NGA Tour Championship at Black Bear GC, Florida

JOEL JUMPS INTO SHARE
OF LEAD WITH A 64

Former Scottish youths champion Joel Hendry from Elgin is joint leader of the NGA Tour championship going into the final round of the 72-hole event at Black Bear Golf Club, Eustis in Florida.
Hendry, pictured right, who had earlier scored a pair of 69s, shot a third-round, eight-under-par 64 for a 54-hole tally of 14-under-par 202, matched only by halfway leader Jeff Schmid (67-66-69).
They lead by two shots from Americans Brad Klapprott and Brian Stuard.
Hendry, who had his 28th birthday on February 14, played on the US Nationwide Tour last year. Son of Elgin businessmen Mike Hendry, Joel has lived in America since he went to the International Golf Academy at Hilton Head, South Carolina as a teenager.
He won the Scottish youths championship at Crieff in 1999 and retained the title at Newmachar in 2000.

LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS

Par 72 (Players from US unless stated)

202 Jeff Schmid 67 66 69, Joel Hendry (Sco) 69 69 64.
204 Brad Klapprott 66 70 68, Brian Stuard 66 72 66.
206 Rob Johnson 70 68 66, John Kiskinen 67 71 68.
Non-qualifiers for final two rounds included:
143 Paul Curry (Eng) 72 71.
149 David Kirkpatrick (Sco) 74 75.