It was an ugly scene, with Whitfield on his back covering the gash with a blood-stained towel, and Kim pacing as the paramedics arrived.
"I thought I killed him," Kim said. "It was an awful feeling to look down and see a golf ball-sized impression in his forehead and it's cut open. It was probably the nastiest thing I've ever seen. It didn't affect my golf game. I still played the way I would -- I was hitting it terrible, anyway. I was hoping and praying that he'd be OK."
Garcia fell one behind with his only bogey of the round on the 13th, but he quickly surged ahead.
Kim three-putted for bogey on the 14th, took three putts from just off the green on the par-5 15th as Garcia made birdie, then hit his approach off a corporate tent on the 16th and had to scramble for bogey.
Mickelson, who saved par from 35 feet on the 11th, briefly joined them in the lead with a birdie at the 15th, only to miss the fairway into thick rough on the next hole and drop a shot. Even so, he has been lurking around the leaders all week and worked his way into the final pairing on a course where he won in 2000.
"It's fun to be in the last group," Mickelson said. "I'm looking forward to it. I know it's going to be difficult. I'm spotting Sergio three shots. I know how well he's been playing, so it'll be a difficult round for me to get it done."
Camilo Villegas had a 69 and was at 3-under 207, while Ben Curtis (68) and Robert Allenby (67) were another shot back.
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