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PRAYAD COMPLETES ROYAL DOUBLE AT KING’S CUP AT HOME IN THAILAND

Hua Hin: Thailand’s Prayad Marksaeng completed a Royal double when he posted a six-under-par 66 to win the US$1 million King’s Cup Golf Hua Hin at the Black Mountain Golf Club on Sunday.

After adding the Queen’s Cup to his trophy cabinet in June, the popular winner claimed another deserving victory at the Asian Tour season-ending event with a winning total of 12-under-par 276.

Sweden’s Rikard Karlberg, who had taken a share of the lead for the first two rounds, had to settle for second place after signing off with a 67.

Thailand’s Prom Meesawat will have to wait longer for his second Asian Tour win as a final round 71 saw him finish in equal third alongside compatriot Chapchai Nirat and India’s Anirban Lahiri.

LEADING FINAL TOTALS

Par 288 (4x72) Yardage 7,386

276 Prayad MARKSAENG (THA) 68-71-71-66.

277 Rikard KARLBERG (SWE) 65-71-74-67.

279 Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 69-71-71-68, Chapchai NIRAT (THA) 68-73-68-70, Prom MEESAWAT (THA) 65-71-72-71.

280 Mardan MAMAT (SIN) 71-70-71-68.

281 Scott HEND (AUS) 72-71-69-69, Angelo QUE (PHI) 66-75-67-73.

283 Daisuke KATAOKA (JPN) 73-69-72-69.

284 Andrew DODT (AUS) 71-73-71-69, MO Joong-kyung (KOR) 69-68-70-77.

 

Selected scores

286 Thaworn WIRATCHANT (THA) 74-71-71-70

288 Siddikur RAHMAN (BAN) 71-73-71-73

 

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 And the winner is - Pablo Larrazabal 

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Pablo Larrazábal showed once again his

fondness for picking up prestigious

titles on The European Tour when he

held off a stellar cast to claim the

Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship today.
The 30 year old Spaniard – whose 

previous Tour triumphs have come in the

 Alstom Open de France and the BMW 

International Open in Germany – carded a

bold final round 67 on the National 

Course for a 14 under par total of 274 

and a one shot victory over Rory McIlroy

and Phil Mickelson.
“I win when I can and I win when I have 

a chance to win,” said the former Sir 

Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year. “But it

was great to do it when all my family 

and my team were here. They all know how

 hard I’ve worked for this. 

"I thank them for supporting me and 

continuing to push me hard.”
Larrazábal started the final round three

shots behind leader Craig Lee, but as the

 Scot faded, the Spaniard seized the 

initiative. 

Reaching the turn in 32, further birdies

at the 11th and 13th saw him hit the

front and when he two putted the final 

hole for his sixth birdie of the round,

it set a target neither of his two

illustrious pursuers could match.
Mickelson, the reigning Open Champion, 

battled hard and produced his usual 

brand of golfing fireworks as he strove 

to close the gap. But the 43 year old 

Californian left-hander’s challenge was 

undone at the 13th where a double hit, 

while attempting to extricate himself 

right handed from a bush, saw him run

 up a triple bogey 7.
“It never crossed my mind that I would

 double hit it,” said the American, who

 gamely fought to make up the lost ground

 with birdies on the 14th, 16th and 18th

 holes. 

“But I enjoy challenging myself to hit

some shots. Sometimes they come off, and

sometimes they don’t. This week I had a

little bit of both.”
Like Mickelson, joint runner-up McIlroy

tried everything to make up ground on

Larrazábal, but seven straight pars from

the 11th to the 17th saw him unable to 

do so; like Mickelson, his birdie 4 at

the last leaving his total one shot shy

of the mark.
It did, of course, leave the Northern 

Irishman rueing the rules infringement 

he incurred during Saturday’s third round

, a mistake which cost him a two shot 

penalty and, ultimately, the title.
“I’m standing here and I feel I should

be 15 under par for the tournament and 

the winner, not 13 under par and the 

runner-up,” he said. 

“But that’s the way it goes I suppose. 

I played the least shots of anyone here 

this week so I suppose I can count that

 as a moral victory.
“But I’m very happy with the week as a

whole. I came in here telling everyone I

was happy with my game and I think I’ve

 proved that by doing a lot of good work.

