TEMPERATURES OF UP TO 90 DEGREES AT SANTIAGO
CANADIAN HADWIN LEADS IN CHILE
FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
• Mark Hubbard registered the third ace of the week on the par-3, 11th hole. Hubbard used a 9-iron to cover the 156 yards to the cup.
"My caddie gave me the club, told me one bounce and in, and that’s what I did," he said. It was his fourth career ace but his first in competition.
Roger Sloan and Jake Younan both aced that same hole during Thursday’s round. Hubbard finished with a 5-under 67 and is T25 heading into Sunday.
• Perhaps it's only a coincidence that Roger Sloan, Jake Younan and Mark Hubbard all bogeyed the 12th hole after each aced the par-3, 11th.
LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72) Players from USA unless stated
203 Adam Hadwin (Canada) 67 69 67
204 Manuel Villegas (Colombia) 73 67 74, Scott Pinckney 67 70 67, Kyle Reifers 68 68 68
205 Alistair Preswell (Australia) 70 70 65, Garth Mulroy (S Africa) 64 71 70
SELECTED SCORES
206 Henrik Norlander (Sweden) 64 72 70
208 Richard S Johnson (Sweden) 70 67 71
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TO view the all third-round scores in the Web.com Tour's Chile Classic at Santiago
CLICK HERE
+ WE WILL HAVE A SUMMARY OF THE THIRD DAY'S
PLAY FOR YOU ON THIS WEBSITE AT BREAKFAST
TIME SUNDAY.
FROM THE US PGA TOUR WEBSITE
SANTIAGO, Chile – Canada’s Adam Hadwin fired a five-under 67 and
managed to scramble to the top of a tightly-packed leaderboard at the
Chile Classic, the second stop on the 2014 Web.com Tour schedule.
Hadwin was steady but not spectacular as he moved into the 54-hole lead with a 13-under 203 total, one better than Columbia’s Manuel Villegas (64), Scott Pinckney (67) and Kyle Reifers (68).
Australian Alistair Presnell (65) and South Africa’s Garth Mulroy (70) share fifth place, two shots back of Hadwin.
Eight others, including 36-hole leader Byron Smith (75), are three off the pace heading into Sunday’s finale.
For Hadwin, a non-winner in his first two full seasons on Tour, this week has been about keeping things simple at the Prince of Wales Country Club.
“Some might say I’m a little conservative off the tee than others. I’ve hit a lot of 4-irons off the tees,” he said.
“I’m coming into greens with 8-irons or 9-irons instead of challenging it. I haven’t been in too much trouble this week and I feel like I’m starting to play smart golf and play to my strengths.”
Hadwin chalked up six birdies to offset a single bogey and slowly moved into contention as the second-round leaders all struggled to pull away from the field.
"Only three of the final ten players on the course Saturday managed to break par and the final pairing of Smith and Argentina’s Jorge Fernandez-Valdes both stumbled to over-par scores and dropped in the standings.
“The golf course layout is short and it plays short but if you miss the fairway by five yards left or right you don’t have a shot on some of these doglegs,” said Hadwin, who had never held or shared a lead in any of his first 48 Tour starts.
“If your rhythm is not quite there, it’s very easy to start missing stuff in the wrong place and bogeys will come quickly.”
• Saturday weather: Sunny all day. Winds were calm in the morning and then Southerly 5-10mph through 4pm and then Southerly 10-20 mph. High of 90.Hadwin was steady but not spectacular as he moved into the 54-hole lead with a 13-under 203 total, one better than Columbia’s Manuel Villegas (64), Scott Pinckney (67) and Kyle Reifers (68).
Australian Alistair Presnell (65) and South Africa’s Garth Mulroy (70) share fifth place, two shots back of Hadwin.
Eight others, including 36-hole leader Byron Smith (75), are three off the pace heading into Sunday’s finale.
For Hadwin, a non-winner in his first two full seasons on Tour, this week has been about keeping things simple at the Prince of Wales Country Club.
“Some might say I’m a little conservative off the tee than others. I’ve hit a lot of 4-irons off the tees,” he said.
“I’m coming into greens with 8-irons or 9-irons instead of challenging it. I haven’t been in too much trouble this week and I feel like I’m starting to play smart golf and play to my strengths.”
Hadwin chalked up six birdies to offset a single bogey and slowly moved into contention as the second-round leaders all struggled to pull away from the field.
"Only three of the final ten players on the course Saturday managed to break par and the final pairing of Smith and Argentina’s Jorge Fernandez-Valdes both stumbled to over-par scores and dropped in the standings.
“The golf course layout is short and it plays short but if you miss the fairway by five yards left or right you don’t have a shot on some of these doglegs,” said Hadwin, who had never held or shared a lead in any of his first 48 Tour starts.
“If your rhythm is not quite there, it’s very easy to start missing stuff in the wrong place and bogeys will come quickly.”
• Mark Hubbard registered the third ace of the week on the par-3, 11th hole. Hubbard used a 9-iron to cover the 156 yards to the cup.
"My caddie gave me the club, told me one bounce and in, and that’s what I did," he said. It was his fourth career ace but his first in competition.
Roger Sloan and Jake Younan both aced that same hole during Thursday’s round. Hubbard finished with a 5-under 67 and is T25 heading into Sunday.
• Perhaps it's only a coincidence that Roger Sloan, Jake Younan and Mark Hubbard all bogeyed the 12th hole after each aced the par-3, 11th.
LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72) Players from USA unless stated
203 Adam Hadwin (Canada) 67 69 67
204 Manuel Villegas (Colombia) 73 67 74, Scott Pinckney 67 70 67, Kyle Reifers 68 68 68
205 Alistair Preswell (Australia) 70 70 65, Garth Mulroy (S Africa) 64 71 70
SELECTED SCORES
206 Henrik Norlander (Sweden) 64 72 70
208 Richard S Johnson (Sweden) 70 67 71
•
TO view the all third-round scores in the Web.com Tour's Chile Classic at Santiago
CLICK HERE
+ WE WILL HAVE A SUMMARY OF THE THIRD DAY'S
PLAY FOR YOU ON THIS WEBSITE AT BREAKFAST
TIME SUNDAY.
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