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JIMMY GUNN LYING T41 IN TEXAS 

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Dornoch exile Jimmy Gunn has scored 72-68-71 for far in this weekend's Web.com Tour event, the WNB Classic, at Midland Country Club, Texas.
His 54-hole tally in this 72-hole event is five-under-par  211 and the Arizona-based Highlander is in T41 position, 15 shots behind the leader by seven, American Andrew Putnam.
Gunn bogeyed the second, birdied the fourth and fifth but bogeyed the seventh before he had a string of pars until he birdied the 18th to finish one-under-par for the day.
THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72) Players from USA unless stated
196 Andrew Putnam 66 66 64
203 Richard S Johnson (Sweden) 68 69 66, Rod Pampling (Australia) 66  69 68
204 Mathew Goggin (Australia) 69 68 67, Tom Gillies 69 64 71
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211 Jimmy Gunn (Scotland) 72 68 71 (T41)  

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By Joe Chemycz, PGATOUR.COM 
MIDLAND, Texas – Andrew Putnam fired an 8-under 64 in Saturday’s third round of the WNB Golf Classic and took a commanding seven-stroke lead heading into the finale at the Midland Country Club.
Putnam’s bogey-free round put him at 20-under par 196, and well in front of veterans Richard S. Johnson (66) and Rod Pampling (68) who share second place at 13-under.
Mathew Goggin (67) and Tom Gillis (71) are 12-under and will need a disastrous start by Putnam on Sunday to have a chance to catch him.
Putnam’s seven-shot margin matches the second-largest in Tour history and is the biggest since Will Wilcox led by the same amount at last year’s South Georgia Classic, which happens to be next week’s stop on Tour.
“I didn’t really look. I knew I was definitely creating a gap,” said Putnam, who is in search of his first career win. “I really didn’t have to look at a scoreboard, I kind of knew. You can always feel where you’re at.”
The 25-year-old from Washington started the week with a pair of 66’s and his 12-under total was one better than playing partner Gillis but appeared to open the door when his second shot on the first hole sailed five or six yards over the green.
“I thought I hit a great shot,” he said.
The next one was as he chipped in for birdie and he never looked back as he slowly increased his lead. Birdies at the par-5 2nd and 4th holes put the field on notice that they were going to have to catch Putnam, he wasn’t going to back up.
“If you’re parring a par-5 you’re getting lapped or losing a stroke,” said Putnam, who birdied all four of the par-5’s in round three. “You feel like you can make a couple mistakes if you birdie all the par-5s so that definitely helps.”
By the time the Pepperdine grad added two more birdies at the 6th and 9th he was 17-under up by a handful.
“I just started playing some really good golf,” Putnam said. “I didn’t drive it perfectly but I missed it in spots that I was able to recover from and still hit at the green and at the pin.”
Sunday’s forecast predicts steady winds in the 20-30 mph range and gusts that could reach 45 mph. Advantage Putnam, who is in unchartered territory.
“It’ll be a grind tomorrow but hopefully we can keep it going,” he said. “When the wind is blowing that hard it’s going to be tough for someone to shoot a low one. When it’s blowing 30 it’s going to be hard to go at pins and be super aggressive. It’s easier to make pars and play conservatively.”

WEATHER IN TEXAS
 
• Saturday weather: High clouds most of the day. Winds SW 10-15 mph in the morning and increasing to 12-18 mph in the afternoon with some gusts above 25 mph. High of 93.
• Sunday’s forecast calls for high winds (W 20-30 mph with gusts 35-40 mph) and blowing dust.