 So it’s fair to say I’m really excited 

about the rest of the season now.”
Larrazábal’s fellow Spaniard Rafa Cabrera-

Bello (68) – who held the lead at one

 stage during the front nine, slipped 

back to share fourth with South African

George Coetzee (66) on 12 under par 276,

while Dutchman Joost Luiten completed 

the top six with a 68 for ten under par 

278.
 

ALL THE FINAL ROUND TOTALS

Par 288 (4x72)

274 P Larrazábal (Esp) 69 70 68 67
275 R McIlroy (Nir) 70 67 70 68, P Mickelson (USA) 73 70 63 69
276 G Coetzee (RSA) 68 70 72 66, R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 67 68 73 68 
278 J Luiten (Ned) 68 70 72 68
279 J Carlsson (Swe) 73 70 71 65
280 S Gallacher (Sco) 70 73 68 69, R Karlsson (Swe) 73 67 72 68
281 P Hanson (Swe) 70 70 69 72, M Jiménez (Esp) 73 68 67 73, T Björn (Den) 70 67 72 72, T Jaidee (Tha) 70 70 68 73, M Hoey (NIr) 69 71 68 73, T Hatton (Eng) 69 71 70 71, D Fichardt (RSA) 70 70 75 66, G Bhullar (Ind) 72 68 66 75, C Lee (Sco) 68 67 69 77
282 T Aiken (RSA) 70 73 69 70, H Otto (RSA) 70 71 69 72, P McGinley (Irl) 68 72 72 70, A Sullivan (Eng) 73 70 69 70, B Stone (RSA) 71 71 73 67, T Fleetwood (Eng) 73 65 72 72, D Willett (Eng) 73 63 76 70, S Garcia (Esp) 76 68 70 68, M Baldwin (Eng) 67 72 69 74
283 W Ormsby (Aus) 69 73 71 70, E Molinari (Ita) 70 71 71 71, J Lima (Por) 68 75 67 73
284 R Gonzalez (Arg) 71 66 74 73, E Grillo (Arg) 72 72 70 70, M Kieffer (Ger) 71 71 72 70, M Manassero (Ita) 71 73 70 70, M Kaymer (Ger) 70 71 69 74, A Quiros (Esp) 71 70 70 73
285 L Donald (Eng) 70 73 71 71, R Jacquelin (Fra) 71 72 70 72, P Waring (Eng) 73 71 74 67, O Fisher (Eng) 69 72 73 71, M Siem (Ger) 69 70 73 73, D Howell (Eng) 73 71 72 69, S Kapur (Ind) 71 72 75 67, M Warren (Sco) 68 73 70 74
286 R Wattel (Fra) 67 75 70 74, T Lewis (Eng) 71 70 72 73, C Montgomerie (Sco) 73 68 74 71, E Pepperell (Eng) 70 72 69 75
287 J Campillo (Esp) 72 72 73 70, A Cañizares (Esp) 71 69 76 71, S Benson (Eng) 73 70 72 72
288 D Clarke (NIr) 74 69 72 73, B Grace (RSA) 73 70 70 75, J Quesne (Fra) 71 72 74 71, R Santos (Por) 70 72 71 75
289 A Levy (Fra) 74 69 69 77, E De La Riva (Esp) 70 74 72 73, T Olesen (Den) 74 70 71 74, J Donaldson (Wal) 73 70 73 73
290 S Webster (Eng) 69 73 75 73, J Singh (Ind) 69 75 74 72, P Whiteford (Sco) 74 70 73 73
291 J Jeong (Kor) 70 71 76 74, N Elvira (Esp) 72 70 74 75
292 M Carlsson (Swe) 71 71 77 73, P Casey (Eng) 72 71 73 76, G Maybin (NIr) 73 70 76 73, C Wood (Eng) 71 73 72 76, R Bland (Eng) 71 73 75 73 
293 D McGrane (Irl) 70 72 75 76
294 D Van Der Walt (RSA) 68 73 74 79
Retired: J M Olazábal (Esp) 74 70 73 ret

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CRAIG LEE CRASHES IN ABU DHABI CHAMPIONSHIP LAST ROUND

Larrazabal birdies final hole to win by one 

stroke from McIlroy and Mickelson

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Pablo Larrazabal: Third and most important victory on the European Tour

Pablo Larrazabal of Spain claimed victory in the Abu Dhabi Championship as Phil Mickelson and Rory McIlroy were left to rue their misfortune. They finished only one shot behind the winner.

