The exciting golf came from Tiger Woods, who took a quadruple-bogey 7 and plummeted out of contention. The boring golf came from Loren Roberts, who had an 8-under 62 and soared into the lead in the GTE Byron Nelson Classic.

"I'm obviously very happy to be where I am," Roberts said after the third round today.

Woods hit a 380-yard drive, belted a driver off the fairway to set up another birdie and then had a stunning collapse on the par-3 17th.

Roberts hit every fairway, all but the last green and made a bunch of 15-foot putts to tie the lowest round of his career and put him at 16-under 194, breaking by one stroke the 54-hole tournament record held by Woods and Ernie Els.

"The round of the year at this point," said Roberts, who matched his career low with a bogey-free effort in wind so strong that he had to alter his putting stance.

Two strokes back was Steve Pate, who parred the final six holes for a 68.

The composure came from Sergio Garcia, a 19-year-old from Spain who held together after a shaky start and still has a chance to win in just his second professional start.

Woods could have used a little of that.

Tied for the lead at 14-under after making a 40-foot birdie on No. 10, he came unglued down the stretch -- a bogey with a bad drive, a bogey with a poor approach, and another bogey when his chip with a 3-wood came up 10 feet short.

That was nothing compared to the 17th.

He hit a 6-iron into the water, and his third shot ricocheted high off the rocks and short of the green. Then Woods, who on Friday said he prided himself on never giving up on a round, seemed to do just that.

He blew a chip over the green and the next one 20 feet by the hole. On his putt for triple bogey, Woods started walking toward the hole when it was halfway there, then one-handed it in for a 7.

"We've all made quads," Pate said. "It's no fun."

Woods bolted off the TPC Four Seasons at Las Colinas without speaking, not surprising since the 7 may have doomed his chances on Sunday.

"Tiger has the capability to shoot 60," Roberts said. "Even if he's five back, you're not going to count him out.''

Of course, Woods was only four back when Roberts finished his round. When told that Woods was eight off the lead, Roberts had to re-think his assessment.

"That's pretty far back," he said.

The bigger concern behind Pate may be Garcia and Janzen, six strokes back at 200.

"He shot a 62 in the first round, didn't he?" Roberts said when asked if "El Niño" had a realistic chance.

Garcia may be only 19, but the Spanish sensation played well beyond his years in his first professional start in America.

"He's been hanging around world-class players all his life," Roberts said. "He's not intimidated by anyone. He doesn't have any fear. He's got a great imagination and he goes out and plays.''

Roberts needed no imagination today.

Leave the spectacular birdies to someone else -- Woods nearly drove the 385-yard first hole and watched his bunker shot for eagle lip out, while Garcia hit it stiff on the 12th to get back in the game.

Roberts is one of the shortest knockers in golf, but also one of the straightest. And his putting? They call him "Boss of the Moss" for a reason.

He rolled in a 40-footer on No. 5 for birdie and "the floodgates opened after that." Roberts made 15-footers on the next three holes, got another one on No. 11 and took the lead outright with a 7-iron that stopped two feet from the hole on the 14th.

He closed his 62 with an 18-foot birdie putt on the par-5 16th. Roberts got there with a driver, 3-wood and 7-iron -- Woods and Garcia were left of the green in two.

This is supposed to be a long-hitter's game now. The tees kept getting moved back and the rock-hard greens can be best approached with a short iron. Roberts tried to add length to his game and messed up his swing, which ultimately affected his putting.

"I tried to go back to what I do best, which is hit it solid," he said.

That's not the most glamorous game to watch, but it got the best results today.

DIVOTS: Sergio Garcia was asked if he found anything different about playing in Texas. "I found you have a lot of pretty women here," he said. ... How frustrated is Mark Calcavecchia with his putting? Earlier this year, he tossed his putter into the water in the Honda Classic. Today, he snapped his putter and had to finish the round using an assortment of long irons. Calvavecchia is 185th on tour with an average of 30.66 putts per round. ... Brad Faxon made four straight birdies to start the back nine and was at 12-under until hitting out of bounds and making a double bogey on No. 16. ... Only four players are over par through three rounds. ... Loren Roberts's third-round scoring average ranks second on tour.

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