and fred funk. >> thank you, mark. fred, really key second shot at the 16th. i think the 17th may have been bigger. can you talk us through that? >> which one? >> well, okay, the second -- >> 17, i got in a bad spot. there's not many good spots there. we were debating whether to play it safe for the 4, but if i chipped it down to where greg is, it's not an easy two-putt. decided to go for it. i did a really good chip. and actually thought i lost it probably a little left. it hung on there. that's just a great feeling when you do a save like that. >> you had a tough finish at this championship a year ago. a little hardbreak last week. where's your gut going at it tomorrow? >> ready go. fired up. i'm playing really good. i'm having fun out there. i'm just trying to go at everything. and not be defensive. and, you know, i just want to play well. and gout there and just play

to my ability. and if i do that and have fun, good things will happen. i can live with myself. >> you talk about not being defensive. where on this golf course do you think you need to be particularly aggressive? >> well, you've got to pick and choose. but the biggest thing for me is to try to keep it on play off the fairway and stay out of the defensive mode. i've been driving the ball really good all week. today, i didn't drive it as good as i had been all week. i got away with it early on the front nine. in the back nine, i started hitting it harder. i got a couple of good breaks. i got a divot on 10, made bogey there. i got a divot on 15. i kind of played the divot instead of playing the -- i blade the aggressive line and paid for that one. i hit a good draw on 14. i didn't think that was the lie, i just drew a horrible lie there. i play good. i'm real pleased. >> thanks for your time. let's go to jennifer mills.

>> thank you, dottie. >> fred, you drove the ball beautifully today. to play those last four holes 1 under par is a good grouping. >> we kind of enjoy each other's company. in a lot of ways, not hitting the ball the same distance. but when you're in with somebody, the day goes a lot quicker, a lot smoother. yes, i did drive the ball well. you know, just that one slipup on 16 which i still feel i carried it. was trying to carry it, but i guess i'm not as young as i used to be. >> you still hit it a long way. let's head out to 18. thank you, greg. >> all right, tim jackson's third shot. in from the left at the par 4. >> this is going to be pretty good. going to get it down the slope. easy. nicely done. >> it's been an impressive performance by the overnight leader. two-time u.s. midamateur champ.

there he is. he's got three players ahead of him in this championship right now. funk, norman and sindelar. he is 10 under par at crooked stick. neither player in this final pair, to, has made a birdie on the back nine. joey sindelar, you'll remember, his second shot went just through his 18th green. did not get up against the primary rough, gary. so he should have a shot. >> yeah, remember how he started the round. he putted out of the intermediate rough. and to me, joey admits it, here's another look at that first le, this, to me, indicates -- >> you don't like the chip? >> exactly. and joey freely admits that. that's why we see him using the putter as often as he does in this situation.

>> nicely done by joey sindelar. so he will get in at minus 12, after 54 holes of this championship. tim jackson will need t hole this put to go out again in a pair with joey tomorrow. >> and i think, too, mark, playing with joey sindelar had to be a huge advantage for tim jackson. i mean, joey sindelar probably the nicest guy, easiest going guy you could ever ask to be paired in a twosome. i'm sure he encouraged minimum along the way, included him in the conversation. and that's not necessarily the case with another players, roger. >> absolutely. so i would agree with that assessment totally. i'm not so sure that this pairing, if it happens again tomorrow, wouldn't be beneficial to both the players. not just jackson. >> actually, the final two pairings would be the same.

fred funk and greg norman, jackson and sindelar, if he makes this. for a 4, to stay at minus 10. >> he's got it. >> and it's a round he will remember. the score is 73. but he held up extremely well. joey sindel taps in for his par aso and a round of70. erantho recthd-scoring day today. r 25 rounds under par today. in this third round. there's a look at the leaderboard, fred funk has a one-stroke lead over norman and sindelar. a lot of big names, though, still down there ewith a chance to win.

