Luke Donald joint third in US PGA Tour event

Englishman Davis loses $1,026,000 play-off to Furyk

after calling play-off penalty on himself

FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH WEBSITE
American Jim Furyk has paid tribute to the sportsmanship of Brian Davis after the Englishman called a penalty on himself that cost him the chance of a a maiden US PGA Tour victory.
Furyk landed his second title in a month at the Verizon Heritage at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, following a near three-year drought, but the 15th US PGA Tour victory of his career came in bizarre circumstances after Davis had forced a sudden-death play-off with a 72nd hole birdie.
The pair went back to the 18th tee at Harbour Town Golf Links and Davis found himself in trouble after sending his second shot off greenside rocks onto the beach, the ball resting amidst short reeds in a hazard area.
As world No 6 Furyk stood over a five-foot par putt, Davis decided to play from where his ball lay for his third shot rather than take a penalty drop and leave himself a chip for par.
He chipped onto the green, but the shot proved irrelevant as Davis called a penalty on himself for touching a loose impediment with his club during his backswing.
Davis informed US PGA Tour rules chief Slugger White, who, after consulting with colleagues, determined there had been a breach of Rule 13.4 and a two-shot penalty was in order, leaving Furyk with a simple putt for victory.
"To have the tournament come down that way is definitely not the way I want to win the golf tournament," Furyk said. "It's obviously a tough loss for him, and I respect and admire what he did.
"To be there and be in the battle and have an opportunity to win the golf tournament, and then have to call a penalty on yourself has got to be extremely disappointing. I admire him for what he did.
"It's a testament to our game and the people that play on the Tour, and that we have so many guys that do that."
Furyk said the manner of the victory had made him feel a little uncomfortable.
"It's just awkward to see it happen at such a key moment in the golf tournament. Awkward for him to lose that way, and a little awkward for me to win.
"Obviously I'm very happy to win but you almost don't know how to react. I want to react to the crowd and kind of wave and let them know, that, hey, I'm excited, but I don't want it to take away from Brian. It was an awkward moment, an awkward way to win."
Davis, whose second place was his fourth runner-up finish in the last four seasons, said he had not felt his club brush the weeds.
"There was a little branch, one of the weed things sticking out, a big bunch," Davis said.
"I didn't feel it but I was pretty sure I saw something in the corner of my eye. So I asked Slugger to come over and check it on TV. And when he did check it on TV, I did indeed brush it on the way back, and the twig moved slightly, and obviously it was a two-stroke penalty."
White, the US PGA Tour tournament director and rules official, also credited Davis for his honesty.
"That will come back to him in spades, tenfold," White said.
"In fact, on the putting green, after it was all said and done, I don't know if Jim said, 'are you sure?' but he said, 'I know I did. I could not have lived with myself if I had not called it on myself'. He's class, first class."
The tournament had not looked as if it would turn into a two-horse race with 21 players within six shots of the lead after the third round, seven of whom, including England's Luke Donald, were just two shots behind Furyk's mark of 10 under par at the start of the day.
Donald, without a win since the 2006 Honda Classic, finished with a 70 as he tied for third with American Bo Van Pelt, who had closed with a 69.
Donald's compatriot Paul Casey, the world No 7, finished his week with a 69 to leave him in a tie for 22nd at five under.
Furyk had shot a closing 69 to finish on a 13-under-par total of 271. The victory was his 15th US PGA Tour win.
Furyk's cash prize was $1,026,000. Davis earned $615,000 for being runner-up - easily his biggest paycheck of the season and possibly his highest ever on the US Tour.
Martin Laird slumped to a final round of 74 and joint 41st place on 282. His first three rounds had promised better - 69, 69 and 70.

