Round 4, AT&T National

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Tiger Woods is trying to win for the third time this season and for the first time at his own tournament at Congressional.

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TIGER GETS IT DONE (6:20 p.m.): Needing just a par to wrap up win No. 68, Tiger Woods smoothed a 3-wood down the middle of the 18th fairway before hitting the green and two-putting for par and a one-shot win.

For Anthony Kim, it was a lesson in how to win on Sundays from the guy he idolized as a kid. It was the first time Kim had played with Woods and despite an early birdie to take the lead, Kim did what just about everyone else does when paired with the world's No. 1 player. A 1-over 71 obviously wasn't very good -- especially considering Kim tied a course record with a 62 earlier in the week -- but Kim is also just 24 years old and has an entire career ahead of him. He won't be happy about the result, but he'll learn from it. -- Brian Wacker

HUNTER HANGING AROUND (6:05 p.m.): With Tiger Woods just one shot in front him and on the golf course, Hunter Mahan just made his way from the range to the practice green as he waits this one out and tries to stay loose. -- Brian Wacker

TIGER ON TOP (5:55 p.m.): Tied with clubhouse leader Hunter Mahan at 12 under, Tiger Woods did what he has all week -- birdie the par-5 16th hole.

That moved Woods to 13 under and in the lead with just one two holes to play and puts him in position for his third win of the season and the first of his career at his own tournament here at Congressional. -- Brian Wacker

SINGH'S STRUGGLES (5:45 p.m.): A late bogey dropped Vijay Singh back to 6 under for the week, but the positive from today was that he made the turn in 30 and finished with a 66. For Singh, that's just his third round in the 60s in his last 10, which is similar to the beginning of the year when Singh started off with 9 of his first 10 rounds in the 70s. -- Brian Wacker

BRANDT ON THE MEND (5:35 p.m.): Brandt Snedeker seems to finally be on the mend after battling a cracked rib for much of the season. Snedeker, who had missed four of his last five cuts coming into this week's AT&T National, shot a 67 Sunday to finish at 7 under for the week. That should land him a spot somewhere in the top 10 or 12, which would be his best result since a tie for 17th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard. -- Brian Wacker

TRACKING TIGER (5:20 p.m.): Only three times in his career has Tiger Woods failed to get it done when holding the 54-hole lead. Will this be a fourth? It' hard to say right now, but Woods does have one par-5 left in the 16th hole. This week, Woods has birdied No. 15, No. 16 or both in every round. Tied with Hunter Mahan at 12 under -- Mahan is already in -- he'll need to make a birdie somewhere and not make any mistakes the rest of the way. Can he do that? We'll know in about an hour from now. -- Brian Wacker

A sip of Maginnes

A LOT ON THE LINE FOR LEE (5:10 p.m.): Danny Lee is not in the field next week at the John Deere Classic. The reigning U.S. Amateur Champion made his professional debut at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans this past spring and since then he has made just three cuts in six starts on the PGA TOUR and is rapidly running out of exemptions. His plans later this summer include an invitation to the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational and the Wyndham Championship. If Danny can make par or better on the last two holes, he will need to change his travel plans. A top-10 finish here will earn him a spot in the field next week without using one of his precious few exemptions. He is currently tied for eighth at 6 under. The waters of professional golf haven't been as smooth for Danny as one might have thought, but the tide could be turning here this week. The confidence that this young man could garner from a top-10 finish in this tournament against this field could be invaluable. -- John Maginnes

MAHAN TIES COURSE RECORD (4:45 p.m.): There's apparently something about Hunter Mahan and the number 62. He just tied the Congressional Country Club course record with a 62 here in the final round. That's the sixth time in Mahan's career that he has shot 62 with the most recent coming at last year's Barclays. Incidentally, it's also the second 62 of the week with Anthony Kim having shot the other -- though this one was a bit more impressive given the pin position.

More importantly, it puts him in the clubhouse at 12 under -- the same number Tiger Woods is at after making a bogey at No. 11, which he has played in 5 over for the week. Below is a look at Mahan's scorecard from today. -- Brian Wacker

LEADERBORD UPDATE (4:25 p.m.): The leaders are on the back nine here at Congressional, or we should say the leader with Tiger Woods just bombing in a 26-footer for birdie on the 10th hole -- only three birdies have been made there all day.

