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ORLANDO (Florida), March 17: Tiger Woods, who began the day four strokes clear, slumped to a two-over-par 74 to allow Len Mattiace to close within one shot of the lead after the third round of the $4 million Bay Hill Invitational Saturday.
Mattiace, who won the Nissan Open in February, turned up the heat on the world number one by firing a four-under-par 68 for a nine-under-par aggregate of 207.
Also breathing down Woods’s neck was a group of five players on 208 — Scott McCarron (72), Pat Perez (69), Chad Campbell (68), John Huston (70) and New Zealander Michael Campbell (68).
Phil Mickelson, Scott Hoch, John Daly, Fiji’s Vijay Singh, Spanish pair Jose Maria Olazabal and Sergio Garcia, Ernie Els of South Africa and Argentina’s Angel Cabrera could also claim to have genuine title chances on 209.
Leading third round scores:
206 — Tiger Woods 67, 65, 74.
207 — Len Mattiace 73, 66, 68.
208 — Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 72, 68, 68; Chad Campbell 70, 70, 68; Pat Perez 70, 69, 69; John Huston 67, 71, 70; Scott McCarron 69, 67, 72.
209 — Phil Mickelson 69, 71, 69; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 69, 71, 69; Scott Hoch 71, 68, 70; Sergio Garcia (Spain) 68, 71, 70; Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 71, 68, 70; John Daly 67, 71, 71; Ernie Els (South Africa) 70, 67, 72; Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 67, 70, 72.
210 — Paul McGinley (Ireland) 74, 68, 68; Stewart Cink 68, 71, 71; Rocco Mediate 69, 70, 71; Harrison Frazar 69, 70, 71.
DOHA: Ice-cool Australian Adam Scott bagged his second European Tour title with a six-shot victory in the 1.5 million dollar Qatar Masters Sunday.
The 21-year-old rising star reaped the reward for a consistent performance over four rounds to walk away with the top prize of 250,000 dollars.
Scott shot a five-under-par final round 67 for an aggregate of 19-under-par 269.
England rookie Nick Dougherty and Frenchman Jean Francois Remesy were tied for the second spot on 13-under-par 275.
Final round scores (British unless stated):
269 — Adam Scott (Australia) 67, 66, 69, 67.
275 — Nick Dougherty 69, 69, 68, 69; Jean-Francois Remesy (France) 68, 69, 68, 70.
277 — Joakim Haeggman (Sweden) 66, 73, 72, 66; Eduardo Romero (Argentina) 71, 67, 72, 67; Mark Pilkington 69, 69, 71, 68; Henrik Nystrom (Sweden) 69, 72, 67, 69; John Bickerton 69, 70, 68, 70; Stephen Gallacher 69, 68, 69, 71.
278 — David Howell 68, 72, 71, 67; Anders Hansen (Denmark) 68, 68, 71, 71.
279 — Charlie Hoffman (US) 70, 73, 69, 67; Benoit Teilleria (France) 72, 71, 68, 68; Soren Hansen (Denmark) 67, 71, 72, 69; Jose Manuel Lara (Spain) 67, 69, 73, 70; Peter Fowler (Australia) 70, 69, 69, 71; Miguel Angel Martin (Spain) 70, 68, 68, 73.—Reuters/AFP
