• Houston Open, Day Three

Kim and Molder share lead

Anthony Kim produced the sublime and the ridiculous on day three © Getty Images

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Anthony Kim and Bryce Molder lead the way after three rounds of the Houston Open.

Kim was wild off the tee and bogeyed two of the first three holes, but the rest of his game at Redstone was superb. He had the odd slice of luck and it was certainly on his side at 17 as his drive went miles to the left but bounced on the cart path and added about 70 yards to his distance and allowed to chip up close for a birdie. He produced a superb up-and-down on 18 for par and heads into Sunday's final round at the head of the field alongside Molder.

Molder stood on the 18th tee with a share of the lead but tugged his ball left into the water. Molder has never won on tour and could have been forgiven for faltering, but he fired his third to 15 feet and holed a slick downhill putt to head into the final day in a share of the lead.

Lee Westwood had an eventful day, as his game appeared to implode before he found form heading for home. He got a case of the slices on six and eight, sending shots into the water, and it got worse on nine as he chunked his tee shot into the shrubbery and it cost him a triple bogey. Five birdies on the back nine, including an excellent putt on 18, went some way to repairing the damage, and a 72 leaves him well placed on seven-under.

Joe Ogilvie led the way for much of the third round, drawing on his experience before it all fell apart on 16 He stood on the 16th tee with a two-shot lead, but found a greenside bunker and trying to be too cute took three attempts to get out and a double bogey dragged him back into the pack at eight-under - level with Vaughn Taylor who bogeyed 18.

Birdies, eagles, bogeys and double-bogeys figured on Padraig Harrington's card and it all amounted to his momentum being checked as a par 72 left him on six-under.

Justin Leonard holed his second from 162 yards at the par-four sixth, the first eagle of his round and a second came at the par-five eighth. Leonard bogeyed nine to check his momentum but roared back at 10 and 11 to take the outright lead at that point. But his round unravelled at the 14th when he sent a bunker shot over the back of the green and it cost him a double-bogey.

Leonard also bogeyed the 17th to card a 67, leaving him on six-under, and he admitted it felt like he had let things slip. "Right now I am still simmering for the way I finished," he said. "But I did a lot of good things out there. To make eagles is like stealing a couple. I am happy about the day but disappointed about the final few holes. There is a lot of good stuff going on and I have been in a lot worse positions that this."

Charl Schwartzel finished with a flourish, making birdies on 16, 17 and 18 to move to six-under-par.

Justin Rose birdied his first three holes and also the 18th, but gave a couple of shots back along the way to post a 70 which leaves him on four-under.

Phil Mickelson got himself under-par for the week with a two-under 70, but it was again a case of missed opportunities as he made five birdies and left a number of chances above ground.

Ernie Els has no chance of making it three wins on the spin as a 75 saw him drop to three-over, while a 78 on Saturday undid Simon Dyson's solid work from the first couple of rounds.

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