and following today's tournament coverage go to nbcsports.com for the u.s. senior open wrap-up presented by lexus. tomorrow, the 30th championship continues at 3:00 eastern. coming up next, except on the west coast, it's your local news. starting at 8:00, 7:00 central, it's "law & order criminal intent." it's all tonight on nbc. for all of us on the nbc sports golf team m mark rolfing saying so long from crooked saying so long from crooked stick. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

a woman days away from turning 100, robbed inside her home. tonight police are searching for two suspects. good saturday. i am craig melvin. eay woman in her silver spring t tn men tricked authorities say thauieity sa someone called e ea99thdr--y aolednder h to participate a n tin-home survey when the suspe howusd dsn the wodmadann anobbed her. darcy spencer joins us live from sim ver spring with the story. darcy. >> the robbers were able to get away with her money and

identification. she was not physically harmed but certainly felt terrorized to the point she had to spend the night in the hospital under observation. montgomery c ounty police beliee the 99-year-old victim was targeted in the crime which involved decemention and robbery. >> this victim from yesterday was in frail health. >> 2:30 friday afternoon when the oho men pned the woman inside her apartment on mckinney avenue in sim ver sprinlver spr. after she answered a couple of questions she was attacked. >> then they push her inside. force her down into a chair. rummage through her bedroom. take cash anddentification cards from her. they leave. she is able to call police. >> the victim just 16 days shy of turning 100 years old was not physically injured but was traumatized. she had to be hospitalized overnight.

police are warning other elderly residents. >> if you ash not expecting someone, you can't be certain who that person is, just don't open the door. >> residents here say they had not heard about the crime, they did find it surprising. >> we've lived in this neighborhood for four years, it has been very safe. i walk my dog late at night. out and about at all hours. never had a problem. i'm really sa sad to hear this. >> that is very bad. especially for the neighborhood. and being that old. i don't think it's right for them to -- target somebody of that age. >> police are still trying to figure out why this elderly victim was targeted, how, possibly the suspect may have known this victim. they say they have not received any other similar reports of crimes in this area. and they have a very limited description of the robbers. reporting live, darcy spencer, news 4. back to you. >> darcy, thank you. new york's la guardia airport has been reopened after a bomb scare there.

the main terminal was evacuated at 5:30 this morning. police say a man who was quote, acting crazy, approached security with a bag full of batteries and wires. that man has been charged with placing a fake bomb at a transportation facility and making threats. numerous flights were delayed or canceled. the scare did not affect on time departures in our area. nearly 50,000 are still in the dark tonight in maryland. powerful storms swept through the middle part of the state. pg & e says they restored power to half the 100,000 customers affected by the storm. nearly everyone should be back on line tonight. the national weather service has confirmed it was in fact a tornado that uprooted trees and damaged homes yesterday afternoon. the worst damage may have been in the small town of imesville. no one was seriously injured. haven't seen anything like that today. steve, let's start with the tornado yesterday. how have they classified it? >> this one is the weak end kind

of tornado. in fact most tornadoes are ef-0s, with wind gus. 65 to 85 miles an hour. nonetheless, a tornado did touch northwest of town. things are much more quiet. still a few thunderstorms on the board. basically heating up the day thunderstorms. they popped up, since it is so warm outside. so humid. we have one thunderstorm right now. moving -- out of the springfield interchange. looks like pushing towards clinton. there is a nother one. that right now is affecting glen burny. this one is, out toward the chesapeake bay. these thunderstorms will diet down once we do lose the heating of the day. there is a front off to the west. that one can bring us active weather again by tomorrow afternoon. we'll talk about that in a little bit. >> thank you. >> thanks to the swine flu scare, a cruise ship remains docked in france. tonight dozens of the possibly infected, have been allowed to disembark that ship.

