News from weather-hit St Louis, Missouri
Jim Furyk leads but
Martin Laird
nosedives
American Ryder Cup player Jim Furyk produced a stunning day of golf to claim the clubhouse lead at the weather-hit BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club, St Louis, Missouri.
Meanwhile Glasgow's Martin Laird, pictured above, came to the end of his glory run over the past few weeks with a six-over-par 76 for five-over-par 215.
American Ryder Cup player Jim Furyk produced a stunning day of golf to claim the clubhouse lead at the weather-hit BMW Championship at Bellerive Country Club, St Louis, Missouri.
Meanwhile Glasgow's Martin Laird, pictured above, came to the end of his glory run over the past few weeks with a six-over-par 76 for five-over-par 215.
And another player to come down from even loftier heights was Vijay Singh. After two wins in a row, the Fijian has scored 70, 70 and 71 for 211.
Furyk displayed more than an occasional flash of brilliance to shoot a course-record eight-under-par 62 in the second round at the BMW Championship on Saturday morning before he went out and followed it up with a third-round 66, earning a share of the lead with Colombian Camilo Villegas at 12-under-par.
"I tried to pace myself all day, knowing we were going to be out there for 36 holes," Furyk said.
Villegas, who was among 23 players unable to complete the third round, negotiated 13 holes before play was halted for the day in fading light.
Brian Gay sits two strokes back with three holes to play, with Anthony Kim a shot further back with one hole to negotiate when play resumes on Sunday morning.
Sergio Garcia headed a disappointing European contingent seven strokes off the pace after a 69.
The highlight of his day was a hole-in-one at the third hole during the second round when the Spaniard used a five-iron from 205 yards to record the first ace of his professional career.
Irishman Padraig Harrington was near the tail of the field, 14 strokes behind after a 72 that included only one birdie.
Officials had hoped to complete two rounds on Saturday to make up for Thursday's wash-out, but a 90-minute morning fog delay halted proceedings.
THIRD-ROUND COMPLETED TOTALS
"I tried to pace myself all day, knowing we were going to be out there for 36 holes," Furyk said.
Villegas, who was among 23 players unable to complete the third round, negotiated 13 holes before play was halted for the day in fading light.
Brian Gay sits two strokes back with three holes to play, with Anthony Kim a shot further back with one hole to negotiate when play resumes on Sunday morning.
Sergio Garcia headed a disappointing European contingent seven strokes off the pace after a 69.
The highlight of his day was a hole-in-one at the third hole during the second round when the Spaniard used a five-iron from 205 yards to record the first ace of his professional career.
Irishman Padraig Harrington was near the tail of the field, 14 strokes behind after a 72 that included only one birdie.
Officials had hoped to complete two rounds on Saturday to make up for Thursday's wash-out, but a 90-minute morning fog delay halted proceedings.
THIRD-ROUND COMPLETED TOTALS
Par 210 (3 x 70)
198 J Furyk 70 62 66.
202 K J Choi 70 68 64, D J Traham 71 63 68.
203 S Ames 68 69 66.
204 A Cabrera 69 69 66, J Leonard 69 6968, H Mahan 69 67 78, T Armour 71 64 69.
205 S Garcia 68 68 69, L Glover 68 6869, R Sabbatini 72 66 67.
Other completed 54-hole totals included:
209 A Scott 69 71 69.
211 VJ Singh 70 70 71.
212 P Harrington 69 71 72.
215 M Laird 69 70 76.
LEADING UNFINISHED THIRD ROUND POSITIONS
(Furyk leads in clubhouse at -12)
C Villegas -12 after 13 holes.
B Gay -10 after 15 holes.
A Kim -9 after 17 holes.
Labels: US PGA TOUR, US PRO TOUR
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