Woods 5 back of O'Hair

Sean O'Hair couldn't think of a bad shot he hit over the last four holes, yet he still made 3 bogeys.

Tiger Woods was thrilled with his last 2 bogeys - 1 after a shot caromed off the cart path, another after a shot no one could find along the banks of the lake guarding the 18th green.

Right after the sonic boom from the return of space shuttle Discovery resounded across the course, Bay Hill lowered a boom of its own Saturday in Orlando, Fla., and turned the Arnold Palmer Invitational into a windy, wacky test of survival.

O'Hair managed better than most with a 1-over 71 that put him in the final group with Woods for the second straight year, with one big difference. Instead of being in a five-way tie, O'Hair has a 5-shot lead over the world's No. 1 player.

"I don't think I can do anything that's going to make him play worse," O'Hair said. "I think I'm just going to focus on me and focus on my game and do what I'm doing right now. And that's just playing shot-to-shot and add them up at the end."

O'Hair had a 6-shot lead with four holes to play, made 3 bogeys and still was 5 ahead, finishing at 7-under 203.

Woods only assured himself a spot in the final group when he spent five minutes looking for his ball in the shagging bank, took a penalty drop 145 yards from the hole and made a 25-foot for bogey and a 71.

Here's how crazy the wind can make Bay Hill: Zach Johnson started the third round 9 shots out of the lead, shot a 68 and will play in the final threesome with O'Hair and Woods.

In other tournaments: Two-time major winner Mark O'Meara roared into position for his first Champions Tour win, matching the Cap Cana Championship scoring record with a 7-under 65 in Cap Cana, Dominican Republic. ... Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen shot a course-record 10-under 62 to take a 1-shot lead after the third round of the Andalucia Open in Seville, Spain.