MILWAUKEE — Not even a cool rain could cool off Kenny Perry Saturday.

But after Perry fired a 1-under-par 69 in the third round of the U.S. Bank Championship at Brown Deer Park Golf Course, he admitted he might be running out of gas after a whirlwind summer.

"I'm hitting crazy shots this week," said Perry, who was tied for 30th at 6-under 204. "I mean, I'm hitting them three fairways over. … I'm doing stuff right now that I haven't been doing. I don't know if it's a lack of concentration or what. I just don't have it.

"I'm trying to win. I really am. I'm just tired. I'm just tired of dealing with everything. I'm ready to go home."

For further proof of Perry's landing, consider his answer when asked what it would take to win today — which would be his fourth in six events.

"It'll take a magical round," said Perry, who is five shots back. "I'd have to shoot 61 or some crazy number. And that ain't happening right now."

Haas has heavy heart

Bill Haas managed to sink a pair of 40-footers en route to a 68 and a 202 total even though he had other things on his mind. Haas' aunt, Fran Pruitt, died Friday after a long battle with cystic fibrosis.

Pruitt was the wife of Dillard Pruitt, a PGA Tour rules official who was in charge of setting up Brown Deer Park for the past six years. He didn't make the trip this year.

Several players and caddies wore a blue ribbon in honor of Pruitt on Saturday.

"We were waiting for a miracle and waiting for a lung transplant and it just didn't happen," said Haas, the son of 1981 Greater Milwaukee Open champ Jay Haas. "But I think right now she's in a better place. She was suffering to the end. I think we all selfishly wanted her to be around, but we're all going to miss her."

Kresge's water world

Cliff Kresge, who shot a 66 and was at 204, can laugh about his most embarrassing experience on a golf course.

During the PGA Tour Qualifying tournament in 2000, Kresge was backing up to read a putt only to take too many steps and fall off a 5-foot ledge and into a greenside pond.

"My feet hit, then my butt hit and then it all splashed up around me," Kresge said. "I couldn't get out fast enough, but I was in. For me, pretty embarrassing. I was thinking, 'I can't believe I just did that.' "

Kresge returned to the ninth green, dried off a bit and shot 3 under on the back nine to earn his PGA Tour card.

Kresge, 39, is playing some of the best golf of his career with four top-10 finishes, including a third-place tie at Bay Hill, this season. He ranks 60th in FedEx Cup points.

Old time's sake

The reason Jim Gallagher, Jr. returned for his record 25th consecutive tournament in Milwaukee was a simple one:

The memories are too good.

"It's just one of the places that has just always either recharged my battery or I just had a lot of good memories from," said Gallagher, the winner of the 1990 Greater Milwaukee Open who received a sponsor's exemption this year.

Divots

Ken Duke, who was one shot off the lead at 10-under 200, had his bag carried by 1988 Madison East graduate Mike Niebuhr. Niebuhr, who formerly caddied for Madison's Mario Tiziani, started with Duke in April. … Pewaukee native Mark Wilson shot a 2-under 68 and was five shots off the lead. He said the rain played a key role on No. 4, when his thumb slipped off his club on impact and he took a double-bogey 6.