Cadillac World Championship
IT'S ELEMENTARY FOR HOLMES! ACE ON WAY
TO FIVE-STROKE LEAD AFTER THIRD ROUND
FROM SKY SPORTS.COM
Four late birdies extended Holmes' advantage, while world No 1 Rory McIlory sits ten strokes back after another up-and-down round
Firm favourite
Holmes opened by three-putting the first from just five feet, before holing the fourth to move to ten-under. The world No 41 dropped a second shot on the seventh by duffing a chip after over-hitting his approach shot over the green, with a missed putt from eight-feet seeing Holmes also bogey the 12th.
With the American’s lead back down to three, Holmes responded by firing four successive gains from the 14th to the 17th to move six clear, although a wayward tee-shot in to trees at the 18th and a 25-foot par putt running over the edge of the cup saw him finish with a dropped stroke.
Johnson followed his ace with further gains on the fifth and eighth on his way to a three-under 69 and a share of second with compatriot Bubba Watson.
"I can't worry about what J.B. is doing," Watson said, who holed a bunker shot from behind the 18th green for birdie. "This golf course is hard enough as it is. If I start worrying about other people, I'm going to lose it."
An eagle at the par-four 16th keeps Ryan Moore within six of the lead, while Sweden's Henrik Stenson leads the European challenge a further shot back alongside former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen.
Adam Scott, who had surged into the mix after two rounds, dropped out of the picture again by carding a bogey-filled third round 75 with a double-bogey at the last to move tied-eighth alongside Sergio Garcia, Webb Simpson and Lee Westwood - who posted six birdies and four dropped shots in his 50th WGC event.
"I think 70 is a pretty good score," Westwood told Sky Sports 4. "I made a couple of mistakes out there. I hit a lot of good shots though and didn't get rewarded for some of them.
"I'm trying to keep myself in shape at the moment. I'm 42 in a couple of months but I still really feel fit and fresh and mentally sharp and keen to keep playing.
"As long as I am enjoying getting out of bed and practising and working on my game there's no reason I shouldn't carry on."
A day after apologising for throwing a club into a lake - it was later recovered by a scuba diver, McIlroy shot four birdies and as many bogeys in a third round level 72.
McIlroy got off to a good start and moved within five of the lead after birdies at the third and seventh, but hit his tee-shot at the eighth behind a tree and saw his third shot stop inches short of the water in the first to back-to-back bogeys.
A gain at the 11th was followed by two further dropped shots on the 13th and 14th, although the Northern Irishman’s chip from the bunker at the 16th to within three-feet of the cup set up a birdie putt.
Watch the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship live on Sunday from 5.30pm on Sky Sports 4
ALL THE THIRD ROUND SCORES
par 216 (3x72)
TO FIVE-STROKE LEAD AFTER THIRD ROUND
FROM SKY SPORTS.COM
If anyone still had any doubt that this is J B Holmes' week to score a first victory on the US PGA Tour, it must have evaporated when he fired a hole-in-one on his way to a
two-under third round 70, to take a five shot lead in to the final day
of the WGC-Cadillac Championship at Doral's Blue Monster course which he reduced to 62 shots on the opening day.
Holmes holed the 207-yard par-three fourth with a seven-iron,
seeing his tee-shot land 20ft short of the pin and roll perfectly in
to the cup, just two groups after Dustin Johnson nailed an almost
identical shot at the same hole. Four late birdies extended Holmes' advantage, while world No 1 Rory McIlory sits ten strokes back after another up-and-down round
Third round leaders
-11 J.B Holmes (USA)
-6 Dustin Johnson (USA)
-6 Bubba Watson (USA)
-5 Ryan Moore (USA)
-4 Bill Haas (USA)
-4 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)
-4 Henrik Stenson (Swe)
Selected Others
-3 Lee Westwood (Eng)
-3 Sergio Garcia (Esp)
-1 Patrick Reed (USA)
-1 Rory McIlroy (Nir)
-6 Dustin Johnson (USA)
-6 Bubba Watson (USA)
-5 Ryan Moore (USA)
-4 Bill Haas (USA)
-4 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa)
-4 Henrik Stenson (Swe)
Selected Others
-3 Lee Westwood (Eng)
-3 Sergio Garcia (Esp)
-1 Patrick Reed (USA)
-1 Rory McIlroy (Nir)
Holmes opened by three-putting the first from just five feet, before holing the fourth to move to ten-under. The world No 41 dropped a second shot on the seventh by duffing a chip after over-hitting his approach shot over the green, with a missed putt from eight-feet seeing Holmes also bogey the 12th.
