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Tiger in contention

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Tiger Woods kept himself in contention for a victory at the Wyndham Championship that would propel him into the postseason.

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Tiger Woods kept himself in contention for a victory at the Wyndham Championship that would propel him into the postseason.

Woods shot a 2-under 68 in the third round Saturday, leaving him 2 strokes behind leader Jason Gore in a three-way tie for second. Gore had a 62 to reach 15-under 195 at Sedgefield Country Club.

Woods - whose streak of 28 holes without a bogey ended on the 18th when his 6-foot par putt lipped out - reeled off 10 straight pars before briefly moving within a stroke of Gore with a birdie on the par-3 16th.

Jonas Blixt and Scott Brown joined Woods at 13 under. Blixt shot a 62, and Brown had a 66.

Former Wyndham winners Webb Simpson (64) and Brandt Snedeker (67) were 3 strokes back along with Paul Casey (66), Jim Herman (66), and Cameron Percy (67).

Woods is poised to make a run at his first win in more than two years - one that would earn him enough points to clinch a spot in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener next week in New Jersey. Depending on the math, a solo second-place finish also might be enough for Woods, who's at No. 187. He also moved one step closer to his 80th PGA Tour victory - first since the 2013 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

PGA European Tour

AALBORG, Denmark - David Horsey has a 1-shot lead to take into the final round of the Made in Denmark tournament. The Englishman hit a 3-under 68 to stay in the lead at 15-under 198.

Terry Pilkadaris of Australia hit a 6-under 65 to take second. English duo Chris Paisley (66) and John Parry (69) are also in contention, tied for third at 11-under 202.

U.S Amateur

OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. - NCAA champion Bryson DeChambeau and Derek Bard will meet in the U.S. Amateur final Sunday.

DeChambeau, the SMU player from Clovis, Calif., defeated Sean Crocker, a sophomore at Southern Cal, 4 and 3, in the semifinal. Bard, a junior at Virginia from New Hartford, N.Y., beat Kenta Konishi of Tokyo, 3 and 2.

As U.S. Amateur finalists, DeChambeau and Bard are expected to receive invitations to next year's Masters.