Funk leads Haas by 1 in battle for his first major title

Tor the first time in his career, Fred Funk will enter the final round of a major tournament with the lead.

"I'll be a little nervous or have some anxiety tomorrow," said the 52-year-old Funk, who led after two rounds at the U.S. Senior Open two weeks ago. "But I think if you don't have that, there is something wrong with you."

Funk moved into position for his first major victory on the Champions Tour, shooting a bogey-free 7-under 65 on Saturday to take a 1-stroke lead over Jay Haas after the third round of the JELD-WEN Tradition at Sunriver, Ore..

Funk, the winner of the season-opening MasterCard Championship in Hawaii, had a 16-under 200 total on the Crosswater Club course - one stroke off the 54-hole record in the tournament.

Haas, the Senior PGA Championship winner in May, shot a 66. Tim Simpson (69) was 13 under, and Tom Watson (68), Joe Ozaki (64), Scott Hoch (66) and Mike Goodes (69) were another stroke back. Scott Simpson (67) and Bernhard Langer (72) were 10 under. Langer and Tim Simpson were tied for the second-round lead.

Funk, an eight-time champion on the PGA Tour and three-time winner on the 50-and-over tour, had 4 birdies in a front-nine 32 and came home in 33 with birdies on three of the last four holes.

"With the greens the way they are, I figured I had to shoot 67 or better to have any chance of being near the leaders," Funk said.

Funk, planning to play the PGA Tour full-time next year, sought treatment for a sore neck from a chiropractor after his rounds Thursday and Friday. One of the most accurate drivers on tour, Funk hit every fairway in regulation Saturday.

Temperatures topped 100 degrees for the second straight day but did little to dry out the soft greens that have yielded low scores at the course. The third-round scoring average of 70.746 was the lowest of the tournament.

Haas, who followed his Senior PGA victory with a win in the Principal Charity Classic, missed much of the summer schedule because of a leg injury. He returned to tie for ninth earlier this month at the U.S. Senior Open and played in the PGA Championship at Oakland Hills.

Wyndham Championship: Carl Pettersson topped the Sedgefield Country Club leaderboard for the second straight day, following his tournament-record 61 with a 66 to take a 2-stroke lead in the Wyndham Championship at Greensboro, N.C.

A local fan favorite who went to high school in Greensboro and is on the tournament's board of directors, Pettersson had a 19-under 191 total. The Swede is in position to claim his third career PGA Tour victory and first since 2006.

Scott McCarron was second. He holed a 45-yard sand shot on 18 for a 64. Briny Baird (62), Garrett Willis (69) and Kevin Streelman (67) were six strokes back.

Canadian Women's Open: Yani Tseng finished off a course-record 8-under 64 in the rain-delayed second round, then shot a 68 in the third to take a four-stroke lead in the Canadian Women's Open in Ottawa.

Tseng, the 19-year-old Taiwanese star who won the McDonald's LPGA Championship in early June and finished second two weeks ago in the Women's British Open, had a 14-under 202 total at Ottawa Hunt.

South Korea's Se Ri Pak (68) was second, and defending champion Lorena Ochoa (74) and Katherine Hull (72) followed at 8 under.

Michelle Wie, using the last of her six LPGA Tour exemptions this year, was tied for 14th at 2 under after a 69. She opened with rounds of 75 and 70.

SAS Masters: Sweden's Peter Hanson shot a 2-under 68 to take a 2-stroke lead into the final round of the SAS Masters at Arlandastad in Stockholm, Sweden.

Hanson, the 2005 Spanish Open winner, is trying to become the first Swede to win the event since Jesper Parnevik 10 years ago. Hanson had a 10-under 200 total.

England's Nick Dougherty (70), Swedes Daniel Chopra (67) and Pelle Edberg (66), Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen (68) and Scotland's Gary Orr (67) were tied for second.