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Phil Mickelson scored his fourth birdie in six holes to get back under par.
But he responded with a birdie at No. 9 that got him back under par and stabilized his round.
McDowell lifted himself back under par with a beautiful, curling 20-foot putt that broke at least three feet on its way into the hole for an unlikely birdie on the par-3 No. 15.
Tiger Woods is back under par for the day, he follows bogey at six with birdie at seven and is level par overall.
He holed a superb downhill putt from the edge of the green at his sixth and recorded his fourth birdie of the day at the penultimate hole to get back under par, but at his last, after a perfect drive, he pushed his second shot to the edge of the green and took three putts.
Rory McIlroy moved back under par with a birdie on the par-five 13th and when he birdied the 17th, he got to 3-under and into the conversation for the final day.
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And yet less than a handful of players managed to battle their way through the wind on the back nine under-par.
Scott Hoch (66) and Kaname Yokoo (68) were a stroke back at seven-under par.
He holed the chip for an eagle to make the double bogey effectively disappear and get back to 14-under par, three strokes ahead of Stricker.
Hunter Mahan and the overnight leader Ricky Barnes were a further shot back at two-under par, and David Duval was not entirely out of the hunt at one-under after the 14th.
Letendre again birdied on No. 11, bringing Newport Beach back to two-under par.
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