FINAL TOTALS
Par 284 (4x71)
T1 Jim Furyk -67 68 67 69 271 (won play-off for $1,026,000 prize at first extra hole).
T1 Brian Davis (England) 68 69 66 68 271
T3 Bo Van Pelt 67 72 66 69 274
T3 Luke Donald (England) 69 68 67 70 274
T5 Kris Blanks 70 68 69 68 275
T5 Camilo Villegas 70 68 67 70 275
T5 Ricky Barnes 69 69 66 71 275
T8 Stuart Appleby 69 67 73 67 276
T8 Rickie Fowler 68 72 69 67 276
T8 Nick O'Hern 69 72 64 71 276
T8 Heath Slocum 70 67 67 72 276
T12 Boo Weekley 68 68 68 73 277
T12 Briny Baird 71 67 66 73 277
T14 Rory Sabbatini 74 68 69 67 278
T14 Matt Kuchar 71 67 72 68 278
T14 J.P. Hayes 69 68 72 69 278
T14 Spencer Levin 72 66 70 70 278
T14 J.J. Henry 68 68 71 71 278
T14 Stewart Cink 71 69 67 71 278
T14 Webb Simpson 70 68 68 72 278
T14 Stephen Ames 74 65 65 74 278
T22 Jason Day 70 70 72 67 279
T22 Bryce Molder 68 68 74 69 279
T22 Paul Casey (England) 75 65 70 69 279
T22 Charles Howell III 68 67 73 71 279
T22 Brett Quigley 69 68 71 71 279
T22 Tim Wilkinson 71 66 70 72 279
T22 Robert Karlsson 70 68 69 72 279
T22 Fredrik Jacobson 74 68 65 72 279
T22 Aaron Baddeley 68 69 68 74 279
T22 Woody Austin 67 70 67 75 279
T32 Brian Gay 72 70 69 69 280
T32 Michael Allen 72 67 71 70 280
T32 Will MacKenzie 68 72 66 74 280
T35 Steve Flesch 70 71 71 69 281
T35 Kevin Na 70 71 68 72 281
T35 Chad Campbell 69 67 72 73 281
T35 Trevor Immelman 68 69 71 73 281
T35 Brendon de Jonge 72 69 67 73 281
T35 Carl Pettersson 69 68 70 74 281
T41 Bill Haas 67 75 70 70 282
T41 K.J. Choi 64 74 72 72 282
T41 Greg Chalmers 70 71 69 72 282
T41 Martin Laird (Scotland) 69 69 70 74 282
T41 Jason Dufner 67 72 69 74 282
T41 Marc Leishman 70 70 68 74 282
T47 Steve Lowery 74 68 71 70 283
T47 George McNeill 71 70 71 71 283
T47 J.B. Holmes 73 69 70 71 283
T47 Michael Bradley 69 72 70 72 283
T47 Matt Jones 69 70 70 74 283
T47 Zach Johnson 71 66 69 77 283
T53 Shaun Micheel 67 70 76 71 284
T53 Scott Piercy 71 70 71 72 284
T53 Glen Day 67 73 71 73 284
T53 Chris Tidland 70 72 69 73 284
T53 Omar Uresti 73 67 69 75 284
T53 Greg Owen (England) 66 69 73 76 284
T59 Byeong-Hun An (am) 69 70 72 74 285
T59 Cameron Beckman 73 66 72 74 285
T59 Michael Letzig 68 72 70 75 285
T59 Jerry Kelly 67 71 70 77 285
63 Tim Clark 67 70 71 78 286
T64 Richard S. Johnson 72 70 71 74 287
T64 Michael Connel 72 70 71 74 287
T64 Rod Pampling 72 70 71 74 287
T64 Blake Adams 77 63 72 75 287
T64 Graham DeLaet 74 68 69 76 287
T64 Mike Weir 66 73 70 78 287
T64 Tom Gillis 72 68 68 79 287
71 Davis Love III 67 75 71 76 289
72 Matt Bettencourt 72 73 81 294