Overnight leader Craig Lee from Scotland faded out of contention over the final 18 holes. He ran up a 77 for joint 10th place.

Larrazabal bravely holed from four feet for a birdie at the final hole to hold off playing partner McIlroy, who had been penalised two shots after his third round for a minor rule infringement.
Mickelson was still to play the 18th but after a disastrous 7 at the 13th, when he picked up a penalty for a double hit when playing a shot right-handed, he needed an eagle at the par-five to force a play-off.

He found the putting surface with a hybrid club but his lengthy putt never threatened the hole, leaving Larrazabal to celebrate a third victory on the European Tour.
McIlroy began the day three shots behind overnight leader Craig Lee, having vowed to get the strokes back as soon as possible on Sunday, although a birdie on the second was cancelled out by a bogey on the fifth when a wild drive hit a cart path and bounded into trouble.
Birdies at the seventh and eighth took him to 11 under par and briefly into a share of the lead, but Mickelson had also birdied the second and recovered from a wayward drive on the eighth to make another.
At 12 under par, the Open champion led by one from McIlroy and Larrazabal, with Lee playing himself out of contention with bogeys at the fourth and fifth.
McIlroy looked to have squandered a birdie chance on the par-five 10th with a poor pitch that only just crept over a greenside bunker, but holed from 20ft to join Mickelson and South African George Coetzee in the lead.
Coetzee had gone to the turn in 33 and then rolled in a hat-trick of birdies from the 11th to wipe out his six-shot deficit at the start of the day.
Mickelson reclaimed the outright lead with a birdie on the 10th, but then imploded in spectacular fashion on the 13th.
After his drive finished underneath a bush, Mickelson declined to take a penalty drop and attempted to play the shot right-handed, but saw the ball hit a branch and rebound back onto his club.
That 'double hit' still left the ball in trouble and led to another right-handed escape shot, after which the 43-year-old found the green with his fifth shot and two-putted for a triple-bogey 7.
Back to 10 under par, Mickelson was now three shots off the lead held by Larrazabal, with clubhouse Coetzee and McIlroy a shot behind on 12 under.
In typical fashion Mickelson bounced straight back with a birdie on the 14th while Larrazabal narrowly missed a long birdie putt on the 16th to remain 13 under, but playing partner McIlroy (68) saved par from sand to remain just one shot behind.
Mickelson also birdied the 16th to get within a shot of Larrazabal, only for the Spaniard to hit a superb second shot on to the par-five 18th from almost 270 yards.
The eagle putt was left four feet short, but the 30-year-old held his nerve to make birdie and move to 14 under with a round of 67, leaving Mickelson needing to eagle the same hole to force a play-off.
It wasn't to be for the American, who nevertheless holed out for birdie and a share of second place after a 69.

CRAIG LEE COMES A CROPPER BUT
TIED 10th STILL A GOOD FINISH
 
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A DAY that promised so much ended in disappointment for Craig Lee. Two shots clear at the start, a closing 77 saw the Stirling man finish joint-tenth in the HSBC Abu Dhabi Championship.

