IT'S AN AMERICAN 1-2 IN THE WGC-CADILLAC CHAMPIONSHIP

The Americans regained some of their lost golfing pride when Nick Watney (67 for 16-under 272) and Dustin Johnson (71 for 274) made it a USA 1-2 in a WGC event: the Cadillac Championship over the TPC Blue Monster at Doral, Florida.
But Europeans did fill the third and fourth places, thanks to Denmark's Anders Hansen (67) and Francesco Molinari (Italy) (69), both on 275.
Luke Donald, seemingly set for a last-round challenge, could do no better than a par 72 and, at this level, that kind of effort loses ground. He finished joint sixth with Australian Adam Scott on 277.
A closing round of 66 put a smile back on Tiger Woods' face - the first for some time - and he finished joint 10th on 280 with Martin Laird (poor last round of 73), Rory McIlroy (an even poorer 74), Padraig Harrington (73) and Jonathan Byrd (68).
World No 1 Martin Kaymer had a weekend to forget - a pair of 74s for a final placing of joint 24th on 284.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
272 Nick Watney (US) 67 70 68 67.
274 Dustin Johnson (US) 69 69 65 71.
275 Anders Hansen (Denmark) 71 69 68 67, Francesco Molinari (Ialy) 68 68 70 69.
276 Matt Kuchar (US) 68 69 66 71.
277 Adam Scott (Australia) 68 70 68 71, Luke Donald (England) 67 72 66 72.
278 Rickie Fowler (US) 71 73 68 66.
279 Hunter Mahan (US) 64 71 71 73.
280 Tiger Woods (US) 70 74 70 66, Jonathan Byrd (US) 70 74 68 68, Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 68 71 68 73, Martin Laird (Scotland) 67 70 70 73, Rory McIlroy (N Ireland) 68 69 69 74 (T10).

SELECTED TOTALS
281 Ernie Els (S Africa) 69 70 73 69 (T15)
282 Lee Westwood (England) 70 74 70 68, Paul Casey (England) 70 71 69 72 (T18).
284 Martin Kaymer (Germany) 66 70 74 74 (T24).
289 Justin Rose (England) 77 71 70 71, Graeme McDowell (N Ireland) 70 73 71 75 (T42).
290 Ian Poulter (England) 73 70 74 73 (T45).
295 Ross Fisher (England) 69 76 76 74, Rhys Davies (Wales) 73 76 72 74 (T61).

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The US PGA Tour's Puerto Rico Open ended in a play-off between two Americans, Michael Bradley and Troy Matteson who finished on 272.
Bradley shot four rounds of 68 while Matteson, the long-time leader, had scores of 67, 67, 66 and 72.

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CRAIG LEE MAKES TOP 20 IN COLOMBIA'S CHALLENGE TOUR EVENT

Craig Lee improved from 27th position overnight to a final placing of 19th on three-under-par 281 in the European Challenge Tour event in Colombia.

Lee, pictured, had rounds of 70, 71, 69 and 71 over the par-71 course.

The Stirling man was in the top 10 at one stage of his final round aftrer birdieing the first and fourth and getting an eagle 3 at the eighth to be out in three-under-par 33.

But his charged shuddered to a halt with four shots spilled to par over three holes down the home straight - a double bogey 6 at the 14th and bogeys at the 15th and 16th.

A birdie at the 18th did repair some damage.

Jack Doherty peaked too early in the tournament, opening with a 68 but never reaching that high again. He had subsequent rounds of 73, 71 and 72 for level par 284 and a share of 34th place. He had been in 27th at the start of the round.

For Gavin Dear it was not so much sublime to the ridiculous as the other way round. He started with a 75 and then shot a three-under 68 in the second round. In the third round the Murrayshall man plumbed the depths with a 77 but back he bounced to finish with a 69 - a real roller-coaster ride of a tournament for the former Walker Cup player who tied for 58th place on 289.

At the sharp end of the tournament, it was a play-off on 10-under-par 274 for Argentina's Joaquin Estevez (68-69-70-67) and Charles Russol (71-66-68-69).

