Six-Shooter to the Good

FARMINGDALE -- The last group has reached the halfway point of the third round, and Ricky Barnes is threatening to turn the 109th U.S. Open into a runaway.

Barnes, who had a record score of 132 through two rounds, was 2-under through eight holes today and stands at 10-under for the tournament, six shots ahead of Mike Weir and Lucas Glover.

Clearly, the course is playing harder after Saturday night's rains. Lucas Glover, who reached 8-under par after five holes, went bogey-double bogey-bogey on the next three holes and tumbled back to 4-under.

Mike Weir, who began the day at 6-under, got to minus-7 after the fifth, then promptly bogeyed Nos. 6, 7 and 8 and slipped to 4-under. David Duval, Hunter Mahan, Todd Hamilton and Ross Fisher are tied at 3-under.

Tiger Woods is even par for the third round and 3-over for the Open. Phil Mickelson is 2-over, 1-over for the tourney.