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| March 27, 2006 | Monday | Safar 26, 1427 |
Ames surges into one-shot advantage
PONTE VEDRA BEACH (Florida), March 26: Canada’s Stephen Ames recovered from an early double-bogey to edge one shot clear in treacherous, gusting winds at the Players Championship on Saturday. Ames, who three-putted from 14 feet at the par-four fifth, fired a two-under-par 70 in the third round at the TPC at Sawgrass to finish at nine-under 207.
That left him a stroke in front of world number two Vijay Singh and sixth-ranked Sergio Garcia, who carded matching 70s playing together in the day’s penultimate pairing.
Spaniard Garcia also reeled off four birdies but rued a three-putt bogey at the par-three 13th, where he missed from just over two feet.
Canada’s Mike Weir, who holed out from 128 yards for an eagle two at the par-four fourth, fired a joint best-of-the-day 68 to finish in a tie for fourth at six-under 210.
Level with Weir was big-hitting Swede Henrik Stenson, who aced the 175-yard 13th on his way to a 70.
Twice US Open champion Retief Goosen (71) was a further stroke back in a share of sixth with Americans Jim Furyk (75), Tom Pernice junior (71), Bo Van Pelt (72), John Rollins (72) and Swede Carl Pettersson (70).
Furyk, one stroke clear overnight, surrendered his advantage with a double-bogey at the par-five second hole.
Tiger Woods rattled up four birdies and five bogeys to finish at two-under 214.
Leading third round scores:
207 — Stephen Ames (Canada) 71, 66, 70
208 — Vijay Singh (Fiji) 68, 70, 70; Sergio Garcia (Spain) 70, 68, 70.
210 — Mike Weir (Canada) 71, 71, 68; Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 69, 71, 70.
211 — Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 71, 70, 70; Retief Goosen (South Africa) 69, 71, 71; Tom Pernice Jr (US) 70, 70, 71; Bo Van Pelt (US) 68, 71, 72; John Rollins (US) 68, 71, 72; Jim Furyk (US) 65, 71, 75.
212 — Camilo Villegas (Colombia) 74, 70, 68; Vaughn Taylor (US) 73, 71, 68; Phil Mickelson (US) 70, 73, 69; Pat Perez (US) 71, 72, 69; Tom Lehman (US) 71, 71, 70.
213 — James Driscoll (US) 71, 72, 70; Craig Parry (Australia) 70, 73, 70; Todd Fischer (US) 73, 68, 72; Fred Funk (US) 70, 69, 74; Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 68, 71, 74; Arron Oberholser (US) 68, 71, 74.
214 — Rich Beem (US) 71, 72, 71; Ernie Els (South Africa) 72, 70, 72; Tiger Woods (US) 72, 69, 73; Steve Flesch (US) 69, 70, 75.—Reuters
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