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Updated at 2:58 p.m., Saturday, November 3, 2007

Golf: Cabrera leads Singapore Open by four strokes

By Gillian Wong
Associated Press

SINGAPORE — U.S. Open champion Angel Cabrera shot a 1-under 70 to double his lead to four strokes after the third round of the Singapore Open today.

Cabrera, of Argentina, fired three birdies and two bogeys to finish with a three-day total of 9-under 204 at the $4 million Singapore Open at Sentosa Golf Club.

Four strokes behind in second place was Jin Park of the United States who had three bogeys and one birdie for a 1-over 72 at the remodeled 6,710-yard, par-71 Serapong Course.

Phil Mickelson, who was six strokes off the pace at the start of the round, slipped further down the leaderboard after four bogeys, but got back into a tie for 11th place with birdies on the final two holes for a 2-over 73.

Mickelson's tee shot on the par-3 17th glanced off the flag and rolled 3 feet away from the hole, denying him a hole-in-one. He finished with an even-par 213.

Briton Lee Westwood briefly overtook Park for second place after getting four birdies and three bogeys, but dropped after a triple bogey on the 185-yard 17th, rated the course's easiest hole.

An eagle on the final hole lifted Westwood into third place, 4 under.

Fiji's Vijay Singh had four birdies and three bogeys for a 1-under 70, six strokes off the lead, and tied for fourth place with two-time defending champion Adam Scott.

Scott, of Australia, had a double bogey on the troublesome par-4 third hole, a dogleg that turns almost 90 degrees left halfway down the fairway, and a bogey on the 12th. But a birdie lifted him to 2-over 73.

At 2 under was Anthony Kang of the United States, who had four bogeys and three birdies.

India's Shiv Kapur (69), Japan's Tetsuji Hiratsuka (73), South Africa's Keith Horne (74) and Australia's Gavin Flint (74) were tied for seventh at 1 under.

K.J. Choi of South Korea struggled with a 4-over 75 round that included two double bogeys and four bogeys and four birdies.

South Africa's Ernie Els missed the cut after yesterday's round of 5-over 76, which he called one of his worst he's played this year. Missing the cut is likely more painful than usual for Els, as he chose to play this event rather than the season-ending Volvo Masters in Spain, jeopardizing his chances of topping the European Tour Order of Merit.