Mickelson masterful at Pebble Beach

'Lefty' 20 under through three rounds for seven-shot lead

? Phil Mickelson must have an idea how Tiger Woods felt when he won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach five years ago.

In another dominant display with every club in his bag, Mickelson blew away the field Saturday with a 5-under 67 that gave him a seven-shot lead and another tournament record at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

“Fabulous. It feels terrific,” Mickelson said of the largest 54-hole lead of his career.

Mickelson finished the three-course rotation at 20-under 196, breaking by two the 54-hole record set by David Duval in 1997. He only needs to break par today to beat the 72-hole record set by Mark O’Meara that same year.

Only an eagle by Greg Owen kept Mickelson’s lead from being even larger.

Owen, a 32-year-old from England who made it through all three stages of Q-school last year, hit a 4-iron into 12 feet on the par-5 18th at Poppy Hills for a 67. He had no idea the size of Mickelson’s lead until informed by reporters, and it didn’t take long for him to realize the size of his task.

Mickelson’s seven-shot lead was the largest on the PGA Tour since David Toms led by the same margin last year in Memphis. And it had the same feel as Woods’ record-setting performance at Pebble in the U.S. Open, when he took a 10-shot lead into the final round and won by 15.

Two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal had a 68 at Poppy Hills and was in a large group at 11-under 205 that included Kevin Sutherland, Paul Goydos and Tim Clark of South Africa.

Vijay Singh will have to watch the final round from home. The world’s No. 1 player became the fourth straight defending champion to miss the cut at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Singh had another 73 to finish at 3-over 219.