That's when the polls matter."
While the Bulldogs opened easy, their schedule ultimately should be as difficult as any team's. Georgia's big nonconference test is at No. 15 Arizona State on Sept. 20. The Bulldogs also face six Southeastern Conference rivals that've been ranked in the first two polls.
As for Ohio State, the Buckeyes play at USC on Sept. 13 before getting into the Big Ten schedule.
But of the teams in this week's top 10, USC and Texas are the only ones that don't play an FCS opponent, and the Trojans are the only team that doesn't play a team from a non-BCS conference.
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The last team to drop from No. 1 after a victory was USC last season. LSU jumped from No. 2 to No. 1 when it beat Tulane 34-9, the same week the Trojans edged Washington 27-24 on the road.
The last preseason No. 1 team to lose the top spot after winning its opening game was Florida in 2001. The Gators beat Marshall 49-14, but preseason No. 2 Miami opened with a 33-7 victory over Penn State and the Hurricanes jumped to No. 1 with Florida slipping to second.
The next four teams in the new Top 25 stayed the same: No. 4 Oklahoma (two first-place votes), No. 5 Florida (five first-place votes), No. 6 Missouri (one first-place vote), No. 7 LSU (one first-place vote) and No. 8 West Virginia.
No. 9 Auburn and No. 10 Texas each moved up a spot, taking advantage of Clemson's big drop. Clemson, ninth in the preseason, fell out after losing 34-10 to Alabama on Saturday.
Also falling out after losses were Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and Tennessee.
Moving into the rankings were No. 21 Fresno State, No. 22 Utah, No. 23 UCLA and No. 24 South Carolina.
Alabama moved up 11 spots after its big victory over Clemson.
The second 10 started with No. 11 Wisconsin, followed by Texas Tech, Alabama and Kansas. BYU and Arizona State were tied for 15th. Rivals BYU and Utah are both ranked for the first time since 1996.
South Florida was No. 17, ahead of Oregon, Penn State and Wake Forest at No. 20.
The final five were all the teams to move into the ranking, except for Illinois, which dropped four spots and tied South Carolina for No. 24.
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