The Enquirer and wire reports

Vijay Singh made three straight birdies to start the back nine and holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole Saturday for a 3-under 69 that left him in a four-way tie for the lead in the Funai Classic at Disney.

Scott Verplank (66), Stewart Cink (66) and John Rollins (67) also were at 18-under 196.

Singh not only is shooting for his fourth victory of the year, but with Tiger Woods stumbling on the back nine for a 71, the big Fijian has an excellent chance to surpass Woods on the money list and maybe even clinch by the time they get to the Tour Championship.

Korean Tour

SEOUL, South Korea - Playing against men on the Korean tour, Se Ri Pak shot a 3-under 69 to tie for 10th out of 63 entrants through three rounds of the SBS Super Tournament.

Pak, the first woman in 58 years to make the two-round cut in a men's golf tournament, shot a bogey-free third round and moved to 1-under 215, seven strokes behind leader Chang Ik-je.

Pak entered Saturday tied for 29th after shooting 72 and 74. She is the latest in a series of female golfers to play against men this year, but the first to make the cut since Babe Zaharias played in three PGA Tour events in 1945 and made the 36-hole cut at all.

In May, Annika Sorenstam became the first woman since Zaharias to play on the PGA Tour but missed the cut at the Colonial.

Madrid Open

MADRID, Spain - Paul Casey took a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Telefonica Madrid Open after shooting an even-par 71.

Casey is at 14-under 199 at the Club de Campo as he tries for his third PGA European Tour title of 2003.

Paul Lawrie (who carded a 70 Saturday), Peter Fowler (70), and Nick O'Hern (69) were tied for second at 10 under.

Champions Tour

SONOMA, Calif. - Jim Thorpe bogeyed the final hole, yet maintained his three-stroke lead over Tom Jenkins through three rounds of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Thorpe's round of 2-under-par 70 was enough to hold off Jenkins, who was within two strokes of the lead after 11 holes. Thorpe birdied the next two holes to extend his lead in the Champions Tour's final event of the season.

Thorpe is at 16-under 200. Jenkins, who also had a 70, is at 13-under 203.

Tom Watson remained four strokes back, at 12-under 204, after matching Jenkins and Thorpe's 70 at Sonoma Golf Club.