Masters winner Vijay Singh shot Callaway lady x-22 irons And Callaway big bertha diablo irons a 64 to tie for third with Els, Love, Larry Mize, Edward Fryatt and first-round leader Dan Forsman.
"I wish I had played in this every year now," said Cink, Golf Clubs a 27-year-old whose only other PGA TOUR victory came in the 1997 Canon Greater Hartford Open. "This sure is a week to remember."
Els was at 12 under and cruising. But his game came apart after he stubbed a chip on the eighth hole that led to a bogey. He mi**** a flop shot three holes later for another bogey, his third in five holes. Els pushed a 6-foot par putt wide on the par-3 14th and was never in Callaway x24 hot irons again.
"I think the Callaway legacy forged irons bogey on No. 8 kind of got to me a little bit," he said. "I started looking at the scoreboards."
Cink had birdies on the sixth, eighth and ninth holes and turned just a shot behind Els.