Woods is now at 13 under and even though Hunter Mahan is having an amazing day -- 7 under on his round with one hole to play -- it doesn't look like it's going to be enough. Ditto Anthony Kim, who made a big birdie on No. 9, but is still a few shots back at 10 under. Today just has one of those Tiger feelings to it. -- Brian Wacker

EXTENDING THE LEAD (3:50 p.m.): Anthony Kim and Tiger Woods hit nearly identical shots on the par-3 seventh, but only Woods was able to convert the short birdie putt from just inside 6 feet with Kim sliding his a few feet by. As a result, Woods extended his lead to two at 12 under with Kim holding at 10 under. -- Brian Wacker

BIRDIE FOR TIGER (3:40 p.m.): Tiger Woods just made his first birdie of the day, rolling one in on the sixth hole. That has him at 11 under and in the lead by one over Anthony Kim and Hunter Mahan. It probably won't be his last, either. In case you're wondering, Woods has played the back nine here in 3 under with seven birdies, two bogeys and one double bogey. -- Brian Wacker

MAHAN ON THE MOVE (3:30 p.m.): Hunter Mahan is suddenly tied for the lead with Hunter Mahan having just rolled in his sixth birdie of the day through 13 holes.

Mahan, who opened with rounds of 69-69-68, has missed just two fairways and one green in regulation with 19 putts today. For the week, Mahan is seventh in driving accuracy, fifth in distance, fifth in greens in regulation and 18th in putts per round. That's a pretty good way to get to 10 under. -- Brian Wacker

BACK TO 10 (3:20 p.m.): Earlier this week, Anthony Kim talked about how he's trying to tone down his aggressiveness, but that sometimes he just can't help himself. Well, the par-4 fifth was one of those cases with Kim overcooking driver into the rough, which ultimately led to a bogey. Tiger Woods, on the other hand, hit 5-wood off the tee and made another par. -- Brian Wacker

LEADER UPDATE (3 p.m.): We're through four holes with the final group of Tiger Woods and Anthony Kim and so far Kim's opening birdie is holding up. For Woods, it's been all pars and he remains one back. The group immediately in front of them -- Michael Allen and Cameron Beckman -- is going in opposite directions with Beckman having just birdied the fourth to join Woods at 10 under, and Allen making bogey to drop to 8 under. -- Brian Wacker

Sip of Maginnes

ALLEN AN OLDIE BUT GOODIE (2:40 p.m.): You don't think of 50-year-old golfers as being long, but Michael Allen can flat move it. He is ranked 16th this year in total driving on the PGA TOUR. It takes a pretty good driver of the ball to be 16th on the Champions Tour, where Allen has won in his only start. On the first hole, playing in the penultimate group with an opportunity to win on TOUR for the first time, Allen ripped a drive 317 yards right down the middle. If he can continue to hit fairways with the big stick this could be the day the dream finally comes true. If it doesn't, Allen won't be too upset, saying Saturday evening, "I have a lot of practice losing, I have done it 336 times before." -- John Maginnes

TIGER, A.K. OFF (2:25 p.m.): The day's final pairing just teed off about 10 minutes ago and Anthony Kim didn't waste any time getting to work, making birdie on the first hole to take a one-shot lead over playing partner Tiger Woods.

Talking to a member of Kim's team just before he teed off, he said Kim was relaxed, but fired up, viewing this as if it were a big basketball he was getting ready for.

As Kim made his way to the first tee, he slapped hands with his trainer, Darby Rich, much like a basketball player would a teammate on the way to the court. Woods, on the other hand, was his usual stoic self, focusing straight ahead. In fact, when Woods made his way into the locker room earlier in the day, he didn't even look at the television broadcasting the Roger Federer-Andy Roddick Wimbledon final -- though he was asking everyone on the putting green what the score was.

Right now, the score is Kim 11 under, Woods 10 under with plenty of people here to watch it -- the crowds were 5 and even 10 deep in some spots as the two teed off. Buckle up. -- Brian Wacker

TALKING TIGER (1:55 p.m.): With Tiger Woods set to tee off in 15 minutes, here is a look at some key numbers for Woods this week -- he's hitting 71 percent of his fairways (14th in the field) and 78 percent of his greens in regulation (2nd in the field). See the chart below for more. -- Brian Wacker

TWEET OF THE DAY (1:30 p.m.): Courtesy of Jon Show (@jonshow_sbj), golf writer for the Sports Business Journal: "Good day for Nike. R Fed and now onto Tiger and AK at Congressional."

