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| January 16, 2006 | Monday | Zilhaj 15, 1426 |
Toms catches up with Campbell on last hole
HONOLULU, Jan 15: David Toms birdied the last hole for a tournament record, nine-under-par 61 to move into a share of the Sony Open lead with fellow American Chad Campbell after Saturday’s third round. Campbell, co-leader overnight, fired an eight-birdie 62 to end a relatively calm day of bright sunshine at Waialae Country Club level with Toms at 14-under 196.
The pair, playing in the final group with 1996 champion Jim Furyk, matched each other with sparkling approach play and ice-cool putting as the 2006 PGA Tour’s second event developed into a two-horse race.
American journeyman Shane Bertsch, back on Tour for the third time after finishing eighth on last year’s Nationwide Tour, was a distant seven strokes back in a share of third place with Bubba Watson. Bertsch carded a 63 and Watson a 66.
Campbell, chasing his third career victory on the PGA Tour, picked up his first shot of the day at the par-four third and then reeled off four birdies in a row from the seventh to get to 11 under for the tournament.
Although he holed a 12-footer for birdie at the par-four 12th to move two ahead, Toms pulled a shot back with a birdie of his own on 13.
The pair traded birdies on 14 and 16 before Campbell was finally caught at the 551-yard last, his par trumped by a birdie-four by Toms.
Furyk, joint leader with Campbell at the start of the day, initially fell off the pace after dropping four shots in the first eight holes.
However, the 2003 US Open champion rallied with back-to-back birdies on 14 and 15 and another on 18 to climb into a share of fifth place at five under with South African Rory Sabbatini (67) and Charles Warren (64).
Leading third round scores:
196 — Chad Campbell (US) 67, 67, 62; David Toms (US) 66, 69, 61.
203 — Shane Bertsch (US) 70, 70, 63; Bubba Watson (US) 67, 70, 66.
204 — Charles Warren (US) 66, 74, 64; Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 65, 72, 67; Jim Furyk (US) 67, 67, 70.
205 — Nathan Green (Australia) 70, 70, 65; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 71, 69, 65; Robert Gamez (US) 70, 69, 66; Peter Lonard (Australia) 67, 70, 68; Steve Jones (US) 69, 68, 68; K.J. Choi (South Korea) 66 71, 68; Jerry Smith (US) 69, 67, 69; Stuart Appleby (Australia) 70, 66, 69; John Holmes (US) 70, 66, 69.
206 — Tommy Armour III (US) 68, 74, 64; Brent Geiberger (US) 68, 73, 65; Stewart Cink (US) 71, 69, 66; Dudley Hart (US) 69, 68, 69; Jerry Kelly (US) 68, 69, 69.
207 — Jason Bohn (US) 70, 72, 65; Ron Whittaker (US) 73, 68, 66; Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 71, 68, 68; Will MacKenzie (US) 69, 70, 68; Tom Byrum (US) 68, 71, 68; Vaughn Taylor (US) 67, 72, 68; Mark Calcavecchia (US) 70, 69, 68; Jeff Gove (US) 66, 71, 70.
208 — Parker McLachlin (US) 72, 71, 65; Tom Lehman (US) 71, 71, 66; Olin Browne (US) 71, 70, 67; Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 70, 71, 67; Arjun Atwal (India) 70, 69, 69; Loren Roberts (US) 69, 68, 71.
209 — Jeff Overton (US) 72, 71, 66; Joe Ogilvie (US) 71, 72, 66; Roger Tambellini (US) 69, 73, 67; Arron Oberholser (US) 70, 71, 68; Jeff Maggert (US) 69, 72, 68; Todd Fischer (US) 73, 67, 69; Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 72, 64, 73.
210 — Henrik Bjornstad (Norway) 70, 73, 67; Chris Riley (US) 76, 66, 68; Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 72, 70, 68; Mathew Goggin (Australia) 69, 72, 69; Billy Mayfair (US) 70, 70, 70; Adam Scott (Australia) 71, 69, 70; David Branshaw (US) 71, 68, 71; Richard Johnson (Sweden) 69, 71, 70.—Reuters
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