With the American’s lead back down to three, Holmes responded by firing four successive gains from the 14th to the 17th to move six clear, although a wayward tee-shot in to trees at the 18th and a 25-foot par putt running over the edge of the cup saw him finish with a dropped stroke.
Johnson followed his ace with further gains on the fifth and eighth on his way to a three-under 69 and a share of second with compatriot Bubba Watson.
"I can't worry about what J.B. is doing," Watson said, who holed a bunker shot from behind the 18th green for birdie. "This golf course is hard enough as it is. If I start worrying about other people, I'm going to lose it."
An eagle at the par-four 16th keeps Ryan Moore within six of the lead, while Sweden's Henrik Stenson leads the European challenge a further shot back alongside former Open champion Louis Oosthuizen.
Adam Scott, who had surged into the mix after two rounds, dropped out of the picture again by carding a bogey-filled third round 75 with a double-bogey at the last to move tied-eighth alongside Sergio Garcia, Webb Simpson and Lee Westwood - who posted six birdies and four dropped shots in his 50th WGC event.
"I think 70 is a pretty good score," Westwood told Sky Sports 4. "I made a couple of mistakes out there. I hit a lot of good shots though and didn't get rewarded for some of them.
"I'm trying to keep myself in shape at the moment. I'm 42 in a couple of months but I still really feel fit and fresh and mentally sharp and keen to keep playing.
"As long as I am enjoying getting out of bed and practising and working on my game there's no reason I shouldn't carry on."
A day after apologising for throwing a club into a lake - it was later recovered by a scuba diver, McIlroy shot four birdies and as many bogeys in a third round level 72.
McIlroy got off to a good start and moved within five of the lead after birdies at the third and seventh, but hit his tee-shot at the eighth behind a tree and saw his third shot stop inches short of the water in the first to back-to-back bogeys.
A gain at the 11th was followed by two further dropped shots on the 13th and 14th, although the Northern Irishman’s chip from the bunker at the 16th to within three-feet of the cup set up a birdie putt.
Watch the final round of the WGC-Cadillac Championship live on Sunday from 5.30pm on Sky Sports 4
ALL THE THIRD ROUND SCORES
par 216 (3x72)
1 | J.B. Holmes | 62 | 73 | 70 | 205 | ||||
T2 | Bubba Watson | 71 | 69 | 70 | 210 | ||||
T2 | Dustin Johnson | 68 | 73 | 69 | 210 | ||||
4 | Ryan Moore | 66 | 71 | 74 | 211 | ||||
T5 | Henrik Stenson | 69 | 71 | 72 | 212 | ||||
T5 | Bill Haas | 74 | 73 | 65 | 212 | ||||
T5 | Louis Oosthuizen | 71 | 74 | 67 | 212 | ||||
T8 | Adam Scott | 70 | 68 | 75 | 213 | ||||
T8 | Sergio Garcia | 73 | 69 | 71 | 213 | ||||