Steve Todd writes:
Argentina’s Joaquin Estevez produced a grandstand finish to win the Abierto International Copa Antioquia in Colombia, birdieing the last four holes of regulation play before winning a play-off with a yet another birdie.
His five-birdie finish at Club Campestre was too much for Frenchman Charles Russo, who battled against a back-nine wobble by birdieing the 72nd hole to draw level with Estevez on ten under par 274. But there was no stopping the charging 26 year old Argentine as he carried his momentum into extra holes, draining a 12ft putt for victory.

FINAL TOTALS

Par 284 (4x71)

274 J Estevez (Arg) 68 69 70 67, C Russo (Fra) 71 66 68 69

275 D Vanegas (Col) 68 68 72 67
276 N Meitinger (Ger) 72 66 67 71, W Wilcox (USA) 66 65 72 73
277 M Baldwin (Eng) 71 68 67 71, E Grillo (am) (Arg) 69 68 69 71, V Covello (USA) 69 72 68 68, B Fritsch (Can) 69 66 70 72, R Gomez (Arg) 65 69 74 69
278 S Rivas (Col) 67 71 70 70, J Garrido (Col) 66 68 72 72
279 W Besseling (Ned) 70 66 74 69, B Evans (Eng) 69 72 72 66, A Canete (Arg) 74 69 69 67, G Houston (Wal) 69 67 71 72
280 A Snobeck (Fra) 71 71 65 73, M Lundberg (Swe) 71 66 71 72
281 J Campillo (Esp) 73 70 69 69, C Lee (Sco) 70 71 69 71, P Gustafsson (Swe) 67 69 73 72, D Vanegas (Col) 71 71 72 67, R Blaum (USA) 69 73 66 73, P Del Grosso (Arg) 66 72 70 73, P Archer (Eng) 70 73 69 69, J Lima (Por) 73 69 69 70
282 D Barbetti (Arg) 74 64 70 74, E Dominguez (Arg) 71 69 69 73
283 A Tadini (Ita) 68 72 73 70, A Pinedo (Col) 66 70 75 72, A Butterfield (Eng) 69 71 69 74, M Merizalde (Col) 68 70 72 73, J Palmer (Eng) 72 71 71 69
284 J Doherty (Sco) 68 73 71 72, D Vancsik (Arg) 71 67 74 72, W Murillo (Ven) 69 72 70 73, N Kearney (Irl) 68 74 72 70, C Serna (Col) 74 68 69 73
285 H Cespedes (Par) 70 70 71 74, A Bernadet (Fra) 68 74 71 72, C Monasterio (Arg) 71 71 70 73, S Fernandez (Arg) 72 69 68 76
286 N Lemke (Swe) 72 70 72 72, A Adrian (Ven) 71 72 71 72, M Garcia (Arg) 70 71 72 73, M Kieffer (Ger) 73 67 72 74, C Carranza (Arg) 72 69 74 71, L Dodda (Arg) 68 73 73 72, A Arizabaleta (Col) 67 70 78 71
287 M Delpodio (Ita) 70 72 74 71, J Habig (USA) 74 68 76 69, E Dubois (Fra) 72 69 75 71
288 M Rodriguez (Arg) 72 70 73 73, S Saavedra (Arg) 71 71 76 70, G Jackson (Eng) 70 72 75 71, M Relancio (Arg) 72 71 70 75, H Leon (Chi) 74 69 74 71
289 G Dear (Sco) 75 68 77 69, A Rodriguez (Arg) 71 71 71 76
290 J Osmar (Col) 72 69 73 76, S Salem (Per) 71 72 75 72
291 M Ford (Eng) 76 67 74 74, P Salem (Per) 73 69 76 73
293 J Vega (am) (Col) 71 70 73 79

