Ogilvie Leads, but Mickelson Is Primed

Playing in his first tournament since winning the Masters, Phil Mickelson moved into position to make it two in a row on Sunday in the HP Classic at New Orleans.

Mickelson shot a 69 in the third round to move into a tie for second with Charles Howell III, two strokes behind leader Joe Ogilvie.

Ogilvie shot a 66 on Sunday for a 17-under-par 199.

The final round was pushed back to today because of rain delays in the first two rounds.

Mickelson began the day in a six-way tie for third at 12 under, and moved to 14 under on the front nine before a bogey on No. 9.

He offset that miscue with birdies on Nos. 11, 14 and 15 to move within a stroke of Ogilvie. But a bogey on No. 18 dropped him two off the lead and left him at 15-under 201.

Ogilvie, looking for his first PGA Tour victory, had six birdies and no bogeys in the round.

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Bruce Fleisher shot a four-under 68 and coasted to a seven-stroke victory in the Bruno’s Memorial Classic at Hoover, Ala., the largest winning margin in tournament history.

Fleisher entered Sunday’s final round with a four-stroke lead, maintained the advantage through the first nine holes and then turned it into a rout with three straight birdies over the final six holes.

D.A. Weibring and Bruce Lietzke tied for second at nine under. Defending champion Tom Jenkins fell from second to fourth after a double bogey on the final hole.