Last-round wash-out, Langer declared winner

FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
LUTZ, Florida: Bernhard Langer got a little assist from the weather to win for the 10th time on the US Champions Tour, even though it came at the expense of his good friend Mark O'Meara.
The German citizen and former Ryder Cup player, who has lived in Florida for many years, shot a nine-under 133 through the first two rounds of the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am, and that total was all that mattered when the third final round was called off due to rain. O'Meara and Mike Reid wound up in second place, one stroke behind.
"We don't know what the outcome might have been if we had been able to play 54 holes," said Langer, who spent most of the 3hr rain delay playing card games with his family. "Bottom line, it's another second for (O'Meara) and I feel bad for him that he has not won yet, because he's definitely played well enough to do so."
O'Meara has finished second nine times in four seasons on the American over-50s Tour, but still has yet to win. And this one may have been the most difficult to take.
Langer and O'Meara managed to get on the course at TPC Tampa Bay before the rain became unbearable, and Langer made par on the first hole while O'Meara chipped in for a birdie that tied them at 9-under par.
"I walked over and gave him a high-five and said it was a great shot," Langer said. "It WAS a great shot and you get some good and bad breaks."
Langer certainly got a good break Saturday, when his approach shot on the final hole hit the flag stick and dropped near the cup. He calmly made the putt for a birdie that gave him a one-shot lead, and ultimately, that's all that mattered.
"There was no guarantee that I was going to go out and shoot a 65 or 66," O'Meara said. "A win is still a win (for Langer), he came out on top. Birding the last hole yesterday was pretty important. I don't think he realized that at the time, but now he does."
Langer remains in second in the Charles Schwab Cup standings behind Fred Couples, who finished tied for 12th at 4 under.
The 50-year-old Couples, coming off a sixth-place finish at the Masters last weekend, was trying to tie the record of four-straight Champions Tour wins set by Chi Chi Rodriguez in 1987.
Tom Kite was two strokes back of Langer in fourth place, and defending champion Nick Price joined Keith Fergus and Dan Forsman in a group at 6 under.
Tom Watson, who won the tournament in 2007 and '08, followed his 18th-place finish at Augusta National with a two-day total of 5 under. Hal Sutton and Tom Pernice Jr. also finished at 5-under par.
SCROLL DOWN FOR THE SECOND-ROUND TOTALS WHICH BECAME THE FINAL TOTALS

World Deaf Championships Come to Scotland

Defending champions USA will start as favourites for the men’s World Deaf Championships to be played over the Fairmont Torrance Course at St Andrews from 9th to 13th August.
Having won six of the previous seven men’s championships and three out of four ladies championships, their teams this year include two previous winners of the men’s individual event and one winner of the ladies individual event.
Sixteen countries from as far afield as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan, South Africa and ten European countries, including first-timers Netherlands, Norway and Germany, will join the US in making up a record field for this biennial event.
Scottish Deaf Golf Association President, David Wilson, said “We are delighted that playing the championship at St Andrews has proved such a great attraction to deaf golfers from around the world. Every nation in membership of the World Federation is coming to Scotland.
"We plan to make it an unforgettable occasion for our visitors, but organising such a prestigious event over a whole week is a huge challenge for our members and we need a lot of financial and practical support to make the championship the success we’re aiming for”.
For more info see www.scottishdeafgolf.org.uk and www.wdgc2010.com

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Lanarkshire beat Lothians 6-4 in boys' match

Lanarkshire boys defeated Lothians' boys 6-4 today in their annual friendly match at Greenburn Golf Club, Fauldhouse.
Results:
Craig Ross (Kirkhill) halved with Euan Paterson (Bruntsfield).
Jordan Gallagher (Crow Wood) bt Euan McKay (Craigielaw) 3 and 2.
Craig Forbes (Carnwath) scr Lee Morgan (Newbattle) w/o.
Martin Scott (Hamilton) bt Louis Gaughan (Bathgate) 2 and 1.
Scott Costello (Kirkhill) bt Stuart Blair (Royal Musselburgh) 4 and 3.
Ross Gillen (Torrance House) lost to Blair Todd (Greenburn) 2 and 1.
James Steven (Kirkhill) lost to Euan Bowden (The Glen) 3 and 2.
Jordan Bryce (Strathaven) halved with William Kerr (Craigmillar Park).
Innes Ferguson (Drumpellier) bt Chris Algeo (Longniddry) 1 hole.
Andrew Wilson (Strathaven) bt Neil Bowden (The Glen) 4 and 2.

