Villegas goes three shots clear in Honda Classic

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Camilo Villegas will take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Honda Classic at Palm Beach after maintaining his consistent scoring with a 67.
The Colombian shared the lead with Anthony Kim at the start of play but, while the American Ryder Cup star struggled to three over par for his round, Villegas shot three under to move clear on 11 under.
Australia's Nathan Green shares second place with Vijay Singh on eight under, while American George McNeill equalled the best round of the day, 66, to join compatriot Matt Every at six under.
Villegas had shot back-to-back 66s on the first two days and continued his impressive form with birdies at the third, fourth, sixth and ninth on a blemish-free outward half.
He found it harder going after the turn, but counter-balanced bogeys at the 10th, 12th and 14th with birdies at 11 and 16 to give himself a more than useful cushion.
Kim's largely tidy round was ruined by two sets of miserable holes. Having birdied the third, he haemorrhaged three shots at the sixth and seventh with a double-bogey six followed by a bogey four.
Having regained his composure to birdie 11 and 13 and return to level par for his round, he then undid his good work by closing with three successive bogeys, including a horribly fluffed chip at the last, and is surely now out of the running at six shots back.
Green set off in great style with birdies at the first two holes and gained another shot at the seventh to make it an excellent front nine. A further birdie followed at 15 and his hitherto immaculate scorecard was only marred by a 6 at the par-5 18th.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 210 (3x70)
199 Camilo Villegas (Col) 66 66 67
202 Vijay Singh (Fij) 67 66 69, Nathan Green (Aus) 65 70 67
204 George McNeill 68 70 66, Matthew Every 69 66 69
205 Anthony Kim 68 64 73, Michael Connell 65 71 69
206 J.B. Holmes 71 69 66, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 68 67 71
207 Charlie Wi (Kor) 72 67 68, Chris Tidland 73 67 67, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 69 69 69, Paul Casey (Eng) 73 64 70, Sam Saunders 69 69 69
208 Jerry Kelly 69 65 74, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 68 70 70, Justin Leonard 72 70 66, Chad Collins 72 70 66, Mike Weir (Can) 71 64 73, Ted Purdy 68 70 70, Tom Gillis 68 70 70, Stephen Ames (Can) 73 64 71
209 Brett Quigley 70 68 71, Justin Rose (Eng) 70 72 67, Oliver Wilson (Eng) 66 73 70, Steve Wheatcroft 71 68 70, Chez Reavie 70 65 74, D.J. Trahan 67 73 69
210 Will MacKenzie 69 72 69, Brendon De Jonge 70 73 67, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 69 72 69, Michael Bradley 69 70 71, Charles Howell III 69 70 71, Lee Westwood (Eng) 69 71 70, Alex Prugh 68 73 69
211 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 71 69 71, Joe Ogilvie 72 68 71, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 69 74 68, Alex Cejka (Ger) 68 68 75, Marc Leishman (Aus) 74 66 71, Brandt Snedeker 70 73 68, Johnson Wagner 73 69 69, Rich Barcelo 73 70 68
212 Jason Dufner 72 71 69, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 74 69 69, Scott Piercy 68 75 69, Bo Van Pelt 71 69 72, Briny Baird 72 70 70, Rocco Mediate 73 65 74, Josh Teater 75 68 69, Jason Bohn 71 67 74
213 David Lutterus (Rsa) 73 69 71, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 66 76 71, Ernie Els (Rsa) 73 70 70, Jimmy Walker 75 66 72, Bubba Watson 67 73 73
214 Steve Lowery 69 73 72, Matthew Jones (Aus) 69 73 72, Blake Adams 75 68 71, Mark Calcavecchia 73 69 72, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 73 68 73, Craig Bowden 73 69 72, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 74 69 71, Padraig Harrington (Irl) 71 71 72
215 Chris Stroud 71 68 76, Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 71 69 75, John Senden (Aus) 74 68 73, Jerod Turner 74 69 72
217 Chris Riley 71 71 75
218 Vaughn Taylor 69 73 76, Jeff Quinney 73 69 76
219 Mark Wilson 73 69 77
221 Derek Lamely 71 72 78
223 Garrett Willis 70 73 80