BLAINE, Minn. (AP) - About 30 minutes after his tournament record-setting 60 concluded Saturday, Paul Goydos completed a media session and looked at a 3M Championship scoreboard.
Up by one shot, he was not confident he'd be there at day's end, predicting Kenny Perry - who had six holes to play - would be ahead by three shots.
Not quite.
Perry made just one birdie down the stretch at the TPC Twin Cities to shoot his second straight 65, leaving him tied at 130 with Goydos and Gene Sauers heading into today's final round. Sauers shot an 8-under 64.
Goydos, who shot 59 at the PGA's 2010 John Deere Classic, was 7-under through 12 holes, before birdies at 15, 16 and 17 and an eagle on the par-5 18th.
Scott Dunlap (63) and Brandt Jobe (64) were one shot behind; Steve Stricker (63) and Marco Dawson (66) were two back.
Mike Goodes, a co-leader with Perry after round one, shot 68 and was one of seven players trailing by three shots.
With little wind on a roomy course that received 1.15 inches of rain Thursday leading to soft greens that still play fast, 66 of 77 players bested par, with an all-time tour-record 56 shooting in the 60s. The day's scoring average of 67.88 is also the lowest in tour history, besting the 68.05 at the 2005 Blue Angels Classic.
The winning score at the 3M Championship has been at least 15-under for 10 straight years. The tournament record is 25-under by David Frost in 2010.