Lehman leads Buick Open

With his eyes on the U.S. Ryder Cup team and his first PGA Tourvictory since 1996, Tom Lehman shot an 8-under-par 64 to open a four-stroke lead after three rounds Saturday at the rain-soaked Buick Openin Grand Blanc, Mich.

Slopping along in drenched khakis and doffing his dripping cap onthe green to keep the water from dripping on his ball, Lehman lappedthe field. He made nine birdies and a bogey while the other leadersstruggled in deteriorating conditions.

Lehman completed 54 holes at 16-under 200, four shots ahead ofErnie Els, who shot a 1-under 71. Nine players, most of whom got inmost of their holes before the worst of the weather set in, werebunched five strokes …