Knox rallies with five birdies in a row

to stay in Hooters Tour hunt

Stephen Shellock (Orlando, Florida) took full advantage of “moving day” by bolting to the top of the leaderboard with a course record-setting round of 11-under-par 61 at the NGA Hooters Tour's Amelia Island Plantation NGA Classic presented by Valley Crest over the 6775 yard, par 72 Oak Marsh Golf Course. The round included 11 birdies, 1 eagle and 2 bogies.
Shellock will carry his now 11-under-par 205 three-round total, along with a one stroke advantage over Ted Potter (Silver Springs, FL) who posted ten under par 206, into the final round.
Kyle Ellis (Senatobia, MS) who finished with a three round total of nine under par 207 and will begin the final round two strokes back of the leader.
Inverness-born Russell Knox starts in joint fourth place on 209, having improved from joint eighth place at the start of the third round. When the Highlander bogeyed the short fourth and then ran up a double bogey 5 at the short seventh, he looked as if he were in free-fall but then Knox strung together five successive birdies - at the eighth, ninth, 10th, 11th and 12th - to retrieve the situation.
The total purse for The Amelia Island Plantation NGA Classic presented by Valley Crest is $200,000 with $33,566 going to the winner.
LEADING THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
205 Stephen Shellock 73 71 61.
206 Ted Potter 68 69 69
207 Kyle Ellis 70 68 69.
Selected score
209 Russell Knox (Scotland) 68 71 70.