Daniel Chopra's tendency to be wild off the tee and accurate from the rough led Todd Hamilton's caddie to give him a nickname at the Buick Open held in Grand Blanc, Mich.

"You're Rambo," he said.

Rambo?

"Yeah, you're lethal from the trees" Chopra recalled the caddie saying.

Now, he has another moniker: Buick Open third-round leader.

Chopra shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to reach 16 under at Warwick Hills and take a two-shot lead into the final round. He made a 15-foot putt for birdie on the last hole after Dudley Hart bogeyed it to earn a cushion.

Hart (70), Bubba Watson (68) and Woody Austin (69) were 14 under.

Second-round leader Bo Van Pelt (73) was another shot back along with Kenny Perry (67), the highest-ranked player in a lackluster field that includes just three of the top 30 players in the world.

Since winning the PGA Tour's season-opening event and tying for 32nd the next week, Chopra hasn't fared better than a tie for 33rd and he's missed six cuts.

If the 34-year-old Swede can hold off the wave of challengers today he will move a step closer to playing in the Ryder Cup.

Chopra was wild off the tee Saturday -- hitting just three of 14 fairways -- but responded well enough to hit 13 of 18 greens.

"I have a good imagination and can hit trundlers and cuts and hooks and find ways to get it on the green," he said. "As long as you give me a swing and some kind of a gap, I'm pretty good at finding it.

When he didn't land an approach, such as at No. 4 -- when his second shot rolled off the green and was almost buried under a camping chair -- his touch was sharp enough to help him scramble for par.

His creativity also helped him during the second round when he hit a shot from both knees off the lip of a greenside bunker, setting up a gimme for par and another nickname from caddies.

"They said, 'Well, maybe we should start calling you Dorf," Chopra recalled. "That was funny, too.

"I said, 'Well, I think I like Rambo better.' "

ALSO SATURDAY

COMMERCE BANK CHAMPIONSHIP: Loren Roberts remained in position for his first Champions Tour victory of the year, shooting a 3-under 68 to extend his lead to two strokes at East Meadow, N.Y.

Roberts, second last year behind Lonnie Nielsen, had a 9-under 133 total on the Red Course at Eisenhower Park. David Eger (66) and Scott Simpson (67) were tied for second. Nielsen (69) was in a group at 6 under.

FRENCH OPEN: Spanish qualifier Pablo Larrazabal shot a 4-under 67 to take a three-stroke lead in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.

Larrazabal had an 11-under 202 total on Le Golf National's Albatross Course. Scotland's Colin Montgomerie (68) and Denmark's Soren Hansen (67) were 8 under, and Englishmen Lee Westwood (69) and David Lynn (71) followed at 7 under.

(The Associated Press)

FORD WAYNE GRETZKY CLASSIC: Casey Wittenberg posted a 4-under 67 during the third round at the Georgian Bay Club at Collingwood, Ontario to move to 15-under-par 199.

(PGATour.Com)