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today. and quite humid as well. and with the day time heating. and thunderstorms that did pop up. here's what it looked like. a shot of a rainbow a few minutes ago. and that's kind of. >> there it is. >> on the right side of the screen. >> very, very typr.et here is what is happening right now. it is currently 85 degrees. partly sunny. southerly flow. dew point. very hot. the dew point at 69. on radar. again with the heating of the day. we did have a few isolated thunderstorms that popped up. one right now moving away from springfield. and it looks like crossing the potomac. prince george's county. another one right here hugging i-95. heading towards the north and east. so temperatures in the 80s. up and down the east coast. it is very humid. tomorrow, again, we will continue to see very humid conditions. this is the storm that came through. another one heading our way tomorrow.

for tonight, once we lose the daytime heating. thunderstorms will fizzle. go partly cloudy overnight. tomorrow, increasing cloud coverage. the front slide into the area. we could have some showers, possibly some thunderstorms as well. temperatures tomorrow, a little bit cooler with daytime highs basically in the mid 80s. so, here is the situation then. for this evening. again we have the isolated thunderstorms -- it will be warm and humid this evening, looks like temperatures low to mid 80s for the next couple hours. your sunset tonight at 8:19. the days are getting shorter. then tomorrow, start to see an increasen cloud coverage. call it mostly cloudy during the afternoon. little cooler than today. again, quite humid. with afternoon showers. and thunderstorms. so mostly cloudy on your sunday. about a 40% chance of showers and storms. some could be on the strong

side. south and east of town. monday. few lingering storms possible. south andeast. 88. partly sunny. tuesy looks great. wednesday. here comes another frontal. a weak one. it may kick up a shower or storm. >> all right. thank you, buddy. coming up in sports. tiger woods cruising at the buick open. dan is in the driver's seat. up next. there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut.

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>> pad were popping. jason campbell said there hasn't been a fight in training camp for a while. he thought it might happen today. the guys were in pads for the first time. it didn't. perhaps too hot for the guys to be wasting their energy. whatever the case may be. there was some hitting out there today. >> sort of a stress level i think, an up court for theableness when you put on the pad. and the level of competition goes up. the level of -- of tempo goes up. it is live. you know you always look forward to putting pads on. don't care who you aring oe ing against. >> do you like being in pads? >> i look to get out of the way.

the rookie linebacker and defensive end showing serious quickness going up against pro bowl tackle, chris samuels. samuels reasoning? >> the defense is always ahead in offense. and we're a little behind now. compared to the guys. we'll get it right. >> what about him? >> awesome. going to be good. and all americans in shorts. health melts. now have the pads on. can't nobody talk. everybody is well padded. hitting. colliding. thudding. everything to have a great season. >> yeah, i am still getting used to it. that's the thing. when the mind set is set. and all of a sudden go to a different package. got to switch. totally different mind set. trying to get well adjusted to it. think i'moing a great job. >> while he was signing post-practice autographs. another rookie is better. keith eloi with a giant stuffed

bear and autographed it for a young man. steel downy. making it a day steel will remember forever. >> dent know. give it away. better for him to have it than me. >> he'll remember it. >> i hope so. hope i made him happy. >> keith eloy making steel's day. may use the bear for a tackling dummy. and couple notes. carlos rogers sat out with a calf problem. he expects to be back tomorrow. meanwhile, buick open, buick oipen rather. tiger's charge continues off a 63 yesterday. tiger fired a 65 today. we are in grand blanc, michigan. you know what. think we need to ma a little noise on the course. that's what they did. tiger teeing off on 3. 170 yards out. probably could have used a putter to get there. instead uses an 8 iron. that is nice, tight. sets up a birdie. tiger not done yet. on 17 from 33 feet away.

dare isay. bird is the word. tiger has a one stroke lead. 17 under par. doing it in classic tiger fashion. of course he never lost when he has held the lead after 54 holes. >> you were out there at 9:30. how did they look? >> defense is going to be stout. >> offense. how good is jason campbell. >> we'll see pretty soon. >> dan, thank you so much. thank you to you. n"nbc nightly news" is up next we'll be back. until then, that's news. l