Volcanic dust leads to Moroccan Classic postponement

NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE EUROPEAN TOUR
Due to the ongoing severe disruption to air travel throughout the majority of European airspace following the volcanic eruption in Iceland, the Moroccan Golf Classic, due to be played at the Pullman Mazagan Royal Golf and Spa this coming week (April 21-24), has been postponed.
It is hoped that the tournament can be rescheduled later in the year and discussions are ongoing with the ATH (Association Trophée Hassan) and the Sponsors of the Moroccan Golf Classic to this effect.
The European Challenge Tour would like to express our thanks and appreciation to all, especially the ATH, all sponsors and indeed the players for their patience and understanding in this unique and very difficult situation.

Y E Yang wins Volvo China Open by two

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
United States PGA Championship winner Y E Yang needed just two final-round birdies to win the Volvo China Open by two shots at a damp Suzhou Jinji Lake International Golf Club today.
The 38-year-old South Korean held a one-shot overnight lead but a battling one-under-par final round of 71 was enough to top the leaderboard at 15 under ahead of Challenge Tour graduate Rhys Davies and former champion Stephen Dodd.
Yang went 50 holes from Friday afternoon without dropping a shot, although hewas denied a bogey-free last round on the final green after finding sand off the tee.
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Fresh from posting a maiden European Tour win at the Trophee Hassan II in Morocco last month, Davies followed up a flawless third-round 65 with a bogey-free 67, meaning the Welshman did not drop a shot over his final 43 holes as he posted the best scores over the final two rounds.
Dodd, the 2004 champion, joined compatriot Davies at 13-under-par after carding four birdies in a final round of 69.
Another Welshman, Jamie Donaldson (73), had kept the pressure on Yang for much of the final round and finished with back-to-back birdies to share fourth place with Mikko Ilonen (73) and Johan Edfors (69).
Oliver Fisher, who lost his card at the end of last season, claimed a fourth consecutive top-10 finish after a closing 69 ensured seventh place.
Graeme McDowell (68), Asian number one Thongchai Jaidee (69), Nicolas Colsaerts (69), world number 16 Henrik Stenson (69), Alexander Noren (70), Ross McGowan (70), halfway leader Kim Do-hoon (72) and Pablo Larrazabal (73) all shared eighth, rounding out the top 10 at 10 under par.
It was not a particularly good tournament for the Scots although Peter Whiteford from Kirkcaldy finished well up on 284 and earned 15,827 Euros and Stephen Gallacher was also in steady form to earn 12,718 Euros.
But Marc Warren had a catastrophic final round of 81 to finish joint 67th of 75 on 293. David Drysdale finished behind him in 73rd place.
FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
273 Y E Yang (Kor) 68 66 68 71 (311,708 Euros)
