Woods shoots 66, ties four others for lead

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The story the equal opportunist wants to hear is that today at Bay Hill is anybody’s game. Besides, five players are tied for the lead.

The other side is this: The only way Tiger Woods dissolves from the Arnold Palmer Invitational leaderboard in the final round today is if the suddenly heavy Orlando winds blow him away.

On a day marked by water shots and the unpredictability of second-round leader Vijay Singh, Woods wouldn’t go away with a four-under-par 66 on Saturday to tie for the lead at six under with four others.

Before Woods looked ready to grip Bay Hill with both hands for the first time since 2003, others were taking care of it for him in the first two rounds. But again, they let him in. Or he barged in.

Co-leaders Bart Bryant, Bubba Watson, Singh and Sean O’Hair, fresh off his seven-under 63 earlier in the day, must try to knock him out.

They all want to win, they say. But nobody’s exactly declaring victory here.

“Yeah, it’s pretty much Tiger’s game,” Bryant said.

“Mr. Woods,” as Watson called him Saturday, wouldn’t say he smelled victory -- what would be his fifth PGA Tour win in a row -- after Saturday’s round that included three birdies on his first five holes. Woods stayed neutral by saying he feels he’s back in the tournament and within striking distance.

Singh doesn’t sound as confident after an erratic three-over 73, including a double-bogey on the par-five sixth hole.

“I’m tied for the lead, but it feels like I’m well behind,” Singh said.

Lorena Ochoa fought to recover from a rough first round in the MasterCard Classic, shooting a two-under 70 that left the top-ranked Mexican star 11 strokes behind leader Ji-Young Oh at Huixquilucan, Mexico.

Ochoa was coming off an opening 76, her highest score in nearly a year.

Oh, a 19-year-old from South Korea in her second season on the LPGA Tour, had five birdies in a bogey-free 67. She leads by two shots over Yani Tseng.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.