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ANOTHER HOOTERS TOUR TOP 10 FINISH BY RUSSELL KNOX

By COLIN FARQUHARSON
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Inverness exile Russell Knox, winner of $85,950 on the NGA Hooters Tour in America last year, is off and running again with a top-10 finish in this weekend's 72-hole event, the Ocala Classic at Golden Hills Golf & Turf Club, Ocala in Florida.
In fact, Knox, who stayed on at Jacksonville Beach, Florida after four years on the US college golf circuit as a Jacksonville University student, will be kicking himself he slipped from fourth place with 18 holes to go to joint eighth on nine-under-par 279 today.
Knox, a former Scotland youth cap, had rounds of 70, 69, 69 and 71 over the par-72, 7,301yd course and earned $5,261.
He finished seven shots behind the winner, local player Ted Potter who posted a 16-under-par total of 272 with scores of 72, 67, 67 and 66. Potter thus won the Hooters Tour jackpot prize of $28,000 two weeks in a row.
Two other Scots in the field, North-east Alliance champion Paul Cormack from Inchmarlo, Banchory, and twice past Scottish youths champion Joel Hendry from Elgin, finished joint 33rd and joint 42nd respectively in a starting field of 168 players.
Cormack, who missed the cut last week, scored 72, 69, 75 and 72 for level par 288. He earned $1,600.
Hendry, who now lives at Bluffton, South Carolina, shot 73, 70, 71 and 76 for 290. He earned $1,338.
John Morgan from Bristol was lying fifth after rounds of 69, 72 and 68 he suffered rotten luck early in his final round. He injured his wrist early on and had to retire at the seventh hole - so instead of a fistful of dollars he was likely to win, John finished up empty-handed. Golf can be so unfair at times!

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72)
272 Ted Potter (Ocala, Florida) 72 69 67 66.
274 Jesse Hutchins (Kirkersville, Ohio) 68 67 70 69.
276 Yohann Benson (Montreal) 67 70 74 65, Brandon Brown (Shelbyville, Kentucky) 68 70 72 66.
Selected totals:
279 Russell Knox (Scotland 70 69 69 71 (T8).
286 David Skinns (Lincoln, England) 70 70 72 74 (T21).]
288 Paul Cormack (Scotland) 72 69 75 72 (T33).
290 Joel Hendry (Scotland) 73 70 71 76.
Retired: John Morgan (Bristol, England) 69 72 68 retired (wrist injury).

KIRHILL'S CRAIG ROSS IS BOYS' CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS 2011

CRAIG ROSS (Kirkhill), winner of the Scottish Junior Champion of Champions' boys' trophy at The Duke's Course, St Andrews today, flanked by (left) DAVID SCOTT, Director of Golf at the host venue, and former Walker Cup player GEORGE MACGREGOR (Glencorse), the SGU championships director (Image by courtesy of the SGU).

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CHRIS PAISLEY SCORES FIRST WIN AS A PRO - IN SPAIN

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Former Walker Cup player, Chris Paisley from Newcastle and Stocksfield Golf Club, has scored his maiden win as a professional in Spain on Peugeot Tour de Valencia. Chris, pictured right, 23, shot a seven-under-par round of 64 on the final round to overtake the leader, Spain's Alfredo Garcia-Heredia, and win by three strokes.
Paisley totalled 14-under-par with rounds of 69, 66 and 64 for 199. He won 6,960 Euros.
Last November, during the Alps Tour Qualifying School for the 2011 season, observers had noticed a new great swing and attitude in one particular player.  Journalists and officials agreed at the time that this player, Chris Paisley, could be a great challenger for 2011. They were right.
Paisley played the US college circuit for four years as a student at Tennesse University. He is not a stranger as far as good results are concerned. As an amateur, he won the Bank of Tennesse Intercollegiate in 2007, was a member of GB and I Walker Cup team and the European student's Palmer Cup line-up in 2009 and recently finished third in a Hooters Tour event in America.
He has also looked good and got this same result two weeks ago on Spain's HI5 pro Tour. He expected a win but this came quicker than he thought.“ I trusted my game, I knew I could win but did not expect it to come so soon. I played great, I had a good start, played very comfortable with a great feeling. I tried not to get too excited and control myself and my game until the end of the round, and I managed it," said Chris.
"My irons were very good, I was always very close to the pin, but I struggled a bit with the long game.
"The best part of my game was the back nine. I made a great par on 16th, played the 17th well and the birdie on 18 was amazing.
"I felt some pressure on 17th when Alfredo made the birdie. I wasn't looking at the scores until then so I knew I needed a good finish, I hit a great shot on 18th.”
Agathe Séron