275 Stephen Dodd 69 71 66 69, Rhys Davies 73 70 65 67 (162,441 Euros each)
276 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 68 67 68 73, Jamie Donaldson 66 68 69 73, Johan Edfors (Swe) 68 71 68 69 (78,424 Euros each).
277 Oliver Fisher 73 65 70 69
278 Do-hoon Kim (Pkr) 64 69 73 72, Graeme McDowell 70 70 70 68, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 69 72 68 69, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 66 69 70 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 64 70 75 69, Alexander Noren (Swe) 71 67 70 70, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 73 68 69, Ross McGowan 71 68 69 70
280 Corey Pavin (USA) 67 70 73 70
281 Damien McGrane 67 73 70 71, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 66 70 73 72, Bradley Dredge 70 70 68 73, Graeme Storm 69 69 73 70, Josh Geary (Nzl) 73 67 72 69
282 Dae-hyun Kim (Kor) 70 67 75 70
283 Anthony Wall 72 70 71 70, Shane Lowry 70 68 72 73, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 70 72 69 72, Ted Oh (Kor) 73 69 71 70, Tano Goya (Arg) 70 72 73 68
284 Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 67 72 73, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 69 68 73 74, Peter Whiteford 70 70 71 73, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 72 68 73, David Dixon 70 72 69 73, Danny Willett 71 69 73 71, Peter Lawrie 67 72 72 73, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 72 70 71 71 (15,827 Euros each).
285 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 71 72 70 72, Stephen Gallacher 70 71 73 71, Sang-moon Bae (Kor) 71 69 70 75, Wen-Tang Lin (Tpe) 71 70 70 74, Joon-eob Son (Pkr) 71 72 72 70, Pablo Martin (Spa) 71 70 72 72 (12,718 Euros each).
286 David Horsey 76 68 70 72, Steven Bowditch (Aus) 72 68 70 76, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 74 70 74 68
287 Soon-sang Hong (Kor) 67 71 75 74, Colin Montgomerie 72 68 72 75, Gareth Maybin 72 72 72 71, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 71 71 74, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 74 70 70 73, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 71 72 73 (9,351 Euros each).
288 Matthew Millar (Aus) 72 71 70 75, Oliver Wilson 69 74 72 73
289 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 71 72 75, Danny Lee (Nzl) 73 71 73 72, David Gleeson (Aus) 73 70 76 70, Phillip Price 73 70 72 74, Paul McGinley 71 72 73 73, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 73 71 73 72
290 Marcus Both (Aus) 74 70 73 73
291 Scott Barr (Aus) 75 69 74 73, Alastair Forsyth 69 74 73 75, Hao Yuan (Chn) 72 72 73 74, Qin Xu (Chn) 74 69 74 74, Mu Hu (Chn) 69 74 75 73 (4,946 Euros each).
292 Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 73 68 74 77, Mark Foster 75 64 77 76
293 Marc Warren 71 68 73 81, Ki-sang Lee (Kor) 75 68 73 77, Stephen Dartnell (Aus) 74 70 72 77, David Howell 73 71 73 76, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 75 67 76 75, Kang-Chun Wu (Chn) 72 70 72 79 (3,593 Euros each).
294 David Drysdale 75 69 73 77 (2,802 Euros).
296 Richard Lee (Nzl) 72 72 73 79
298 Gui Ming Liao (Chn) 70 74 75 79

