Saturday, March 14, 2009

WGC-CA Championship at Doral Resort, Miami

Butch's Boys, Mickelson and Watney,

share four-stroke lead over field

It looks a straight shoot-out over the final round between Phil Mickelson and fellow American Nick Watney for the WGC-CA Championship at the Doral Resort & Spa, Miam in Florida on Sunday. Both are coached by Butch Harmon.
Mickelson shot a third-round 69 - his "poorest" yet - and was caught on the 16-under-par 200 mark by Watney who had a Saturday 67.
They have pulled away from the star-studded field, putting four shots between them and the third place Jeev Milka Singh (68-204), Camilo Villegas (69-204).
Rory McIlroy slipped back with a par-72 - you have to shoot under par to "live" in this company - for a 54-hole total of 10-under-par 206.
He is still the leading British or Irish player with Padraig Harrington going backwards with a pair of 71s since he teed off with a 66 on Thursday. Harrington is on eight-under 208, one behind Luke Donald who had a 68 for 207. Pauley Casey (72), Oliver Wilson (72) and Ian Poulter (73) are bracketed on the 209 mark - out of the hunt for the top spot.
Tiger Woods stepped up a gear from opening efforts of 71 and 70 to shoot a four-under-par 68 but his three-round tally of 209 is nine shots behind Mickelson and Watney.
LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
Players from US unless stated.
200 Nick Watney 66 67 67, Phil Mickelson 65 66 69
204 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 65 71 68, Camilo Villegas (Col) 67 68 69
205 Kenny Perry 70 64 71, Charley Hoffman 68 70 67, Jim Furyk 68 68 69, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 64 69, Soren Kjeldsen (Swe) 70 66 69
206 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 68 66 72, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 66 69 71, Justin Leonard 69 69 68
207 Dustin Johnson 70 66 71, James Kingston (Rsa) 66 74 67, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 65 70 72, Soren Hansen (Den) 74 69 64, Luke Donald (Eng) 69 70 68
208 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 66 71 71
209 Paul Casey (Eng) 71 66 72, Steve Stricker 69 70 70, Tiger Woods 71 70 68, Oliver Wilson (Eng) 67 70 72, Ernie Els (Rsa) 70 71 68, Ian Poulter (Eng) 69 67 73, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 67 69 73, Briny Baird 70 68 71
210 Pat Perez 70 68 72, Mike Weir (Can) 71 69 70, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 70 71 69
211 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 74 66 71, Davis Love III 70 71 70, Ben Curtis 71 69 71, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 73 68 70, Justin Rose (Eng) 73 70 68, Sean O'Hair 67 70 74, Tim Clark (Rsa) 71 71 69, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 71 71 69
212 Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 70 70 72, Ross Fisher (Eng) 71 69 72, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 72 72 68, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 73 69 70, Mark Brown 73 71 68, Anthony Kim 71 69 72, Chad Campbell 72 70 70, Vijay Singh (Fij) 69 72 71, Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 71 72, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 74 69 69, Shingo Katayama (Jpn) 70 70 72
213 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 71 70 72, Hunter Mahan 71 74 68, Richard Finch (Eng) 72 72 69, Ken Duke 71 75 67, Stephen Ames (Can) 72 70 71
214 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 65 76 73, Zach Johnson 70 72 72, D.J. Trahan 77 71 66
215 Andres Romero (Arg) 67 71 77, Wen-Tang Lin (Tai) 75 70 70, Stewart Cink 73 73 69, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 69 73 73
216 Peter Hanson (Swe) 70 74 72, Yong-eun Yang (Kor) 73 70 73, Darren Clarke (NIrl) 74 71 71
217 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 69 74 74, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 73 74 70, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 72 76, Bubba Watson 72 71 74
218 John Rollins 76 71 71, K J Choi (Kor) 73 73 72, Kevin Sutherland 74 76 68, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 70 76 72
219 Dudley Hart 71 75 73, Adam Scott (Aus) 71 76 72, Boo Weekley 69 75 75
220 Lee Westwood (Eng) 71 71 78
222 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 74 76 72, Billy Mayfair 75 72 75, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 76 71 75
224 Azuma Yano (Jpn) 77 71 766 69.

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