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RUSSELL KNOX IN CONTENTION AGAIN ON HOOTERS TOUR

Hooters Tour specialist Russell Knox from Inverness is lying fourth, three shots behind the leader with one round to go in the Ocala Classic in Florida.

The Jacksonville Beach-based Highlander, pictured, has had rounds of 70, 69 and 69 for eight-under-par 208.

John Morgan from England is joint fifth on 209 with scores of 69, 72 and 68.

Joel Hendry from Elgin is joint 22nd on 214 with scores of 73, 70 and 71.

Banchory's Paul Cormack has dropped to a share of 37th place (from joint 11th) with scores of 72, 69 and 75 for level par 216.

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TIME FOR A PUBLIC DEBATE ON SGU-SLGA AMALGAMATION

E-mail from  D Neal Stewart

Not sure how many readers of Scottishgolfview.com have attended any of the latest SGU/SLGA seminars on the proposed amalgamation of the governing bodies of Scottish amateur golf.
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The speaking notes mention the "need to compromise to find a workable solution if we are to amalgamate." Later on there is reference to what is known as the Glasgow proposal (being that put forward by the Glasgow Golf Union) but then simply states: "This was not considered viable or workable for a range of reasons the main one being that this completely changes the mode of operations for the Ladies".
What the SGU and SLGA seem to be saying is that they cannot go down the alternative route because this changes the mode of operations for the Ladies so we will follow the proposal on the table which completely changes the mode of operations for the Gents.
That does not appear to me to be any sort of compromise more a takeover by the Ladies and could be described as a shotgun marriage.
I don't believe that is a sensible or rational way to go forward.
Also there is mention of loss of funding if they don't amalgamate - not sure whether this is a real fear as if the Scottish or British Governments have told them that this is the outcome if amalgamation doesn't come but there is no substantiation behind this point.
We are it seems being driven by a fear and a hypothetical fear at that.
I think there should be more of a public debate around this proposal. In principle I have no objections to it and indeed I think it is a nonsense that we have two bodies governing what is essentially the same sport but I do feel that there is a lack of debate and an attitude of "that is the proposal, take or leave it and, by the way, gents, we don't care what you say or feel about it, tough!"


D Neal Stewart


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WIN A FOUR-BALL TEE TIME ON TURNBERRY AILSA COURSE

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For your chance to win a four-ball tee time on the Ailsa Championship Course, Turnberry, all you have to do is pick the 10 players you think will perform the best in the 2011 Majors:

The Masters
Augusta National
7 - 10 April
Defending champion: Phil Mickelson


US Open Championship
Congressional Country Club
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Defending champion: Graeme McDowell


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Defending champion: Louis Oosthuizen


USPGA Championship
Atlanta Athletic Club
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Defending champion: Martin Kaymer

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SANDY LYLE SCORES FIRST WIN IN TWENTY YEARS

Sandy Lyle with the trophy at Mission Hills, China (Image ©Getty Images).


