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| November 7, 2005 | Monday | Shawwal 4, 1426 |
Snyder leads in 3rd round
MADISON (Mississippi), Nov 6: Rookie Joey Snyder posted a seven-under 65 on Saturday to seize a one-shot lead after three rounds of the three million-dollar Southern Farm Bureau Classic.
Snyder boasted a 16-under total of 200 to claim a lead for the first time in his PGA Tour career. His best finish on tour this season is a tie for sixth at The International and his previous best 54-hole standing was seventh at the John Deere Classic.
Heath Slocum and Loren Roberts were tied for second. Slocum signed for a 64 while Roberts, who is looking to join Craig Stadler as the only players to win on the Champions and PGA Tours in the same season, carded a 66.
Snyder started the day at 9-under and surged while all six second-round co-leaders faltered. At one point, 11 of the 75 players who made the cut were tied for the lead at 10-under, but only Snyder emerged.
Snyder fired six birdies and an eagle with just one hiccup, a bogey at 15, which he followed with birdies at 16 and 18.
Slocum put himself into contention with a bogey-free round that included an eagle and six birdies. He closed his round with four birdies in a row.
Leading scores:
200 Joey Snyder III (United States) 67 68 65
201 Heath Slocum (United States) 69 68 64 Loren Roberts (United States) 68 67 66
202 Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 68 69 65 Kevin Stadler (United States) 71 65 66 Tag Ridings (United States) 68 66 68
204 Paul Gow (Australia) 67 70 67 Tom Byrum (United States) 66 70 68
205 Woody Austin (United States) 69 69 67 Craig Bowden (United States) 71 67 67 Marco Dawson (United States) 68 69 68 Shaun Micheel (United States) 68 69 68 Charlie Wi (South Korea) 68 68 69 Jeff Brehaut (United States) 71 70 64 Brett Wetterich (United States) 68 67 70 Frank Lickliter II (United States) 70 65 70 John Cook (United States) 69 65 71 Bob Tway (United States) 64 70 71 Tom Pernice Jr. (United States) 66 68 71
206 Cameron Beckman (United States) 70 69 67 Scott Gutschewski (United States) 71 67 68 Bob Heintz (United States) 69 70 67 Gavin Coles (Australia) 71 68 67 Mario Tiziani (United States) 69 68 69 Kirk Triplett (United States) 67 70 69 Steve Stricker (United States) 69 68 69 Bo Van Pelt (United States) 66 69 71 Jonathan Byrd (United States) 65 69 72
207 Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 70 68 69 Glen Day (United States) 68 70 69 Justin Bolli (United States) 70 69 68 Dan Forsman (United States) 70 70 67 Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 69 68 70 Brian Davis (Britain) 68 69 70 Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 73 67 67 Rocco Mediate (United States) 70 66 71
BRYANT SEIZES LEAD
ATLANTA (Georgia): Bart Bryant, looking a bit more at ease with a lead, holed a 30-foot bunker shot at the last to open a three-shot lead after three rounds of the 6.5 million-dollar PGA Tour Championship on Saturday.
With his unlikely birdie, Bryant completed a four-under-par 66 for a 14-under total of 196.
Defending champion Retief Goosen of South Africa carded a 69 for sole possession of second place on 199.
Tiger Woods was a further stroke back after a 67 for 200.
Woods nearly had a hole in one at the par-three 11th, where his tee shot found the hole but bounced out and came to rest 20 feet away. He subsequently two-putted for a mere par.
Leading scores:
196 - Bart Bryant 62-68-66
199 - Retief Goosen (RSA) 64-66-69
200 - Tiger Woods 66-67-67
202 - Scott Verplank 67-66-69
204 - Davis Love 68-71-65
205 - Ben Crane 68-65-72, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 71-66-68, Charles Howell 67-68-70
206 - Stuart Appleby (AUS) 70-65-71, Tim Clark (RSA) 67-67-72, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 69-69-68
207 - Luke Donald (GBR) 70-67-70, Jim Furyk 70-70-67, Adam Scott (AUS) 73-69-65
208 - Olin Browne 70-67-71, Chris DiMarco 69-72-67
209 - Mark Calcavecchia 72-69-68, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 66-72-71, Kenny Perry 65-73-71, Ted Purdy 71-69-69
210 - Chad Campbell 72-68-70, Sean O’Hair 73-73-64
212 - Tim Herron 73-68-71, Billy Mayfair 72-69-71, David Toms 72-72-68
213 - Fred Funk 71-72-70.—Agencies
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