Phil Mickelson and Nick Watney each stumbled with the lead on Saturday, leaving the US duo tied atop the leaderboard after three rounds at the US PGA Wells Fargo Championship. Mickelson took a double bogey at the par-5 15th and a bogey at 16 to hand Watney the lead, only to have Watney double bogey the par-3 17th and leave both even on eight-under 208 for 54 holes in the $6.7 million event at Quail Hollow. "I was grinding it out there even though I didn't have my A game coming down the stretch," said Mickelson, who fired a 73 while Watney settled for a 71.

(Reuters) - Three years after suffering an agonising playoff loss at the RBC Heritage, Britain's Brian Davis once again put himself in contention at the PGA Tour event when he charged one stroke clear in Thursday's opening round. Englishman Davis piled up six birdies in a sizzling seven-hole stretch from the par-five fifth on the way to a six-under-par 65 at the picturesque Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Australian Jason Day held on firmly to his one-stroke lead in the third round of the Masters on Saturday. Starting at six under, Day opened with three straight pars to stay ahead although he was briefly joined atop the leaderboard by countryman Marc Leishman. Leishman, joint second overnight, birdied the second, but dropped one at the fourth to slip back to five under. Freddie Couples remained at five under through three holes with four players -- Adam Scott, Jason Dufner, Brandt Snedeker and Angel Cabrera -- all on four under after a handful of holes.

By Mark Lamport-Stokes AUGUSTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Sergio Garcia and surprise package Marc Leishman seized joint control in Thursday's opening round at the Masters, though tournament favourite Tiger Woods was lurking just four shots off the pace. On a mainly overcast day at Augusta National where there was very little wind, Spaniard Garcia and Australian Leishman fired six-under-par 66s to surge one stroke clear of the field in the year's opening major.