Ogilvy has two-shot lead, but world's best loom at Doral

Aussie seeks first win since 2006 U.S. Open breakthrough

By Helen Ross, PGATOUR.COM Chief of Correspondents

DORAL, Fla. -- Geoff Ogilvy doesn't think he'll have a hard time sleeping Sunday night.

Tiger Woods' ball went left on the ninth hole when he was disturbed by a photographer. (WireImage)

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Many players took advantage of soft conditions on Sunday at Doral:

Player Sunday Score Steve Stricker 63 (F) Soren Kjeldsen 66 (F) Aaron Baddeley 66 (F) Brendan Jones (-5) (15) Nick O'Hern (-5) (12) Toru Taniguchi 68 (F) Justin Rose 68 (F)

That might be a good thing, too. The less time the leader of the World Golf Championships-CA Championship has to think about the players who will be chasing him when the final round resumes on Monday, the better.

Ogilvy will be hitting his second shot on the 10th hole when players return to Doral's Blue Monster at 8:30 a.m. ET. He's 17 under and has a two-stroke lead over Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh while Retief Goosen and Graeme Storm are another stroke behind.

The five own seven majors between them. Singh has three and Goosen two while Ogilvy and Furyk each have U.S. Open titles. In addition, Singh and Furyk are in the world's top 10, and Goosen was among the "Big Five" as recently as two years ago.

Not to mention, Steve Stricker, who is ranked fourth, and No. 5 Adam Scott are tied for sixth at 13 under. Oh, and there's the little matter of the game's undisputed No. 1, Tiger Woods, who may be sputtering but still lurks five strokes off the pace with six holes left.

"That's what the whole point of these golf tournaments, I guess, to get fields like this, get everyone playing each other,' Ogilvy said. "I guess the idea is to have everyone have a chance with nine holes to play or 18 holes to play with the top 10 in the world.

"They've got a bunch of them with a chance. It's nice."

The one attracting the most attention, though, was the mercurial and methodical Woods. But he was his own worst enemy on this wet and draining weekend as he pursued his sixth straight PGA TOUR victory and fourth in a row at Doral.

The even-par 72 Woods completed when the third round resumed on Sunday morning left him treading water as everyone else went low. Birdies on his first two holes in the fourth round gave his legion of fans some hope, but Woods had given those shots back by the time he left the fourth green and was stuck in neutral once again.

And Ogilvy, who played his first 69 holes without a bogey, knows he has more pressing concerns than to fixate on Woods, who declined comment after his round.

"In his own mind, I'm sure he probably thinks he has a chance, and we've seen him do crazy things before," the Aussie said. "But Jim and Vijay have won a fair few tournaments, and Adam has won a few tournaments, and there's some pretty tough players right up there.

"He doesn't only have to catch me, he's got to catch me and pass Jim Furyk and Retief Goosen and Adam Scott. It's a pretty stellar leaderboard. I've got my work cut out just beating any of those guys."

Ogilvy, Singh and the surprising -- and aptly named, at least for this weekend -- Storm will be hitting their second shots on the par-5 10th Monday. Sunday was grueling with a weather delay of nearly three hours that prompted players to warm up four different times.

The big Fijian has improved each day, finishing off a third-round 63 in the morning. He's 3 under in the fourth round after birdies on Nos. 5, 8 and 9 -- all of which came from 12 feet or less.

"Still a lot of golf to go," said Singh, who is looking for his first World Golf Championships win. "Just hung in there. ... Making birdie on 5 was good, got me under par today, and I birdied 8 and 9, which is a good way to finish, and I'm in good position to hit a good one here on 10.

"I'm looking forward to coming tomorrow with good light and ready to go."

The weather forecast on Monday calls for temperatures in the 70s and a 30 percent chance of scattered storms. Those conditions will seem like a pleasant spring day after the challenges of the soggy weekend.

Ogilvy will be trying to do what no one besides Woods and Darren Clarke have done -- win a second World Golf Championships event. Of course, Woods has 15, but who's counting? Meanwhile, the 2006 Accenture Match Play Championship winner may have a two-stroke edge, but he stopped short of saying it was his tournament to win.

"I'm sure it's in my control if I go out and have three or four birdies early tomorrow," Ogilvy said. "I mean, it might discourage people, but if I go out and par three or four holes in a row, then maybe they're going to catch me because there's so many birdies out there. I guess it's in my control, but in some respects it's not."