By STEVE TODD
European Senior Tour Press Officer
Two-time Major Champion Sandy Lyle captured an emotional first tournament victory in 19 years with a hard-fought win in the inaugural ISPS Handa Senior World Championship presented by Mission Hills China.
Lyle had been without a victory since winning the last of his 18 European Tour titles in the 1992 Volvo Masters but the Scot brought that barren run to a commanding end with a flawless, final-round 70 over the World Cup Course at Mission Hills to finish on 12-under-par 204, three strokes clear of Australian Peter Fowler.
“You wonder after about four or five years whether you’ll ever win again let alone nearly 20, so this is very special,” said the 53-year-old Scot.
“When I joined the Senior Tour, it didn’t happen as quickly as I expected it to so you do have doubts. My trophy cabinet has been gathering dust over the years so I feel relieved to get a win and it’s even better that it’s here in China on this course.  This answers a lot of questions I had about myself.”
The five-time Ryder Cup player began the final round with a two shot advantage and never looked like relinquishing it despite Fowler’s enduring challenge, which only ran out of steam over the last two holes.
Lyle birdied the second hole before picking up another shot on the sixth hole and while Fowler moved within one shot of him with a birdie on the 16th, the Australian then bogeyed the 17th to restore Lyle’s cushion.
Par on the closing hole – where he had dropped his only shot of the tournament in the second round - compared to another bogey by Fowler was enough to give Lyle a victory that he admitted was one of the most meaningful in his 34 year professional career.
“This victory is very sweet as it’s obviously been such a long time,” said Lyle. “I said a couple of years ago that I’d be happy just to win a Par Three contest – it had been that long.
“I showed a lot of patience this week. I only made one bogey in three rounds which is way beyond my norm. Usually I’d make at least four or five but I was very consistent.
“I drove the ball well which is important on a course like this. My iron play wasn’t actually that hot today but I kept it reasonably close.
“Peter played well and put the pressure on when he got to one shot but he found the rough on 17th and all though he recovered really well he missed a six footer for par which gave me a two shot lead again going down the last which really helped.
“I wouldn’t say it was easy today and I certainly didn’t run away with it but it was a lot nicer going to the 18th with a two-shot lead rather than a one-shot lead when you’ve not won for so long.”