He’d have taken that at the start of the week heading into his first event of 2014. It was only natural, though, that his words were tinged with disappointment as he reflected on the final outcome.
“It was just one of those days,” admitted Lee, who lost his overnight advantage after four holes, fell behind at the next and knew his race had been run after running up a double-bogey 6 at the 11th.
“I didn’t hit the ball well off the tee and around a course like that you are always going to struggle, but I also got unlucky a couple of times.”
At the short fourth, for instance, his tee shot was a foot from being perfect but trickled back down a slope, from where he hit a woeful first putt then missed the next one.
“I was also plugged in a bunker at the seventh and found a divot at the tenth,” added the 36-year-old, who had trouble picking the right club at times in a gusty wind as he finished on seven under - seven shots behind winner Pablo Larrazabal.
Two behind playing partner Phil Mickelson heading into the back nine, Lee still felt he had a chance until getting unlucky again at the par-4 11th.
“I hit a great shot out of the semi rough that came up about three inches short, falling back into a bunker, from where I thinned it and then three-putted,” he said of that hole. “That was curtains for me.”
His day was just about summed up when a four-foot putt horse-shoed out at the last to deprive him of a first birdie on the card.
The one positive experience for the man pipped in a play-off for the European Masters in Switzerland last September was playing in the same group as Open champion Mickelson.
“I was nervous heading out but excited, too, so I was feeling unbeat,” he said of that pairing. “It was great playing with Phil and watching him and his demeanour. Even after he ran up his 7 he bounced back with a couple of birdies and that’s the sign of a good player.
“I’m starting to feel a lot more comfortable out there. It’s just a case of trying to keep putting myself in that position.
“Tenth equal isn’t bad in the first event of the season, especially when you are not quite sure how rusty you are going to be coming out after the winter. If I can keep putting myself in that position, then hopefully it won’t be too long before I can get across the winning line.”
Stephen Gallacher finished as the leading Scot, two places above Lee after he signed off with a three-under 69 for eight-under.
“It was good to break 70 today as the wind was gusting and changing,” said Gallacher after a four-birdie effort. “I’m getting better and more into it and I think going to Durban (for the Volvo Champions) and playing four rounds there helped because I’ve always struggled here in the past.
“It is a culture shock straight out the blue playing this place and is it’s both long and tough.
Along with Lee, he now heads to Qatar for the Middle East Swing event there but Gallacher already has one eye on his Dubai Desert Classic title defence after that.
“It’s hard not to,” he admitted. “It will be good fun playing with both Tiger Woods and Fred Couples in the ‘Champions Challenge’ before the main event.”
Picking up some decent world ranking points will have boosted Gallacher’s hopes of qualifying for the WGC Match Play in Arizona next month.
“My first target is always trying to win every week, or trying to prepare to win,” he said. “But, if you can’t do that, then you try to finish up as high as you can to get a few ranking points and I’m done that here.”
Marc Warren had a “bit of a struggle” as he closed with a 74 - his worst effort of the week - to finish joint-37th on three-under, one ahead of Colin Montgomerie (71) and five better than Peter Whiteford (73).

LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 288 (4x72) Prizemoney in Euros
274 Pablo Larrazabal (Spain) 69 70 68 67 (328,779)
275 Rory McIlroy (N Ireland) 70 67 70 68, Phil Mickelson (USA) 73 70 63 69 (171,338 each)
276 Rafa Cabrera-Bello (Spain) 67 68 73 68, George Coetzee (S Africa) 68 70 72 66 (91,138 each)
278 Joost Luiten (Netherlands) 68 70 72 68 (69,044)

SCOTS TOTALS
280 Stephen Gallacher 70 73 68 69 (T8) (46,752)
281 Craig Lee 68 67 69 77 (T10) (31,168)
285 Marc Warren 68 73 70 74 (T37) (12,675)
286 Colin Montgomerie 73 68 71 74 (T45) (10,258)
290 Peter Whiteford 74 70 73 72 (T60) (5,326)

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FIRST NEW ZEALANDER SINCE MICHAEL CAMPBELL TO TAKE TITLE

Australian women's and men's amateur champions, Minjee Lee and Tae Koh with their trophies.

KIWI KOH WINS AUSSIE MEN'S AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

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New Zealand 19 year-old Tae Koh clinched the first major win of his amateur career on his first trip to Australia with a resounding 6 and 5 win over Western Australian Curtis Luck in the 36-hole final at the Australian men's amateur championship presented by Audi at The Grange Golf Club in Adelaide.
The Manukau Golf Club member and World No. 275 was four up  after the first 18 holes and said he was overwhelmed to clinch victory.
"It feels great obviously. Winning 6 and 5 was a pretty good effort I thought. I thought it was going to be a pretty tough match. You play pretty good players. To do it in that fashion is awesome," Koh said.
In doing so, Koh becomes the first New Zealand man to win the title since former U.S Open champion Michael Campbell did in 1992. 
Koh also earns an exemption into the Emirates Australian Open at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney later this year.
"That’s big – Michael Campbell won a major and was a great player. Hopefully I can follow in his footsteps. The Australian Open – wow. Big crowds, I’ll have to get used to that. Hopefully I get to play with some good pros and see what they do," Koh said.
Born in South Korea, Koh moved to New Zealand at the age of six and began playing golf when he was seven after caddying for his father. He stopped playing golf for four years in his early teens to pursue cricket and soccer before returning to the golf course four and half years ago.
For Luck, from Cottesloe Golf Club, it was the end of a solid week and continues his good form in 2014 following his win at the Victorian Junior Masters earlier in January.
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FRED COUPLES AND BERNHARD LANGER TIED FOR LEAD ON HAWAII

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After the  second round of the 2014 Mitsubishi Championship, Fred Couples and Bernhard Langer are tied atop the leaderboard at Kaupulehu-Kona, Hualalai, Hawaii.