FIRST SGU JUNIOR TOUR 72-HOLER

Simon Fairburn wins in

a canter at Newmachar

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Simon Fairburn returned to the form that won him last year's Lothians junior championship to be the runaway winner of the 72-hole SGU Junior Tour event over the Dave Thomas-designed Swailend and Hawkshill courses at Newmachar Golf Club near Aberdeen over the weekend.
Fairburn, pictured left by Cal Carson Golf Agency, had rounds of 69 and 70 over the shorter No 2 circuit and then tallied 71 and 76 over the Hawkshill course today for a two-under-par total 286.
The Torwoodlee youngster surged seven shots clear with his one-under-par 71 on Sunday morning over a tree-lined Hawkhill course that repeatedly trips up the Tartan Tour pros with its premium on keeping the ball on the fairway.
In the afternoon Fairburn himself tangled with the trees and had to settle for a closing four-over-par 76 but he had victory well wrapped up by then.
Joint runners-up, five shots adrift, were the new Scottish boys' match-play champion Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) and Scott Gibson (Southerness).
Forrest, tired after his exertions at West Kilbride the previous week, failed to beat the halfway cut in the midweek Peter McEvoy Trophy boys' event at Copt Heath GC, Warwickshire while Gibson finished a creditable fourth in that presitigious Under-18s' tournament.
Forrest was more like his old self after he got an opening 76 out of his system. He went on to score 70, 71 and 74 for 291 at Newmachar while Gibson's rounds were 73, 71, 75 and 72.
Ian Redford (St Andrews), beaten in the 36-hole boys' final by Forrest, came to grief over the tougher Hawkshill course. After two par rounds of 72 over Swailend, the son of the former Rangers footballer slumped to 81 and 79 in his closing rounds and finished on 16-over-par 304 which earned him 13th place.
Conor O'Neil (Pollok) who was level with Fairburn after 36 holes, having shot a splendid seven-under-par 65 - easily the lowest round of the weekend - on his second circuit of Swailend, found Hawkshill a lot more testing. He finished with Sunday rounds of 79 and 80 for 10-over-par 298 and eighth place. One spot below him on 299 was Deeside's Jack Scott who won the first event of the 2010 SGU Junior Tour, over 36 holes at Monifieth.
FINAL TOTALS
Saturday rounds over Swailend (par 72); Sunday rounds over Hawkshill (par 72)
Par 288 (4x72) CSS 71 71, 74 74.
286 Simon Fairburn (Torwoodlee) 69 70 71 76.
291 Scott Gibson (Southerness) 73 71 75 72, Grant Forrest (Craigielaw) 76 70 71 74.
292 Paul McPhee (King James VI) 69 73 75 75.
293 Liam Johnston (Dumfries & Co) 70 70 82 71.
297 Josh Jamieson (St Andrews New) 72 75 75 75, Cameron Farrell (Cardross) 75 72 70 80.
298 Conor O'Neil (Pollok) 74 65 79 80.
299 Jack Scott (Deeside) 77 71 76 75.
301 Calum Stewart (Brora) 75 71 76 79.
302 Ewen Donaldson (Craigielaw) 77 75 78 72.
303 Jamie Lynch (Falkirk Tryst) 71 76 82 74.
304 Ian Redford (St Andrews) 72 72 81 79.
305 Robbie Gauld (Cruden Bay) 79 72 79 75.
309 Alasdair McDougall (Elderslie) 73 75 80 81.
310 Danny Edwards (Elgin) 76 69 76 89.
313 Grant Bowman (Monifieth) 74 79 80 80, Eamon Bradley (Mount Ellen) 74 74 81 84.
315 Chris Low (Tantallon) 78 78 81 78, Fraser Thain (West Linton) 77 76 83 79, Jamie Reid (Cruden Bay) 76 79 80 80.
316 Graeme Duncan (Kingsknowe) 76 75 83 82.
319 Lyle McAlpine (Invergordon) 79 72 80 88.
320 Iain Watson (St Andrews) 81 77 82 80, Ross Proctor (Forres) 84 70 83 83.
324 Chris Lamb (Newmachar) 77 79 80 88.
326 Ben Murray (Portlethen) 75 80 81 90.
327 Steven Smith (Deeside) 78 78 83 88.
Disqualified: Andrew McLachlan (Bonnyton) 77 74 77 -.