Lyle, who is an ambassador for title sponsor ISPS, had given warning of an impending return to the winners’ enclosure when he started the 2011 season by finishing runner-up in the Handa Australian Senior Open and tied fifth in the Handa Cup Senior Masters in Japan to lead the European Senior Tour Order of Merit.
The 1985 Open Champion and 1988 Masters Champion extended his advantage at the top to €51,783, courtesy of collecting the €37,484 first prize in China, with 2010 Order of Merit winner Boonchu Ruangkit moving into second place by finishing tied eighth along with Ian Woosnam at Mission Hills.
Fowler’s closing 71 for second place represented his best finish on the Senior Tour following an injury-plagued two years. Paraguay’s Angel Franco was third on seven under par after also signing for a 71. FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
204 S Lyle (Sco) 68 66 70,
207 P Fowler (Aus) 67 69 71,
209 A Franco (Par) 69 69 71,
211 N Ratcliffe (Aus) 68 74 69, J Quiros (Esp) 70 71 70, M Belsham (Eng) 71 74 66, B Lincoln (RSA) 74 68 69,
212 B Ruangkit (Tha) 72 69 71, I Woosnam (Wal) 73 68 71,
213 S Torrance (Sco) 71 69 73, T Johnstone (Zim) 75 64 74,
214 R Davis (Aus) 73 72 69, G Ralph (Eng) 69 72 73, J Rivero (Esp) 71 71 72,
215 F Illouz (Fra) 73 74 68,
216 M Cunning (USA) 71 71 74, M Harwood (Aus) 75 71 70, M Moreno (Esp) 73 72 71, G Wolstenholme (Eng) 70 70 76, D Merriman (Aus) 75 71 70, L Stephen (Aus) 74 73 69, D Russell (Eng) 68 75 73, H Carbonetti (Arg) 69 75 72, M Farry (Fra) 71 72 73, A Sherborne (Eng) 73 72 71,
217 G Manson (Aut) 72 71 74, J Stuart (USA) 74 71 72, L Carbonetti (Arg) 72 72 73, S Van Vuuren (RSA) 73 71 73, B Lane (Eng) 71 73 73, F Mann (Sco) 69 72 76, B Longmuir (Sco) 71 72 74, G Brand (Eng) 72 73 72
218 J Gould (Eng) 73 75 70, B Cameron (Eng) 72 73 73, D Cambridge (Jam) 74 72 72, C Mason (Eng) 73 74 71
219 N Job (Eng) 73 73 73, A Sowa (Arg) 75 75 69, W Smith (Aus) 70 76 73
220 K Tomori (Jpn) 74 74 72
221 P Dahlberg (Swe) 75 70 76, D Durnian (Eng) 77 72 72, J Heggarty (Nir) 75 74 72, J Bruner (USA) 74 73 74,
222 J Sallat (Fra) 77 71 74, T Price (Aus) 70 76 76,
223 K Spurgeon (Eng) 73 77 73, M Briggs (Eng) 73 76 74, G Cali (Ita) 78 73 72, D Hospital (Esp) 74 80 69, G Banister (Aus) 73 74 76, T Charnley (Eng) 77 73 73,
224 D O'Sullivan (Irl) 74 74 76, B Smit (RSA) 74 75 75, S Owen (Nzl) 75 74 75,
225 C Williams (RSA) 79 75 71, S Cipa (Eng) 79 75 71, J Chillas (Sco) 74 77 74,
227 M Kierstenson (Eng) 76 74 77, W Grady (Aus) 74 74 79
228 T Burgoyne (Sco) 76 75 77, M Piñero (Esp) 77 74 77, S Bennett (Eng) 81 74 73, B Hardwick (Can) 77 74 77
230 T Gale (Aus) 77 78 75
231 M Miller (Sco) 75 78 78
232 R Metherell (Aus) 77 80 75,
233 G Davies (Wal) 80 76 77, H Lian-Sheng (Chn) 78 80 75
234 T Hassan (am) (Pak) 78 80 76

