JUSTIN ROSE LEADS TRANSITIONS FIELD INTO FINAL ROUND

Justin Rose has taken up the running in the US PGA Tour's Transitions Championship at Innisbrook, Tampa, Florida.
The Englishman shot a six-under-par 65 for the second day in a row and leads at the end of the third ound 13-under-par 200.
But he is just a shot ahead of Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge (66 for 201) and Webb Siompson (67).
Martin Laird is sharing 10th place only four shots off the pace after a 68 for 204.
Paul Casey (71) and Sergio Garcia (72) are sharing 16th place on 206 - two shots ahead of rising Italian star Matteo Manassero (72 for 208 and joint 29th place).
Germany's World No 1 Martin Kaymer matched the par of 71 today and slipped down to joint 37th place on 209.
THIRD-ROUND LEADING TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
Players from USA unless stated
200 Justin Rose (England) 70 65 65.
201 Brendon de Jonge (Zimbabwe) 69 66 66, Webb Simpson 67 67 67
202 Scott Stallings 66 70 66, Gary Woodland 67 68 67.
203 Nick Watney 66 72 65, Brandt Snedeker 72 64 67, Garrett Wills 66 67 70, Chris Couch 69 64 70.
Selected totals:
204 Martin Laird (Scotland) 66 70 68 (T10).
206 Paul Casey (England) 64 71 71, Sergio Garcia (Spain) 68 66 72 (T16).
208 Matteo Manassero (Italy) 68 68 72 (T29).
209 Brian Davis (England) 70 71 68, Martin Kaymer (Germany) 68 70 71 (T37).

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FROM THE IRISH TIMES WEBSITE

JUSTIN ROSE POST-ROUND QUOTES:
“This is a golf course that it’s easy to be patient on,” said Rose, who has missed just seven greens all week. “If you hit in the middle of the green, you two-putt par, and you know you’re not being lapped by the rest of the field.”
The world number 31’s back-to-basics approach has put him on course for a third PGA Tour title in under a year.
“[I’d been] tinkering around with too many swing keys,” said the 30-year-old. “My goal for the next couple of weeks was to whittle it down to something very simple heading into Augusta.
“And I think that should still be my goal really, the next couple of weeks, just to really every day drop a thought, drop something, so you can go into that tournament as free and relaxed as possible.”