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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (AP) -Sweden's Carl Pettersson played steady in the warm sunshine to take a one stroke lead through three rounds of the Fry's Electronics Open on Saturday .
Mark Hensby, playing in the same group, shared the lead until twice hitting into sand traps en route to a bogey on the par-4 18th.
Pettersson shot a 6-under 64 on Saturday, tied for the best round of the day, and was at 13-under 197 in the Fall Series event on the 7,125-yard Raptor course at Grayhawk Golf Club.
"I played nice," Pettersson said. "I only missed two greens and didn't give myself any real opportunities to make bogeys. I played steady, and I putted pretty good, too."
Hensby, with a 68, fell into a tie with Canadian Mark Weir at 12-under 198. Weir, the 2003 Masters champion who beat Tiger Woods in the Presidents Cup three weeks ago, followed Friday's 64 with a 65.
"For the most part, I've put it on the smart side of the hole this week," Weir said. "That's what you have to do around here. The greens are very difficult, so you have to put it on the right spots."
Jarrod Lyle also shot a 64 and was tied with second-round leader Ryan Moore (71), two back at 10-under 200. Moore, who began the day with a three-stroke lead, struggled with his putting and had bogeys on two of the final three holes.
Justin Leonard, Ben Crane and Daisuke Maruyama were three back at 10-under 201.
Pettersson, who moved from Sweden to North Carolina at age 15, felt comfortable with the Bermuda grass greens.
Phoenix-area courses have Bermuda grass in the scorching summer but are overseeded with rye grass in the fall.
"Obviously they have a lot of grain," Pettersson said, "but you can see where the grain is going."
Pettersson is playing his 29th tournament of the season and plans to participate in the remain two Fall Series events. He entered the week 39th on the money list at $1.79 million (?1.25 million).
"I'm still trying to get in the top 30," he said.