SCOTS NOT CONTENDING ON CHALLENGE TOUR IN COLOMBIA

SCOTSWATCH: Craig Lee, Jack Doherty and Gavin Dear made the halfway cut but failed to improve their positions significiantly in the third round of the European Challenge Tour event in Colombia.
Lee had a creditable 69 for 210 but is seven shots off the pace.
Doherty had a 71 and is on 212
Dear had a great second-round 68 under pressure to squeeze into the weekend action but then slumped again to a 77 in the third round and is last of the qualifiers with 18 holes to go.

By STEVE TODD
European Challenge Tour Press Officer
American Will Wilcox takes a two shot lead in the final round of the Abierto International Copa Antioquia after a third round 72 in Colombia.
Wilcox was required to play 25 holes after the weather disruptions of Friday, first finishing his second round by picking up an eagle and birdie in the seven holes he had outstanding to pull three clear of the field.
After a quick turnaround, the American was back out on the course at Club Campestre but found himself falling back into the pack with three dropped shots in the first ten holes before a second eagle of the day, this time on the 12th, put him back into the driving seat. Six pars to finish left the American on ten under par 203.
“I missed a lot of short putts this afternoon. I mean, I really could have this thing in my grip a lot better if I had made some putts. Anyway, I couldn’t be any happier to still have a two-shot lead after the way I played”, admitted the 24 year old leader from Birmingham, Alabama.
Wilcox said the key hole was the eagle on the par five 12th which he felt turned his day around.
“I had a really good drive, it was kind of into the wind and I went after it,” he said. “I swung very hard, trying to play a straight ball and I connected with it. That gave me a lot of confidence and a chance to hit 9-iron into the green, instead of trying to finesse an eight. I hit it to about twenty-five feet and made it. That changed everything in my head.”
He leads Germany’s Nicolas Meitinger and Frenchman Charles Russo, the European pair tied on eight under par 205 after rounds of 67 and 68 respectively, and Canadian Brad Fritsch, who birdied two of the last three holes for a 70.
England’s Matthew Baldwin moved up through the field with a four under par 67 to move to seven under par, continuing his fine form of recent weeks which helped him to a fourth place finish on the Challenge Tour’s first visit to India at the start of the year.
He was joined on the seven under par mark by Argentine amateur Emiliano Grillo, who posted a 69, and Colombian Jose Manuel Garrido, who signed for a 72.
Frenchman Anthony Snobeck made the biggest move of the third round after a six under par 65 moved him up 32 places to a share of the seventh.
With a prize fund of $250,000 the event co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour and the Tour de las Americas, the second event of the 2011 season, offers an early opportunity to make gains on the Challenge Tour Rankings.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)
203 W Wilcox (USA) 66 65 72
205 C Russo (Fra) 71 66 68, N Meitinger (Ger) 72 66 67, B Fritsch (Can) 69 66 70
206 J Garrido (Col) 66 68 72, E Grillo (am) (Arg) 69 68 69, M Baldwin (Eng) 71 68 67
207 J Estevez (Arg) 68 69 70, A Snobeck (Fra) 71 71 65, G Houston (Wal) 69 67 71
208 D Vanegas (Col) 68 68 72, M Lundberg (Swe) 71 66 71, D Barbetti (Arg) 74 64 70, R Blaum (USA) 69 73 66, R Gomez (Arg) 65 69 74, S Rivas (Col) 67 71 70, P Del Grosso (Arg) 66 72 70209 E Dominguez (Arg) 71 69 69, S Fernandez (Arg) 72 69 68, P Gustafsson (Swe) 67 69 73, V Covello (USA) 69 72 68, A Butterfield (Eng) 69 71 69,
210 M Merizalde (Col) 68 70 72, W Besseling (Ned) 70 66 74, C Lee (Sco) 70 71 69,
211 A Pinedo (Col) 66 70 75, W Murillo (Ven) 69 72 70, H Cespedes (Par) 70 70 71, C Serna (Col) 74 68 69, J Lima (Por) 73 69 69,
212 A Canete (Arg) 74 69 69, J Doherty (Sco) 68 73 71, P Archer (Eng) 70 73 69, J Campillo (Esp) 73 70 69, C Monasterio (Arg) 71 71 70, M Kieffer (Ger) 73 67 72, D Vancsik (Arg) 71 67 74, B Evans (Eng) 69 72 71,
213 A Bernadet (Fra) 68 74 71, A Rodriguez (Arg) 71 71 71, M Garcia (Arg) 70 71 72, M Relancio (Arg) 72 71 70, A Tadini (Ita) 68 72 73,
214 L Dodda (Arg) 68 73 73, D Vanegas (Col) 71 71 72, N Lemke (Swe) 72 70 72, J Osmar (Col) 72 69 73, A Adrian (Ven) 71 72 71, N Kearney (Irl) 68 74 72, J Palmer (Eng) 72 71 71, J Vega (am) (Col) 71 70 73,
215 A Arizabaleta (Col) 67 70 78, M Rodriguez (Arg) 72 70 73, C Carranza (Arg) 72 69 74,
216 M Delpodio (Ita) 70 72 74, E Dubois (Fra) 72 69 75,
217 G Jackson (Eng) 70 72 75, M Ford (Eng) 76 67 74, H Leon (Chi) 74 69 74,
218 J Habig (USA) 74 68 76, P Salem (Per) 73 69 76, S Salem (Per) 71 72 75, S Saavedra (Arg) 71 71 76
220 G Dear (Sco) 75 68 77