Langer and Couples broke away from the field in this Champions' Tour event with birdies on the 17th.

Facing benign conditions for the 35th season opener for the Champions Tour, Langer shot an 8-under 64 to get to 14 under for the tournament. Couples caught him with his second straight 65.

Mark O'Meara was just one stroke back of the leaders. O'Meara was 7 under after seven holes and finished with a 65.

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David Frost, who lost to John Cook in a playoff here last year, pulled into contention with a 64. Frost one-putted 10 times.
Cook is two back and shares fourth with Jeff Sluman (66) and Steve Elkington (67). First-round leader Rocco Mediate was 1 over on the back nine and fell into a tie for seventh with Tom Lehman (66) at 11 under.
Langer and O'Meara tied the tournament record with 6-under 30s on the front nine. 
Langer two-putted three of the par 5s for birdies and sank a 30-footer at No. 8. His other birdie putts were inside 12 feet until he drained a 15-footer at the 17th. Couples caught him with a 20-footer on the same hole.
Couples, 54, is one of nine World Golf Hall of Fame members in the 41-player field featuring major champions from the last five years, other tournament winners in the last two seasons and sponsor invitees. Couples has won nine senior events since 2010, including the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in November. He has two top-five finishes here the last four years.
But even he doesn't have any idea of how low he will have to go to win at a pristine Hualalai Course with barely any wind.
"The scores here are crazy every year," Couples said. "To be honest, the only time I pay attention is Sunday when I'm done."
Couples had 10 top-10s in 15 starts last year. Langer hasn't finished outside the top 10 since July, but the last of his 18 senior wins came in April.
"There is definitely frustration," he said, "especially because I was leading almost every week at some point. I'm ready for more wins, hopefully."
Langer, who won his fifth money title last year, injured his thumb Thursday and had to drop out of the Pro-Am. He is 33 under in his last six rounds at Hualalai, while Couples is 31 under. 

SECOND-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 144 (2x72) Players from USA unless stated
130 Bernhard Langer (Germany) 66 64, Fred Couples 65 65
131 Mark O'Meara 66 65
132 David Frost (South Africa) 68 64, Jeff Sluman 66 66, Steve Elkington (Australia) 65 67
133 Tom Lehman 67 66, Rocco Mediate 63 70

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138 Roger Chapman (England) 67 71 (T17)

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2006 R and A Junior Open Champion spreadeagles US PGA Tour field

 

 Patrick Reed, a winner in Lancashire as a 16-year-old in 2006. Picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)

PATRICK REED FIRES THIRD STRAIGHT 63 FOR SEVEN-SHOT LEAD AT HUMANA CHALLENGE

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LA QUINTA, California -- Another perfect day in the Coachella Valley. Another another nine-under 63 for Patrick Reed to lead by seven strokes after three rounds at the Humana Challenge in partnership with the Clinton Foundation.