CLACKMANNAN WIN PROVAN SALVER

CLACKMANNAN WIN PROVAN SALVER Clackmannan won the Provan Salver inter-district men's golf championship today (Sunday). They beat Perth & Kinross 5-3 while Fife beat Angus by a similar margin. Details from the Fife v Angus match (Fife names first) FIFE 5, ANGUS 3 Gary Sharp bt Ross Bell 1 hole. Danny Sommerville bt William Bremner 2 holes. Gary Page lost to Graham Bell 3 and 2. Chjris Bradley bt C Donaldson 5 and 4. Alex Moir lost to Martin Brown 1 hole. Keith Anderson lost to Gary Duncan 2 holes. Fraser Sneddon bt Kris Harper 1 hole. Kevin Blyth bt Stuart Smith 4 and 3.

Canadian Hearn takes Nationwide Tour lead

FROM THE PGA.COM WEBSITE
HAYWARD, Callifornia - Canada's David Hearn sank an 8ft birdie putt on the final hole to move into sole possession of the third-round lead at the Nationwide Tour's Fresh Express Classic on Saturday. Hearn's closing birdie gave him a 15-under 198 total, one better than Fresno's Kevin Chappell and fellow Canadian Jon Mills.
Australia's Mark Hensby and Miguel Carballo of Argentina share fourth place at 13 under, two back. Adam Meyer, Chris Kirk and Doug LaBelle are three behind the leader heading into Sunday's finale at TPC Stonebrae.
Hearn, 30, failed to continue the hot streak that produced opening rounds of 64-65 and a two-stroke lead after 36 holes.
"I really didn't think anyone would run away from us today," said Hearn, who had four birdies and two bogeys for a 2-under 69. "I just wanted to keep hitting greens and give myself some opportunities. I drove the ball well today but my irons weren't as crisp as I'd like."
Instead of staring at a bunch of birdie chances from inside 15 feet, Hearn was forced to repeatedly look at 30- and 40-footers, not exactly the ideal scoring range.
"I was proud of the way I was able to hang in," he said. "I was able to make a lot of pars when I needed to and that's what you have to do to compete. It's as much about capitalizing on birdie opportunities as it is about keeping bogeys off your card."
Hearn has been steady all week, with only four bogeys in 54 holes. He ranks among the top-10 in fairways hit (tied for sixth), greens in regulation (tied for seventh) and putts (eighth).
His final birdie putt broke a four-way tie for the lead at 14 under.
"I knew Millsy was 14 (under) and coming up 18 I didn't hear a lot of cheers," he said. "Whether it was for the lead or not, I wanted to make it."
The net result was that he moved into the final pairing, bumping his good friend Mills out.
"I've played in the group behind every day this week, so we're doing okay with that order," said Hearn, who will play behind Mills again Sunday as they chase the $108,000 first-place check.
Hearn will be paired with Chappell, who posted a 4-under 67 and was finished an hour before the last group.
"I didn't come out here with a number in mind," said the former UCLA Bruin. "You know right away there are some scoring opportunities and if you can take advantage of them, then you can carry some momentum into the back side."
Chappell birdied the second and eagled the third before eventually turning the front nine in 4-under 32. Another birdie at No. 10 got him to 14 under sharing the lead.
"It just started getting rocky from there," he said. "The wind started blowing a little harder and some of the pins were a little tougher. There are some tighter tee shots and you get a little nervy, even though it's only the third round. I hung in there pretty well."
Chappell, in his first full season on tour, may have saved his day with a bogey on the 479-yard, par-4 13th hole. An errant tee shot left found heavy rough. He pitched into a fairway bunker on his second, came up short on his third and needed a 10-footer for a bogey-5.
"I made a good bogey," he said. "That kept some momentum. Our theme for the week is make a bunch of good pars on some of these tough holes and that certainly felt like a good par."
Chappell settled down and played the final five holes in 1 under, putting himself in a prime spot to earn his first career win. He is the only player in the top 5 without a victory on his resume.
Third-Round Notes: Kevin Chappell has played the four par 5s in 12 under this week. He is 3 under on the par 4s and one over on the par 3s. ... Jon Mills birdied four of the five par 3s Saturday. He is 9 under on the par 3s, 1 under on the par 4s and 4 under on the par 5s.
David Hearn's only Nationwide Tour win came at the 2004 Alberta Classic. ... Jon Mills has two career titles -- the 2005 Canadian PGA Championship and the 2007 Albertsons Boise Open. The third-round scoring average for the par-71 lay-out was 70.795.

