1.   When Roberts birdied the ninth and Faxon three-putted it for bogey, the lead was three strokes at the turn.

2.   Woods then birdied the ninth, Dunlap settled for par, and the cushion was two.

3.   But her lead remained a stroke when Mallon birdied the ninth.

4.   Nick Faldo, who birdied four of his opening six holes Wednesday, had to be content with eight consecutive pars before he birdied the ninth.

5.   Webb, two groups behind, also birdied the ninth and had a two-stroke lead going into the back nine.

6.   A par putt hung at the edge on number eight, but Els birdied the ninth from six feet.

7.   Bill Glasson, plagued throughout his career by knee problems, birdied the ninth to tie with Faxon.