But his birdie putt lipped out, and that one short miss went a long way in affecting the mood of the match.
With Singh in the bunker on the 13th, Leonard misjudged the wind, came out of his shot and had 80 feet for birdie. He three-putted for bogey to lose another hole.
Singh looked like Houdini for the second straight match. He was 2 down with two holes to play against Pampling in the third round, won the last two holes, then in 25 holes. This was headed in the same direction.
Singh's approach on the 15th bounced hard off the left side of the green and appeared headed into the desert when it hung up in the lush green grass with only a foot to spare. Singh hit a poor chip and was lucky to stay on the green, then holed a 12-foot par putt to halve the hole. On the par-3 16th, Singh went after a sucker pin and landed in the right rough, the toughest spot from which to save par.
But that's what he did, chipping 6 feet by and making it.
Singh finally squared the match with his power advantage, hitting 7-wood to 20 feet for a two-putt birdie.
Leonard played the 18th hole for the first time all week, and he played it to near perfection. Leonard hit his approach to 10 feet, and Singh hit his a foot outside him.
Singh missed — he didn't have a single one-putt birdie all round — and Leonard's winning up curled in the right side.
"I deserved that one," he said.
Cabrera made it through the week as the only player not to reach the 18th green, which was bad news Saturday morning for the Argentine. He couldn't keep up with Cink's birdies, and Cink closed him out with a birdie on the 16th.
Stenson, meanwhile, is the marathon man of Dove Mountain. All four of his matches have gone the distance, and he played 25 holes Thursday to beat Trevor Immelman. He made sure his match against Austin didn't get past the 18th hole, hitting an approach to 2 feet for his 2-up victory.
