McDOWELL LEADS BY TWO WITH ROUND TO GO IN CALIFORNIA
Graeme McDowell remains on course for victory at the Chevron World Golf Challenge after a solid third round at Sherwood Country Club, Thousand Oaks in California.
The Northern Irishman soared to the top of the leaderboard yesterday with a six under par 66 and heads into today's final round two clear at the top after following up with a 68.
It was a bogey-free round from the European Ryder Cup star and also included four birdies as he moved to 13 under for the tournament.
Keegan Bradley sits second on 11 under after signing for a 67 - the joint best round of the day alongside Bubba Watson.
He made six birdies but dropped a shot at the par four ninth.
Competition host Tiger Woods is tied for third with Bo Van Pelt five shots off the lead.
England's Ian Poulter failed to crack 70 for the third time in a row and is way off the pace at even par.
THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
203 Graeme McDowell (N Ireland) 69 66 68
205 Keegan Bradley (US) 69 69 67
208 Tiger Woods (US) 70 69 69, Bo Van Pelt (US) 70 68 70
SELECTED SCORE
216 Ian Poulter (England) 73 72 71 (T15)
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The Northern Irishman soared to the top of the leaderboard yesterday with a six under par 66 and heads into today's final round two clear at the top after following up with a 68.
It was a bogey-free round from the European Ryder Cup star and also included four birdies as he moved to 13 under for the tournament.
Keegan Bradley sits second on 11 under after signing for a 67 - the joint best round of the day alongside Bubba Watson.
He made six birdies but dropped a shot at the par four ninth.
Competition host Tiger Woods is tied for third with Bo Van Pelt five shots off the lead.
England's Ian Poulter failed to crack 70 for the third time in a row and is way off the pace at even par.
THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
203 Graeme McDowell (N Ireland) 69 66 68
205 Keegan Bradley (US) 69 69 67
208 Tiger Woods (US) 70 69 69, Bo Van Pelt (US) 70 68 70
SELECTED SCORE
216 Ian Poulter (England) 73 72 71 (T15)
TO VIEW ALL THE SCORES AND SCORECARDS
CLICK HERE
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By JASON SOBEL
THOUSAND OAKS, California – Keegan Bradley is amongst those professional golfers who stand to lose the most based on Wednesday’s joint proposal from the U.S. Golf Association and Royal & Ancient Golf Club that would ban anchored putting on Jan. 1, 2016.
He’s already hearing what some golf fans have to say about it.
On the final hole of the World Challenge third round on Saturday, Bradley heard one gallery member refer to him as a “cheater” – despite the fact that anchoring his putter is still within the rules of golf.
“[That] was no fun,” Bradley said after a 5-under 67 that left him in second place. “But I look forward to hopefully making everything tomorrow with that belly putter and hopefully it'll get a little louder.”
Asked whether he responded to the fan, Bradley said, “No. You know, that's unfortunate. It's very disrespectful. But it's fine with me. I've got to try to look at it as motivation to help me try to win this tournament.”
Bradley was quick to contend that more fans offered encouragement and it was only a small minority that heckled him on the course.
“[They say], ‘Don't worry about it, you'll make putts with that short putter,’ or something silly like that,” he said. “But there's always going to be people that are negative. That's fine with me.”
By JASON SOBEL
THOUSAND OAKS, California – Keegan Bradley is amongst those professional golfers who stand to lose the most based on Wednesday’s joint proposal from the U.S. Golf Association and Royal & Ancient Golf Club that would ban anchored putting on Jan. 1, 2016.
He’s already hearing what some golf fans have to say about it.
On the final hole of the World Challenge third round on Saturday, Bradley heard one gallery member refer to him as a “cheater” – despite the fact that anchoring his putter is still within the rules of golf.
“[That] was no fun,” Bradley said after a 5-under 67 that left him in second place. “But I look forward to hopefully making everything tomorrow with that belly putter and hopefully it'll get a little louder.”
Asked whether he responded to the fan, Bradley said, “No. You know, that's unfortunate. It's very disrespectful. But it's fine with me. I've got to try to look at it as motivation to help me try to win this tournament.”
Bradley was quick to contend that more fans offered encouragement and it was only a small minority that heckled him on the course.
“[They say], ‘Don't worry about it, you'll make putts with that short putter,’ or something silly like that,” he said. “But there's always going to be people that are negative. That's fine with me.”
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