Not a bad one for NetJets, either, which had a cool commerical right after Federer's win. But this could end up being a very good day for the Swoosh, probably its best since Tiger's chip-in on No. 16 at Augusta in 2005. -- Brian Wacker

MOVING UP (1:10 p.m.): The leaders won't go off until just over an hour from now, but Vijay Singh has vaulted into contention, moving up 20 spots on the leaderboard thanks to a round of 5 under through his first seven holes today.

Singh birdies the first two holes here at Congressional, chipping in from just off the green on the par-3 second, before rolling off three straight pars. Singh then added two more birdies on Nos. 6, 7 and 8 -- his birdie on the par-3 seventh came via a tee shot that he stuffed to just inside 3 feet. Follow Singh's round live with Shot Tracker by clicking here. -- Brian Wacker

MORE KEY STATS (1 p.m.): Here's a further look at some key numbers for Anthony Kim this week ...

INSIDE THE NUMBERS (12:40 p.m.): This is just the second time in Anthony Kim's young career that he has led or shared the lead going into the final round. The other time was at last year's Quail Hollow Championship, where he of course went on to win. Three reasons Kim is in this position again: his putting, his play on the par-4s and his wedge play.

Kim leads the field in putts from inside 10 feet (45 of 47) and is tied for third in putts made over 10 feet (nine so far). ranks T-3rd in the field for putts made over 10 feet (9 thus far). On the par-4s, Kim is 10 strokes better than the field at 8 under through three rounds, compared to the 2-over average by the field. Lastly, Kim is averaging 11 feet, 2 inches on approach shots inside of 125 yards (11 total attempts) compared to the field average of 18 feet, 5 inches. -- Brian Wacker

CATCHING UP WITH U.S. OPEN RUNNER-UP (12:20 p.m.): Ricky Barnes is a couple of weeks removed from his final-round collapse at the U.S. Open and isn't hanging his head, despite two less-than-stellar performances at the Travelers Championship and here at the AT&T National, where he finished the week at 9 over.

"I'm still playing well, but I'm making some stupid little errors," Barnes said. "If anything, [the U.S. Open] gave me confidence."

The results since Bethpage just aren't showing it, said Barnes, who spent a lot of time here this week working with Dean Reinmuth, but he continues to stay positive. That's all you can do when you've had the up-and-down career that Barnes has had. "It's humbling, no doubt," Barnes said. "You want that instant success, but that's golf. I'm just trying to stay positive."

Switching gears, Barnes said that Congressional is still playing pretty soft right now and with cloud cover through most of the day it should continue to do so. The biggest factor might be some afternoon wind or possible rain later in the day. -- Brian Wacker

TRIP TO BRITISH OPEN AT STAKE (12 p.m.): Most eyes will be on Tiger Woods and Anthony Kim in today's final pairing, but there's more at stake this week than winning the AT&T National. Depending what happens, Paul Goydos and Bryce Molder can punch their tickets to the British Open. Ricky Barnes also has a chance, but from the looks of it right now, it's not a very good one.

As you'll see in the chart below, Barnes needed to play well today to earn enough on a mini-money list in which the top two players not previously exempt will earn British Open exemptions. With Barnes finishing near the bottom of the leaderboard, and Bryce Molder currently tied for eighth, it looks like it will be Molder and Paul Goydos who are headed to Ireland. Ryan Moore also has an outside shot, too. -- Brian Wacker

Player Position Money Scores Position after Round 3 1. Paul Goydos 8 $759,467 73-68-74 T63 2. Ricky Barnes 11 $588,762 70-72-75 T70 3. John Mallinger 12 $584,319 70-74 MC 4. Kevin Na 13 $584,150 71-79 MC 5. Bryce Molder 15 $568,100 64-70-70 T8 6. Ben Crane 17 $441,950 DNP 7. Ryan Moore 18 $421,600 69-66-69 T8 8. Matt Bettencourt 19 $402,000 70-71-66 T22

Groups We're Watching

Tee time Players   2:20 p.m. ET No. 1 Tiger Woods, Anthony Kim Kim has been dreaming of this moment for a long time. This is the first time he's played with Tiger in the final group on the PGA TOUR. 2:10 p.m. ET No. 1 Michael Allen, Cameron Beckman Don't overlook Beckman. He showed last fall that he has the mental game to come from behind to win, and he makes a lot of birdies. 1:50 p.m. ET No. 1 Ryuji Imada, Lucas Glover Glover has showed no signs of slowing down from his win at Bethpage Black. Can he keep it up and rally from three shots back?

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