Pat Perez leads "Bob Hope" by two

strokes from Steve Stricker

Pat Perez, seeking his first ever win on the US PGA Tour, shot a five-under-par 67 in Friday's third round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at La Quinta, California. He leads by two strokes.
Perez set a US PGA Tour record 36-hole low total with earlier rounds of 61 and 63 to be on 20 under par 124.
His 54-hole tally of 191 is not a record for this tournament, being two shots more than the previous lowest of 189, achieved three players. The US PGA Tour does not keep records of lowest three-round totals.
Steve Stricker is lying second after returning a 61 for 193, one shot ahead of third-placed Vaughn Taylor who had a 64 on Friday.
Four courses are used for the first four pro-am format rounds of this unique 90-hole tournament and Perez has so far played the Palmer and Nicklaus courses at PGA West and the SilverRock Resort circuit yesterday.
The 70 pros with the lowest 72-hole totals will play the final round over the Palmer course on Sunday.
Glasgow's Martin Laird has broken 70 in all three rounds so far and looks a safe bet to qualify for the Sunday play.
THIRD ROUND SCOREBOARD
Par 216 (3 x 72)
At PGA West Nicklaus Course
195 Chris Stroud 65 63 67, Jason Dufner 63 65 67
196 Charlie Wi (Kor) 68 67 61, Rich Beem 66 65 65
197 Bill Lunde 67 68 62, D.J. Trahan 65 67 65
198 John Mallinger 66 67 65, Webb Simpson 68 66 64
200 Ken Duke 68 68 64
201 Jeff Klauk 67 67 67, David Mathis 66 66 69
202 Justin Leonard 72 67 63, Charley Hoffman 72 66 64, Michael Letzig 66 68 68, John Senden (Aus) 67 70 65
204 Matt Kuchar 66 67 71, Glen Day 65 68 71
205 Chad Campbell 66 71 68, Tommy Armour III 70 71 64
207 Brian Gay 65 70 72
208 Kevin Na 70 69 69, Lee Janzen 74 71 63, Corey Pavin 71 68 69, Jason Gore 70 68 70
209 Harrison Frazar 72 70 67
210 Robert Gamez 70 70 70
211 Mark Calcavecchia 68 70 73, James Oh (Kor) 71 73 67
212 Brian Davis (Eng) 72 72 68
213 Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 72 73 68
216 Mike Miles 70 72 74
219 Brad Faxon 77 72 70
At Bermuda Dunes GC
195 Richard S Johnson (Swe) 63 65 67, David Berganio jun 63 64 68
196 Tom Pernice jun 65 63 68
197 Scott McCarron 66 68 63
198 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 66 70 62, Kevin Sutherland 64 67 67, Cliff Kresge 68 63 67
200 Rick Price 64 70 66, Chez Reavie 66 66 68, Peter Lonard (Aus) 65 67 68
201 Chris DiMarco 64 68 69, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 67 65 69
202 Brendon De Jonge 67 70 65, Woody Austin 66 68 68
203 Ben Crane 63 70 70, Bill Haas 68 68 67
204 Joe Durant 73 66 65, Nicholas Thompson 66 70 68
205 Heath Slocum 65 67 73
206 Todd Hamilton 65 71 70, David Duval 68 68 70, Johnson Wagner 70 67 69
207 Brian Bateman 68 70 69
208 Brett Quigley 68 68 72, Jonathan Byrd 70 70 68, Tim Wilkinson (NZ) 65 72 71
209 Matthew Borchert 69 71 68
212 Matt Bettencourt 65 77 70, Ryan Moore 68 77 67
213 Notah Begay III 69 72 72
214 Tim Herron 71 72 71
At SilverRock
191 Pat Perez 61 63 67
196 Robert Garrigus 67 65 64, Briny Baird 63 63 70
199 Mike Weir (Can) 62 70 67, Bo Van Pelt 66 65 68, Chris Couch 67 63 69, Bubba Watson 62 69 68
200 Brad Adamonis 67 62 71
201 Ryan Palmer 70 65 66, Lucas Glover 65 68 68, Jason Bohn 66 70 65
202 Scott Piercy 66 66 70
203 Jeff Maggert 66 67 70, Steve Lowery 67 65 71, Martin Laird (Sco) 67 68 68, Alex Cejka (Ger) 68 67 68
204 Mark Wilson 66 66 72, Mark Brooks 69 66 69, Stephen Ames (Can) 71 63 70
205 Derek Fathauer 65 64 76, Steve Elkington (Aus) 65 64 76
206 Will MacKenzie 70 66 70, Dustin Johnson 68 71 67, Olin Browne 66 68 72
207 Eric Axley 69 68 70
208 Wes Short jun 72 71 65, Greg Owen (Eng) 69 69 70
209 Nathan Green (Aus) 69 65 75
211 Gary Woodland 72 70 69
212 Troy Kelly 73 70 69
216 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 69 75
221 Peter Tomasulo 73 70 78
At PGA West Palmer Course
193 Steve Stricker 65 67 61
194 Vaughn Taylor 63 67 64
198 Steve Marino 65 69 64, Tim Clark (Rsa) 66 69 63
199 Casey Wittenberg 69 66 64
200 John Merrick 68 65 67
201 Bob Estes 66 69 66, David Toms 68 65 68
202 Jerry Kelly 66 71 65, Tim Petrovic 68 69 65
203 John Huston 69 70 64
204 D.A. Points 71 66 67, Dean Wilson 67 71 66, Bobby Clampett 70 67 67, Fred Couples 68 72 64
205 Kirk Triplett 67 69 69, Michael Allen 68 71 66, Cameron Beckman 68 67 70
206 Billy Andrade 68 71 67, Scott Verplank 69 71 66
207 Billy Mayfair 68 67 72, Colt Knost 69 68 70
208 Jeff Quinney 71 66 71, Steve Flesch 68 67 73
209 Nick Watney 66 71 72, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 69 71 69
210 Joe Ogilvie 70 73 67
211 Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 71 71 69
212 James Nitties (Aus) 73 68 71
213 John Rollins 71 73 69
216 Kris Blanks 70 78 68, Donnie Hammond 72 71 73