SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. ? On a day when nearly everyone made a charge, Chris DiMarco had one of the best. DiMarco shot his way into a share of the third-round lead in the FBR Open Saturday, shooting a 7-under 64 to join Jonathan Kaye at 14-under 199.

Kaye carded a 66, making all five of his birdies on the back nine, and second-round leader Phil Mickelson was one shot back after a 68.

The leaderboard for the final round will be packed with crowd favorites — DiMarco (2002), Mickelson (1996) and Vijay Singh (1995, 2003) are former Phoenix Open champions — and international standouts such as Mike Weir, Bernhard Langer and Sergio Garcia.

Langer (66), Justin Leonard (66), Weir (68) and Ricky Barnes (68) were three shots off the pace, with Singh, Garcia, Steve Flesch, Fredrik Jacobson and first-round leader Scott Verplank at 203.

Leonard, who was 1 over after 12 holes, tied a Phoenix record by birdieing the last six, and Singh charged into contention with a remarkable 63 — matching the best round of this tournament and his winning score in the fourth round last year.

The Big Fijian had eight birdies to move within range of his 11th consecutive top-10 finish, the most since Greg Norman’s 11 in 1993-94.

DiMarco, whose wife had their third child the first week of January, waited until the Bob Hope last week to start his season and then missed the cut. But he was 7 under through two rounds this time and was on target from the start, starting his chain of birdies with a 20-foot putt on the second hole. He had a short putt for birdie on No. 3, but holed a 15-footer on No. 6 and a 25-footer on No. 9.

DiMarco’s other birdies were on the 12th, 13th and 15th holes.

Kaye, playing three groups behind, made a 15-foot birdie putt on No. 17 to pull into the tie.

AP Photo Chris DiMarco reacts to sinking a birdie putt on the 12th hole. DiMarco shot a 64 Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz., for a share of the lead in the FBR Open.