Tiger, Phil near lead of AT&T

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Try these for a couple of names high on the leader board at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am heading into Sunday's final round: Tiger and Phil.

Throw in a historic course along the California coast and a journeyman who's never finished first, and the script couldn't be more appealing.

It's not a major, but the week after the Super Bowl the AT&T becomes an event that could capture a decent audience for a national CBS telecast.

Charlie Wi, who used to beat Woods when they were kids in Southern California but has never won a PGA Tour tournament, maintained his lead Saturday by shooting his third straight sub-70 round, a 3-under-par 69 at Spyglass Hill.

With a 54-hole total of 199 (15 under because one of the three courses used, Monterey Peninsula, is a par 70), Wi is three shots up on Ken Duke, who shot 65 at Monterey, four ahead of Tiger Woods, who had a 67 at Pebble Beach and six ahead of five others, including Phil Mickelson, who had a 70 at Pebble.

Joseph Bramlett got a rare double eagle, a 2 on Spyglass' 528-yard, par-5 second, but he shot 73 for 208. The cut was at 213.

Woods owns 71 PGA Tour wins, although none since September 2009, and Mickelson has 39. Wi, 40, who played at Cal, and Duke, 43, who went to Henderson State, have zero between them.

"I'm sure," Wi said, "I'll be fighting my demons all day Sunday. But it's how I handle myself, not the other players, which is [going to determine] the outcome."

How Woods handles himself is going to be no less fascinating. He's won the AT&T and the U.S. Open at Pebble but the last time for both was in 2000, long before the 36-year-old had his off-course troubles and injuries.

"I didn't hit it as well as the last two days," Woods said of his third round, "but [I] made some putts and managed my game well. I missed in all the right spots.''

Playing the back nine first, Woods dropped a shot on the 12th hole, then birdied 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18. One birdie on a bogey-less front nine, supposedly the easier side, gave him his 67.

Mickelson, a three-time AT&T champion (2007, 2005 and 1998, the latter that infamous tournament which started in February and finished in August because of El Niño storms) said, "I'm six back, but I know this golf course, so I'm in a nice situation.''

On-and-off light rains hit the AT&T a second straight day, but that didn't keep baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, an area resident, from joining Woods' large gallery.

Tiger asked to be at opposite ends of the celebrity pairings so he and his amateur partner, Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, wouldn't have to deal with fans following amateurs such as Bill Murray, Bill Belichick, Ray Romano, George Lopez and Nick Saban.

"I'm definitely playing better," Woods said. "My misses are much tighter. The bad days and the bad shots really aren't as bad as they used to be."