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LAS VEGAS, Oct 10: Tom Lehman is poised to grab his first victory for four years after claiming a one-shot lead following the third round of the $4 million Las Vegas Invitational on Saturday.
The 45-year-old American, who has not won since the 2000 Phoenix Open, fired a six-under-par 66 at Bear's Best, one of three courses being used here this week, for a 17-under total of 198.
Former British Open champion Lehman has only one top-10 finish to his credit this year, a tie for fourth place at last month's Canadian Open. Dicky Pride (66) and Australia's Andre Stolz (65) shared second position on 199.
Overnight leader JL Lewis fell back into a tie for fourth on 200 after a one-under 70 at the TPC at The Canyons course. He was joined on that mark by Australia's Greg Chalmers, Bob Estes, Olin Browne, Tim Petrovic, Duffy Waldorf and Harrison Frazar. A total of 17 players were within four shots of Lehman at the end of the round.
Leading third round scores:
198 - Tom Lehman (US) 64, 68, 66.
199 - Dicky Pride (US) 66, 67, 66; Andre Stolz (Australia) 67, 67, 65.
200 - Greg Chalmers (Australia) 69, 67, 64; Bob Estes (US) 67, 65, 68; Olin Browne (US) 67, 64, 69; Tim Petrovic (US) 66, 66, 68; Duffy Waldorf (US) 65, 66, 69; J.L. Lewis (US) 67, 63, 70; Harrison Frazar (US) 64, 68, 68.
201 - Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 68, 68, 65; Tom Byrum (US) 66, 70, 65.
202 - Alex Cejka (Germany) 65, 65, 72; Cameron Beckman (US) 67, 66, 69; Justin Leonard (US) 65, 70, 67; Scott Verplank (US) 64, 72, 66; Kent Jones (US) 64, 68, 70; Ben Crane (US) 68, 65, 69.
203 - Brian Gay (US) 68, 70, 65; Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 66, 67, 70; Chris Smith (US) 70, 66, 67; David Duval (US) 67, 68, 68; Robert Gamez (US) 67, 66, 70; Jose Coceres (Argentina) 66, 68, 69; Jason Bohn (US) 63, 70, 70; Lucas Glover (US) 68, 68, 67. -Reuters
