WGC-CA CHAMPIONSHIP AT DORAL, MIAMI

Harrington in hunt, one off pace

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Padraig Harrington is right in the thick of things with a round to go at the WGC-CA Championship over the Blue Monster course at the Doral Resort in Miami, Florida.
Ireland's three-time major winner, pictured right, whose last Tour title was the US PGA 19 months ago, moved into a tie for the lead before three-putting the last for his only bogey of the day.
A five under par 67 leaves Harrington 11 under par, one behind South Africans Ernie Els and Charl Schwartzel in the race for a first prize of over £925,000.
Els, one in front of Australian Robert Allenby at halfway, had a chance to establish a firm grip on the event, but missed from four feet at the 13th and three feet on the 16th.
He returned a 70, while 25-year-old Schwartzel - twice a winner in his home country already this year - matched Harrington's round.
Allenby is in fourth place two back, while German Martin Kaymer (66) and England's Paul Casey (68) are not out of the running at eight under and seven under respectively.
Casey was given extra motivation afterwards when told about television commentator Johnny Miller calling him "the biggest under-achiever in golf."
Second and fourth in his last two events - and three times a winner last season before tearing a rib muscle - Casey could go second in the world with victory.
"I feel I'm coming into the prime of my career," he said. "I've gone through ups and downs and I'm just coming off an injury."
Kaymer, Europe's best putter last season, showed American golf fans what he was capable of, needing only 22 putts in his best-of-the-day effort. Already a winner in Abu Dhabi this season, he is currently eighth in the world, but relatively unknown in the States.
THIRD-ROUND SCOREBOARD
Blue Monster, Doral Resort, Miami, Florida
Par 216 (3x72)
Players from United States unless stated otherwise
204 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 67 70 67, Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 66 70
205 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 70 68 67
206 Robert Allenby (Aus) 68 67 71
207 Bill Haas 71 66 70
208 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 70 72 66
209 Vijay Singh (Fij) 68 71 70, Soren Hansen (Den) 69 69 71, Paul Casey (Eng) 69 72 68, Matt Kuchar 71 71 67
210 John Senden (Aus) 69 70 71, Camilo Villegas (Col) 72 68 70, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 72 69 69
211 Hunter Mahan 72 70 69, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 72 68 71
212 Phil Mickelson 71 69 72, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 69 71 72, J.B. Holmes 69 70 73, Graeme McDowell (NIrl) 74 68 70, Liang Wen Chong (Chn) 72 69 71
213 Steve Stricker 73 69 71, Yuta Ikeda (Jpn) 71 68 74, Tim Clark (Rsa) 70 69 74
214 Peter Hanson (Swe) 74 66 74, Adam Scott (Aus) 74 69 71, Mike Weir (Can) 73 66 75, Alistair Presnell (Aus) 72 70 72, Luke Donald (Eng) 70 75 69, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 71 72 71
215 Jerry Kelly 70 72 73, Ross Fisher (Eng) 73 72 70, Lucas Glover 72 72 71, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 74 71 70, Heath Slocum 74 71 70, Kenny Perry 73 74 68, Anthony Kim 71 73 71, Jim Furyk 70 76 69
216 Nick Watney 73 72 71, Ben Crane 74 73 69, Sean O'Hair 71 71 74, David Toms 72 72 72, Lee Westwood (Eng) 74 68 74
217 Dustin Johnson 69 72 76, Jason Dufner 73 69 75, Zach Johnson 76 70 71, Brian Gay 74 69 74, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 74 72 71, Scott Verplank 76 72 69, Ross McGowan (Eng) 76 71 70
218 Kevin Na 78 70 70, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 71 75, Simon Dyson (Eng) 72 73 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 73 72 73, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 72 74 72
219 Ryan Palmer 79 68 72
220 Anders Hansen (Den) 76 70 74, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 76 71 73, Y.E. Yang (South Korea) 73 72 75
221 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 78 70 73, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 73 75 73, Stewart Cink 75 74 72
222 Rory McIlroy (NIrl) 76 73 73, Marc Leishman (Aus) 78 73 71, Ian Poulter (Eng) 72 78 72
223 Steve Marino 75 71 77
225 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 74 78 73
226 Michael Sim (Aus) 75 74 77
229 Oliver Wilson (Eng) 78 74 77