Defending champion Jimmy Walker made a poor start to his defence, firing a three-over 75 to be well off the pace.
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A SUPERB FOUR-UNDER-PAR third round has put Pádraig Harrington in contention to secure his first tournament victory in more than a year.
Notes: Dallas native Jordan Spieth is missing his first Texas event since he turned pro at the end of 2012. The course sets up really well for me. He’ll be playing tomorrow with leader Ricky Barnes and Luke Donald, the older brother of Brendan’s caddie, Christian Donald. I was able to make enough recovery shots to not make many mistakes and I was able to be patient enough and make a couple of birdies at the end.. “Didn’t really miss any fairways or greens”. I think that’s how it was. My tee shot was great.
“We all work hard and it’s frustrating when you give away shots so easily when you spend so much time trying to ideal and move your game forward, but sometimes you just got to take a slap in the face and punch in you know what and move on”.
England’s Callum Shinkwin was two strokes back after a 62. Two-time defending champion Lydia Ko (70) was four strokes back at 5 under. “Kang went for the green in two on the par-5 second hole and successfully landed it 8’1” from the cup where he trickled in a relatively easy eagle.
Ryu is winless since the 2014 Canadian Pacific Women’s Open. He was the outright third-round leader at the rain-delayed 2009 U.S. Open at Bethpage Black but had a tough opening nine in the final round and tied for second behind Lucas Glover.
“I’d be lying if I would say it was a successful career being out here without a win”, Barnes added, per the Associated Press.
“I’ve been looking for that one good tournament to get under my belt and get some confidence”.
“It is what it is, I didn’t play special or anything”, Burgoon said. “She was like, ‘Oh, doesn’t it bother you having stuff on your wrist? It’s always nice to come back to a place you feel good at”, Steele said. “I like all the shots”. “I told her, ‘It’s hairstylist In Gee”‘. Phil Mickelson sees himself in a tie for 81st as his string of bogeys to close out his front nine ultimately resulted in his first round of 73.
With a shot at consecutive top-10 finishes a year after recording two total in all of 2015, Donald should be focused on staving off the competition from a loaded pack that includes six golfers at seven under and Reed at eight under in order to keep things rolling into May.
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Stacy Lewis (Arkansas Razorbacks) shot a 1-under 71. The 19-year-old Australian won the Lotte Championship last week. The eight-ranked South Korean player has two victories this season.