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Reed broke the US PGA Tour record for relation to par for the first 54 holes, finishing at 27 under Saturday to take a seven-stroke lead into the final round.
Reed birdied his final hole on PGA West's Jack Nicklaus Private Course, hitting a wedge to 2 feet on the par-4 ninth. He also had an eagle, eight birdies and a bogey.
"Any time you set a record on the PGA Tour it means you're doing something right," Reed said. "Well, a lot of things right. But at the same time it doesn't matter if you have the 54-hole lead. All that matters at the end is at the end of Sunday."
The 23-year-old Reed broke the mark of 25 under set by Gay Brewer in the 1967 Pensacola Open and matched by Ernie Els in the 2003 Tournament of Champions, Steve Stricker in the 2010 John Deere Classic and Pat Perez in the 2009 La Quinta event. Reed was one off Stricker's stroke record of 188 set on a par-71 course.
"Almost seems like I'm in a putting coma," Reed said. "The hole seems huge. It almost feels like I can't miss. It's interesting because when I do miss a putt, I get really frustrated because I almost feel like I should make it."
The Wyndham Championship winner in August, Reed opened Thursday on PGA West's Arnold Palmer Private Course and played La Quinta Country Club on Friday. 
He has played the 11 par 5s in 11 under, the 28 par 4s in 12 under and the 13 par 3s in 4 under.
Charley Hoffman and Brendon Todd were tied for second. Hoffman, the 2007 winner, had a 66 on the Palmer course -- the site of the final round. Todd shot 68 at La Quinta.
"I wish I was a little closer than seven," Hoffman said. "The weather's been perfect, greens are perfect. The scores and birdies are out there."
Reed's seven-stroke margin is the largest entering the final round in event history, a stroke more than Rik Massengale took into his 1977 victory. David Duval overcame a seven-stroke deficit to win in 1999, closing with a 59 on the Palmer course. Last year, Brian Gay began the last day six strokes behind and ended up winning in a play-off.
"He's obviously playing really, really well, but if you go out there, I mean, I shot 9 under there yesterday," Todd said. 
"If you go out there with the same mentality, trying to play as well as you can, you get hot early, put a little pressure on him, there's plenty of opportunities for him to make bogey."
Reed eagled the par-5 16th on his first nine, hitting a 5-iron from 212 yards to 3 feet. Using his 50-degree wedge -- the club he hit close on the final hole -- on the par-4 sixth, he nearly holed a 125-yard approach, with the ball spinning back by the cup.
"It was basically the same shot," he said. "The only difference is I didn't spin it as much on the last hole."
He made a 15-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the par-3 seventh, and then missed a birdie chance on the par-5 eighth when his approach went left into greenside rough.
"Only had a three-quarter 6-iron in my hand," Reed said. "There are shots out there I could have had. But, at the same time, it's another 63."
Reed's wife, Justine, is pregnant with their first child, forcing her to turn over caddieing duties to her brother, Kessler Karain. She has walked every hole this year and plans to caddie again after the baby arrives around Memorial Day.
"They're brother and sister and they act in their demeanours so much the same," Reed said. "I'm happy she's outside the ropes right now, because she's carrying my little girl."
If Reed comes over to Britain for the Open at Hoylake in July, he will be revisiting Lancashire where he won the R and A Junior Open at Heswall in 2006.
After helping Augusta State win NCAA titles in 2010 and 2011, Reed drew attention in 2012 when he successfully Monday-qualified for six events and made 12 starts.
"I'm going to treat tomorrow as if it's Monday qualifier," Reed said. "Eighteen-hole shootout, everybody's tied at even par."
The former Baton Rouge, Louisiana high school champion earned his US Tour card in December 2012, surviving six rounds of Q-School at PGA West, the same venue as that being used for the Humana Challenge.
"I was like 130-something place after two rounds and shot 18 under the last four rounds to get in," Reed said. "That was probably the most nervous 3-footer I ever had in my life on the last hole for par."
Reed played alongside Tommy Gainey the first three days of the current tournament. Gainey shot 74-74-74 to tie for 150th among the 155 finishers -- 33 strokes behind his playing partner.
"If I'm Patrick Reed, I'm going to buy some lottery tickets," Gainey said. "He's just hitting it too good and making everything he looks at. When you have that combination, nobody's going to beat you."
Scots Russell Knox and Martin Laird are on 202 and 203 respectively after 54 holes.
Knox had an eagle 3 at the eighth and birdies at the fourth, seventh, 12th, 15th and 17th in a Saturday 67 which left him in T18 position. He bogeyed the 13th and 14th.
Laird had six birdies and two bogeys in a 68 for a share of 25th place.

THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
    Par 216 (3x72) Players from USA unless stated
189 Patrick Reed 63 63 63
196 Charley Hoffman 64 66 66, Brendon Todd 65 63 68
197 James Driscoll 68 63 66
198 Bill Haas 65 66 67, Justin Leonard 66 67 65
199 Ryan Palmer 64 65 70, Matt Jones (Australia) 66 67 66

SELECTED TOTALS
202 Russell Knox (Scotland) 65 70 67 (T18)
203 Martin Laird (Scotland) 69 66 68 (T25)
206 Brian Davis (England) 69 71 66 (T54)

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