Matteson cards 61 to lead Frys.com

Troy Matteson had never shot a 61 until this week. Now he's done it twice in a row to set a PGA Tour record.

His second straight 9-under round at the Frys.com Open on Saturday gave him a three-shot lead at 16-under 194 heading into the final day of the third stop in the tour's Fall Series.

Matteson's 122 score in consecutive rounds broke the tour record of 123 set this year by Steve Stricker in the third and fourth rounds of the Bob Hope Classic.

"With the year I've had, it's - first of all - it's undescribable," Matteson said.

Webb Simpson (64), Tim Clark (65) and Chris Stroud (65) were tied at 13 under. Second round co-leader Rickie Fowler (69) and Nick O'Hern (67) were in a group of five at 12 under.

In an amazing stretch, Nicholas Thompson had a double eagle on the par-5 11th, followed by a hole-in-one on the par-3 13th, a drop of five shots in three holes. He finished with a 65 to tie Justin Leonard (69) at 11 under.

"He needs to go straight back to Vegas and put some money down," said Matteson, who teamed with Thompson at Georgia Tech.

Bill Lunde (65), Jamie Lovemark (65) and Ryan Moore (67) also were at 12 under.

Conditions couldn't have been better on the par-70 sun-splashed desert Raptor Course layout at Grayhawk Golf Club, playing at a short 7,013 yards. The result was some amazing shots, including two other aces, both on the 198-yard 16th.

The first, by Ted Purdy with a 5-iron, won him a Mercedes, which he kissed after making the shot. Chad Campbell later had one on the same hole, using a 6-iron.

But nothing could top Thompson's stunner.

He hit a 3-wood approach 261 yards into the hole on the 562-yard 11th. Thompson couldn't see it go in the hole and the Golf Channel didn't catch the shot.

"I heard some claps and I think, 'Nice, it's on the green,'" he said. "And I see a guy throw his arms up in the air and I'm like, 'Yes, tap-in eagle.' Then I hear them roar and I'm like 'Wait a minute. That's a double eagle. Yes!'"

Two holes later, he grabbed his 6-iron and sent the ball soaring toward the pin on the par-3, 199-yard third hole.

"I underclubbed it purposely so that I could land it short of the pin over the false front," Thompson said. "I mean, I flushed it and I hit it good. I was like, 'Oh, be as good as you look.' Apparently it was."

Thompson was 5 under for those two holes - and 5 under for the day. What made the difference?

"I didn't have to putt," he joked.

CHAMPIONS: Russ Cochran birdied three straight holes before a bogey on the 18th dropped him into a tie for the lead with Andy Bean at 8-under 134 after the second round at the AT&T Championship.

Cochran, a first-round co-leader, shot a 3-under 68 at Oak Hills Country Club. Bean birdied the 15th and 16th holes before he parred out for 67.