DONALD ON LEADER JOHNSON'S TAIL GOING INTO FINAL ROUND

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
DORAL, Florida (AP) — Dustin Johnson didn't start the season the way he wanted, not with only one decent chance at winning.
His start at the Cadillac Championship wasn't much better.
On his opening tee shot Thursday at Doral, his drive sailed to the right and struck a spectator in the head. Turns out it was his grandfather, Art Whisnant, a former basketball star at South Carolina.
Suddenly, everything is looking up.
Johnson, pictured, hit his stride and found his swagger on Saturday on the back nine of the Blue Monster, shooting a 31 to emerge from a crowd of top players with a 7-under 65 and a two-shot lead going into Sunday's final round.
The 26-year-old American hit what he called a "bunt drive" that went 310 yards on the 17th, leaving him a wedge into 2 feet. That was the last of his eight birdies, and put him atop the leaderboard. A short time later, after Nick Watney missed two short birdie putts and put his tee shot into the water on No. 18, Johnson had the lead to himself.
"I played well today - drove it well, putt it well, hit the ball well," Johnson said. "So I'm going to have to do that again tomorrow."
One look at the guys behind him makes that clear.
Johnson is at 13-under 203, although seven players are within three shots of him, none lower than No. 31 in the world.
That group does not include Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, who finished before the leaders teed off and remain out of the mix. The surprise is that it doesn't include Martin Kaymer, either. The new No. 1 was in the final group with Hunter Mahan, one shot out of the lead, until he took double bogey from the water on the third hole and struggled to a 74. Kaymer is seven shots back.
Johnson will play in the final group with Luke Donald, who took bogey on the final hole for a 66. Even so, Donald is in good position to capture a second straight World Golf Championship, and a victory could be enough to make him No. 2 in the world.
Watney, who had to settle for a 68 after his double bogey on the 18th, and Matt Kuchar (68) are with Donald at 11-under 205.
Adam Scott is making fast friends with his long putter. He had a 68 and is in the group another shot behind that includes Francesco Molinari, Rory McIlroy and Mahan, who didn't make a par over the last six holes - two birdies, four bogeys - and shot 71.
All of them will be chasing Johnson, who has a 54-hole lead for the first time other than at Pebble Beach. He won twice at Pebble in the regular US PGA Tour event, but is perhaps more famous for losing a three-shot lead at the US Open last summer when he shot 82.
For all his power, Johnson is a threat this week because of his putting.
He didn't work on it once during the cold, rainy winter in South Carolina, and really didn't put much attention on it earlier this year until after he lost in the first round of the WGC Match Play Championship in Arizona two weeks ago.
"I finally feel comfortable with the putter, so things are going a little better," Johnson said.
He also got some help from swing coach Butch Harmon - who also works with Watney - on Saturday morning. Johnson asked him to check on his driver and his wedges, and then he put them to good use.
Johnson, considered to have the most potential of America's young crop of players, is known for his audacious tee shots. He went from that "bunt drive" on the 17th to "swinging as hard as I could" on the 18th, a 326-yard blast that left him only a wedge to the green.
And that tee shot on Thursday that nailed his grandfather?
"Yeah, that was a hard drive," he said, smiling. "He said it hit him on the fly, but it couldn't have."
For one thing, his grandfather wasn't hurt.
Johnson could move into the top 10 in the world for the first time in his career. Donald, who moved to No. 3 with his win at the Match Play, could go all the way to No. 2, and it wouldn't surprise him.
"I'm certainly playing very good golf right now, some of the best I've ever played," said Donald, who ran off three birdies in a four-hole stretch around the turn and was bogey-free until a tee shot to the right, leaving him little chance of reaching the 18th green.
Few other contenders were pleased, mainly because of how they finished.
Watney looked as though he might have a two-shot lead, and instead was two shots behind. Molinari, who won the World Golf Championship in Shanghai in November, nearly went in the water on the last and took bogey.
Mahan kept in front most of the way until failing to birdie the par 5s on the back nine, and finishing with back-to-back bogeys.
"Out here, you hit it in the wrong place, you have a terrible angle to the hole and in the Bermuda rough, you can get a good lie or a bad lie," he said. "Just didn't make good swings and made some bad putts."
Woods and Mickelson, playing for the third straight day together, didn't inspire. Woods switched back to a mallet putter - the same one he tried in Australia last year - and the best he could manage was a 2-under 70 that left him 11 shots behind. Mickelson had a sloppy double bogey on the 14th and wound up with a 72, putting him at even-par 216.
Woods did not comment after his round. He told a tour official he was going to the range, but instead headed to the parking lot.

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