Sunday, January 14, 2007

American Howell takes over lead in Sony Open

LUKE DONALD ONE BEHIND WITH
ONE ROUND TO GO ON HAWAII

Luke Donald has dropped back to second place, one shot behind new leader Charles Howell, with one round to so in the Sony Open at Honolulu on Hawaii.
The Chicago-based Ryder Cup player from England slumped to two over par for the third round after only six holes but recovered to return a one-under 69 for a 54-hole tally of 12-under-par 198.
Howell, one of those Americans who stick a number after their name - it's Charles Howell the Third, had a 65 to take over the pole position at 13-under-par 197. Howell has not won for more than four years, some 123 tournaments to be precise.
Donald was quite philosophical about losing the lead - "To be only one shot back of the leader after a poor putting round, is better than I expected," he said.
Sixteen-year-old Hawaiian player Tadd Fujikawa (and he has only just turned 16), the youngest player for 50 years to make the halfway cut in a US PGA Tour event, showed that his second-round 66 was no fluke ... he went out and did it again in the third round.
Fujikawa is only six shots off the pace on 203.

THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 210 (3 x 70)
Players from US unless stated.

197 Charles Howell III 69 63 65.
198 Luke Donald (Eng) 63 66 69.
199 Paul Goydos 66 63 70.
201 Steve Stricker 67 67 67, Ted Purdy 67 68 66.
202 Jim Furyk 65 68 69, Paul Azinger 68 66 68.
203 Tadd Fujikawa 71 66 66, Robert Allenby (Aus) 67 66 70, KJ Choi (Kor) 64 71 68, Craig Kanada 72 65 66.
204 Bart Bryant 69 69 66, John Senden (Aus) 69 67 68, Ryuji Imada (Jap) 66 70 68, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 69 67 68
205 Jerry Kelly 69 65 71, Jeff Maggert 73 65 67, Steven Marino 68 71 66, Jason Dufner 67 68 70, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 67 70 68, Bo Van Pelt 69 70 66, Heath Slocum 66 68 71
206 Andrew Buckle (Aus) 70 66 70, David Toms 70 68 68, Steve Lowery 72 67 67, George McNeill 70 66 70, Chad Campbell 66 65 75, Rich Beem 69 66 71, Douglas Labelle 69 71 66, Troy Matteson 69 68 69
207 Pat Perez 68 70 69, Robert Garrigus 68 72 67, Brian Gay 68 69 70, Harrison Frazar 71 67 69, Daisuke Maruyama (Jpn) 66 72 69, Gavin Coles (Aus) 71 67 69, Will MacKenzie 65 68 74, Kenny Perry 71 66 70, Boo Weekley 69 67 71, Johnson Wagner 70 67 70, Shane Bertsch 66 70 71
208
John Daly 69 68 71, John Rollins 66 70 72, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 71 66 71, Nathan Green (Aus) 67 71 70, Vijay Singh (Fij) 71 67 70, Craig Lile (Rsa) 70 67 71, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 67 72 69
209 Kaname Yokoo (Jap) 69 70 70, Cameron Beckman 69 70 70, Ken Duke 69 69 71, Bubba Watson 71 66 72, Cliff Kresge 71 67 71
210 Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 68 71 71, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 69 71 70, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 68 72 70, J J Henry 68 72 70, Michael Putnam 71 69 70, Yusaku Miyazato (Jap) 69 70 71
211 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 71 68 72, Davis Love III 70 70 71, J.P. Hayes 70 70 71, Briny Baird 67 72 72
212 David Branshaw 67 69 76, Tim Petrovic 70 68 74, Glen Day 71 69 72, 213 Azuma Yano (Jap) 73 66 74, Brett Quigley 70 70 73, Jeff Sluman 66 72 75, Jeff Quinney 69 71 73, Joe Daley 70 69 74
214 Eric Axley 72 67 75
216 Tom Lehman 68 72 76
*You can look at all the scorecards by logging on to the US PGA Tour website:
http://www.pgatour.com/r/leaderboard/

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