Padraig Harrington kept his lead at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Friday, while Tiger Woods failed to make a charge in his bid for a fifth victory in 2009. Harrington made changes in his swing after winning two major championships last year and promptly began to struggle. A 64 in the opening round, however, gave him confidence those changes are paying off and he added a 69 Friday at the Firestone Country Club South Course. His 7-under 133 total gave him a one-shot lead over Tim Clark and a two-shot advantage over Scott Verplank. Woods, who won the Buick Open title a week ago, settled for a 70 on a day when 27 members of the 80-player field had better scores.

Padraig Harrington, who has not come close to equaling his career year of 2008, shot a 6-under 64 Thursday to take the lead at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. Harrington won two major titles last year, but has only one top-15 finish in 14 appearances on the PGA Tour this season.

A cruising Tiger Woods led Stephen Ames by 3 shots in the third round of the PGA Championship on Saturday. Woods made two birdies and one bogey through 17 holes on yet another steaming day at Southern Hills to drop to 7 under for the tournament.

Tiger Woods and Geoff Ogilvy birdied consecutive holes late in their second rounds to take a share of the lead at the PGA Championship on Friday. Scott Verplank shot 4-under 66 to move to 4 under and was the leader in the clubhouse.

By Christopher Clarey The Americans did manage, at last, to beat Sergio Garcia. They even managed to get a hole in one of their own from Scott Verplank on the same 14th tee where the Englishman Paul Casey had produced an ace the day before.