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Mickelson overtakes Woods; Ishikawa moves into share of eighth

SHANGHAI — Tiger Woods stalled with pars. Phil Mickelson poured it on with birdies. The back nine Saturday at the HSBC Champions changed names atop the leaderboard, as Mickelson made three birdies over the last five holes for a 5-under 67 that took h... ...full story at Japan Times

from Japan Times on Sat, Nov 07 2009

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