US Tour/ Buick Invitational:Tiger Woods moved in on another title last night, leading the Buick Invitational by two shots with just one hole to play in the final round.
Four-times champion Woods - bidding for a seventh consecutive victory on the PGA Tour - eagled the par-five ninth and relentlessly moved up the leaderboard at Torrey Pines.
The world number one rattled off three birdies - and one bogey - to reach the turn at 13 under par, level with Tour rookie Jeff Quinney and one behind Australia's Andrew Buckle.
Quinney, boosted by an eagle-three at the sixth and a chip-in for birdie at the eighth, finished on two under for the day for a total of 10-under 278.
Americans Mark Calcavecchia and Brandt Snedeker, surprise leader for the first three rounds, were 10-under and 11 under respectively.
Calcavecchia had just one hole to play and Tour rookie Snedeker two.
Woods, winner at Torrey Pines for the last two years, made a fast start in near-perfect conditions on the tough South Course.
He set up a birdie at the par-four second with a superb approach to just three feet and holed a seven-footer at the par-four fourth. That took him to 11 under and, briefly, into a four-way tie for the lead.
Buckle, however, forged one stroke clear after picking up his third shot of the day at the par-four fifth where he hit his second shot to within eight feet of the flag.
Quinney made his move up the leaderboard by holing a 40-footer for eagle at the sixth followed by birdies on seven and eight. Woods, who faltered with a bogey at the seventh where he found the left fairway bunker off the tee, responded in style.
He collected his third birdie of the round at the par-three eighth and eagled the par-five ninth, where he reached the green in two and rolled in a 26-footer.
Briefly tied for the lead at 13 under, Woods gave his trademark fist pump before striding off to the 10th tee.
Ian Poulter and Robert Allenby had similiar stories in yesterday's final round. Both started the fourth round in tied 26th position - and two players carded four-under-par rounds to jump up the leaderboard, each finishing with nine-under 279.
That was still two shots behind Bubba Watson, who shot a final round five-under 67 to leave a total of 11-under 277 for the tournament.
England's Justin Rose again failed to follow up on his strong first round of 68 - instead carding a third-successive round of 73 last night. Vijah Singh finished the four rounds in two less shots, a two-under-par 70 yesterday completing a mixed weekend for the Fijian.
Third Round Scores
(USA unless stated, par 72)
205 - Andrew Buckle (Aus) 66 71 68, Brandt Snedeker 61 70 74.
206 - Kevin Sutherland 65 71 70.
207 - Tiger Woods 66 72 69, Bill Haas 69 66 72, Troy Matteson 71 67 69, Charles Howell III 70 64 73.
208 - Charlie Wi (Kor) 63 72 73, Nick Watney 69 69 70, Mark Calcavecchia 66 74 68, Jeff Quinney 64 74 70, Rich Beem 67 68 73, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 68 71 69, Cliff Kresge 65 72 71.
209 - Kevin Stadler 68 72 69, Bart Bryant 66 73 70, Darron Stiles 65 73 71, Johnson Wagner 65 74 70, Rich Barcelo 70 68 71.
210 - Tom Johnson 74 67 69, Steven Marino 65 74 71, Robert Garrigus 65 73 72, Cameron Beckman 70 68 72, Bubba Watson 67 74 69, Stewart Cink 68 71 71.
211 - Dudley Hart 71 68 72, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 72 69 70, Michael Putnam 71 66 74, Gavin Coles (Aus) 65 75 71, Steve Allan (Aus) 67 73 71, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 70 68 73, Robert Allenby (Aus) 70 70 71, Ian Poulter (Eng) 72 68 71, Brett Wetterich 70 71 70.
212 - Bob Estes 70 71 71, Charley Hoffman 72 67 73, Lee Janzen 72 66 74, Mark Wilson 73 68 71, Ryan Moore 70 69 73.
213 - Tom Byrum 71 70 72, John Mallinger 70 70 73, Parker McLachlin 70 67 76, Jamie Lovemark 66 74 73, Phil Mickelson 74 66 73, Michael Allen 66 75 72, Mark O'Meara 70 69 74, Ryan Palmer 72 67 74, DJ Brigman 66 70 77, Craig Kanada 66 75 72.
214 - Paul Gow (Aus) 71 70 73, Zach Johnson 72 69 73, John Senden (Aus) 64 75 75, Ted Purdy 74 67 73, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 71 70 73, Bob Tway 72 66 76, Matt Hendrix 70 70 74, Justin Rose (Eng) 68 73 73, Glen Day 73 65 76, Tripp Isenhour 71 70 73.
215 - Hunter Mahan 75 65 75, Chris Riley 70 71 74, Vijay Singh (Fij) 75 66 74, Harrison Frazar 74 67 74.
216 - John Merrick 72 68 76, Brett Quigley 67 71 78, Craig Barlow 75 66 75, Jeff Gove 73 68 75, David Duval 66 75 75, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 70 70 76.
217 - Tommy Armour III 68 73 76, Jason Bohn 71 69 77.
218 - Todd Hamilton 71 67 80, Douglas Labelle 67 74 77.
220 - Michael Bradley 72 68 80.
