SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Dana Quigley shot 7-under 64 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead going to the final round of the SBC Championship at Oak Hills Country Club.
Quigley had an 11-under total of 131 to lead Mark James, a former European Ryder Cup member and second-year player on the Champions Tour who shot 66. Jay Haas was alone in third at 133 after 66.
Perfect scoring conditions of warm temperatures and no wind greeted players for another day.
First-round leader John Harris was tied for the lead before taking triple bogey on the par-4 17th. His second shot sailed over the green, hit the backside of a bunker slope and rocketed out of bounds. He finished with 66 and was tied for fourth at 8-under with Bruce Fleisher and Don Pohl.
Quigley has been the points leader for 19 weeks in the Charles Schwab Cup, a $1-million competition that rewards yearlong consistency and performance in the major championships. He entered this tournament leading Hale Irwin with one tournament left on the 2005 schedule.
Quigley had six birdies in a seven-hole stretch to surge toward the lead, starting on the par-4 seventh and ending with a 15-foot birdie on the par-3 13th.
"When you make a birdie there, you feel like you're stealing one because that hole is so tough," Quigley said. "I want to tidy everything up before the Charles Schwab Championship (next week), and a win here would certainly do it."
Defending champion Mark McNulty shot 1-over 72 and was six shots back in 15th.
"This course sets up for somebody to shoot a 62 or 64 tomorrow, and I just hope that person is me," McNulty said.
EUROPEAN PGA: Jose Maria Olazabal held a one-stroke lead after three rounds at the Mallorca Classic in Son Servera, making birdie on the 17th hole and moving in front when Paul Broadhurst bogeyed the 18th.
Olazabal shot par 70, which left him at 6-under 204. Broadhurst (72) and Soren Hansen (66) shared second. Bradley Dredge (67), Wade Ormsby (70) and Mattias Eliasson (70) followed at 206.
Olazabal is going for his first win in three years and trying to enhance his bid to regain a Ryder Cup spot for next year.