Langer clickety-clicks to take seniors' lead in Florida

LUTZ, Florida. -- Bernhard Langer shot a 5-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Mark O'Meara and Mike Reid after two rounds of the US Champions Tour's Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am tournament at Lutz, Florida on Saturday.
Langer, the German star who won the Allianz Championship in February in Boca Raton for his ninth US over-50s title, has a 9-under 133 total at TPC Tampa Bay.
"My game plan seems to be working so far, so I'll play the same way I have the past two days," Langer said.
O'Meara shot a 69, and Reid had a 68.
Fred Couples, trying to match the tour record for victories in consecutive starts of four set by Chi Chi Rodriguez in 1987, followed his opening 71 -- his only score higher than 68 in 14 senior rounds -- with a 67 to move into a tie for 12th at 4 under.
"I need to be 5 or 6 under to really make a move," said the 50-year-old Couples, sixth last week in the Masters. "I don't know what I need to shoot on Sunday -- 8 under -- to be there. I need a hot round but I've had few of them this year."
Tom Kite (67) is in fourth place at 7 under, and defending champion Nick Price (70) another stroke back along with Keith Fergus (68) and Dan Forsman (66).
Tom Watson, the 2007 and 2008 winner, is 5 under after a 70. A one-stroke winner over Couples in the season-opening event in Hawaii, the 60-year-old Watson tied for 18th in the Masters. Hal Sutton (67) and Tom Pernice Jr. (70) also are 5 under.
O'Meara is winless on the Champions Tour after winning 16 times on the US PGA Tour.
"I want to win. There's no question about it," O'Meara said. "It's been a while. Second's nice, but I've had enough seconds. I don't want anymore.
"Bernhard is out there playing well and he's always a force. I've probably got to shoot 4 under or better in the final round to have a chance and hopefully get over the hurdle."
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 142 (2x71)
1 Bernhard Langer 67 66 -- 133
T2 Mark O'Meara 65 69 -- 134
T2 Mike Reid 66 68 -- 134
4 Tom Kite 68 67 -- 135
T5 Keith Fergus 68 68 -- 136
T5 Nick Price 66 70 -- 136
T5 Dan Forsman 70 66 -- 136
T8 Tom Watson 67 70 -- 137
T8 Hal Sutton 70 67 -- 137
T8 Tom Pernice, Jr. 67 70 -- 137
T8 Tommy Armour III 67 70 -- 137
T12 David Eger 70 68 -- 138
T12 Fred Couples 71 67 -- 138
T12 Loren Roberts 70 68 -- 138
T15 Vicente Fernandez 70 69 -- 139
T15 Tom Jenkins 67 72 -- 139
T15 Mike Goodes 68 71 -- 139
T15 Peter Senior 70 69 -- 139
T15 Kirk Hanefeld 70 69 -- 139
T15 Tim Simpson 71 68 -- 139
T21 Russ Cochran 67 73 -- 140
T21 Andy Bean 71 69 -- 140
T21 Jay Haas 69 71 -- 140
T21 Ronnie Black 71 69 -- 140
T25 Morris Hatalsky 71 70 -- 141
T25 Gil Morgan 72 69 -- 141
T25 Larry Nelson 70 71 -- 141
T25 Lonnie Nielsen 70 71 -- 141
T25 Peter Jacobsen 73 68 -- 141
T30 Olin Browne 72 70 -- 142
T30 Phil Blackmar 71 71 -- 142
T32 Tom Wargo 73 70 -- 143
T32 Bob Tway 71 72 -- 143
T32 Jeff Sluman 73 70 -- 143
T32 Tom Purtzer 72 71 -- 143
T32 Fuzzy Zoeller 75 68 -- 143
T37 Bruce Fleisher 75 69 -- 144
T37 Mark James 74 70 -- 144
T37 Brad Bryant 71 73 -- 144
T37 Jay Sigel 73 71 -- 144
T37 Walter Hall 70 74 -- 144
T37 David Frost 2 72 72 -- 144
T37 Larry Mize 71 73 -- 144
T44 Scott Simpson 74 71 -- 145
T44 Gene Jones 74 71 -- 145
T44 Sandy Lyle 71 74 -- 145
T44 Blaine McCallister 72 73 -- 145
T44 Jim Roy 3 73 72 -- 145
T44 Joe Ozaki 75 70 -- 145
T44 Tom Lehman 74 71 -- 145
T44 Joey Sindelar 76 69 -- 145
T44 Fred Funk 77 68 -- 145
T44 Leonard Thompson 70 75 -- 145
T44 D A Weibring 73 72 -- 145
T55 Wayne Levi 75 71 -- 146
T55 James Mason 74 72 -- 146
T55 Bob Gilder 69 77 -- 146
T58 Andy North 73 74 -- 147
T58 Hale Irwin 74 73 -- 147
T60 David Peoples 74 74 -- 148
T60 John Cook 77 71 -- 148
T62 John Jacobs 76 73 -- 149
T62 Fulton Allem 79 70 -- 149
T62 Bruce Summerhays 77 72 -- 149
T62Bruce Vaughan 82 67 -- 149
T62 Paul Azinger 72 77 -- 149
T62 Jerry Pate 74 75 -- 149
T62 Chip Beck 75 74 -- 149
69 Denis Watson 73 77 -- 150
T70 Mark Wiebe 74 77 -- 151
T70 Bobby Wadkins 75 76 -- 151
T70 Allen Doyle 76 75 -- 151
T70 Craig Stadler 77 74 -- 151
74 Gary Hallberg 76 76 -- 152
75 J C Snead 79 74 -- 153
76 Mike Hulbert 79 75 -- 154
77 Jim Dent 75 82 -- 157
78 Dave Eichelberger 80 80 -- 160