T8 | Webb Simpson | 74 | 69 | 70 | 213 | ||||
T8 | Lee Westwood | 71 | 72 | 70 | 213 | ||||
T12 | Ryan Palmer | 71 | 70 | 74 | 215 | ||||
T12 | Morgan Hoffmann | 73 | 71 | 71 | 215 | ||||
T12 | Rory McIlroy | 73 | 70 | 72 | 215 | ||||
T12 | Victor Dubuisson | 72 | 73 | 70 | 215 | ||||
T12 | Patrick Reed | 71 | 73 | 71 | 215 | ||||
T12 | Shane Lowry | 71 | 74 | 70 | 215 | ||||
T18 | Brooks Koepka | 69 | 74 | 73 | 216 | ||||
T18 | Rickie Fowler | 68 | 77 | 71 | 216 | ||||
T18 | Charley Hoffman | 70 | 74 | 72 | 216 | ||||
T18 | Kevin Na | 74 | 71 | 71 | 216 | ||||
T22 | John Senden | 73 | 70 | 74 | 217 | ||||
T22 | Jordan Spieth | 75 | 69 | 73 | 217 | ||||
T22 | Brendon Todd | 72 | 73 | 72 | 217 | ||||
T22 | Jimmy Walker | 71 | 76 | 70 | 217 | ||||
T22 | Brandt Snedeker | 74 | 73 | 70 | 217 | ||||
T22 | Marc Warren | 73 | 75 | 69 | 217 | ||||
T22 | Mikko Ilonen | 78 | 72 | 67 | 217 | ||||
T29 | Jamie Donaldson | 70 | 72 | 76 | 218 | ||||
T29 | Martin Kaymer | 71 | 76 | 71 | 218 | ||||
T29 | Charl Schwartzel | 71 | 72 | 75 | 218 | ||||
T29 | Ross Fisher | 78 | 71 | 69 | 218 | ||||
T29 | Matt Kuchar | 73 | 75 | 70 | 218 | ||||
T34 | Jim Furyk | 70 | 73 | 76 | 219 | ||||
T34 | Sang-Moon Bae | 75 | 71 | 73 | 219 | ||||
T34 | Cameron Tringale | 73 | 74 | 72 | 219 | ||||
T34 | Thomas Aiken | 78 | 69 | 72 | 219 | ||||
T34 | Bernd Wiesberger | 74 | 74 | 71 | 219 | ||||
T34 | Phil Mickelson | 74 | 74 | 71 | 219 | ||||
T40 | Alexander Levy | 68 | 73 | 79 | 220 | ||||
T40 | Justin Rose | 73 | 74 | 73 | 220 | ||||
T40 | Gary Woodland | 70 | 74 | 76 | 220 | ||||
T40 | Paul Casey | 75 | 73 | 72 | 220 | ||||
T40 | Russell Henley | 74 | 74 | 72 | 220 | ||||
T40 | Hideki Matsuyama | 76 | 72 | 72 | 220 | ||||
T40 | Danny Willett | 73 | 76 | 71 | 220 | ||||
T40 | Jason Day | 76 | 74 | 70 | 220 | ||||
T48 | Graeme McDowell | 73 | 73 | 75 | 221 | ||||
T48 | Branden Grace | 75 | 74 | 72 | 221 | ||||
T48 | Joost Luiten | 79 | 69 | 73 | 221 | ||||
T48 | Jason Dufner | 79 | 71 | 71 | 221 | ||||
T52 | Keegan Bradley | 73 | 74 | 75 | 222 | ||||
T52 | Billy Horschel | 72 | 75 | 75 | 222 | ||||
T52 | Luke Donald | 72 | 76 | 74 | 222 | ||||
T52 | Zach Johnson | 76 | 73 | 73 | 222 | ||||
T52 | Greg Chalmers | 77 | 72 | 73 | 222 | ||||
T57 | David Lipsky | 74 | 73 | 76 | 223 | ||||
T57 | Ian Poulter | 74 | 78 | 71 | 223 | ||||
T57 | Danie Van Tonder | 74 | 74 | 75 | 223 | ||||
T60 | Alexander Noren | 73 | 77 | 74 | 224 | ||||
T60 | Geoff Ogilvy | 74 | 76 | 74 | 224 | ||||
T60 | Robert Streb | 72 | 80 | 72 | 224 | ||||
T63 | Koumei Oda | 74 | 78 | 73 | 225 | ||||
T63 | Marcel Siem | 78 | 72 | 75 | 225 | ||||
65 | Chris Kirk | 76 | 77 | 73 | 226 | ||||
T66 | Steven Jeffress | 75 | 74 | 78 | 227 | ||||
T66 | Tommy Fleetwood | 77 | 77 | 73 | 227 | ||||
68 | Hunter Mahan | 75 | 79 | 74 | 228 | ||||
69 | Thongchai Jaidee | 80 | 73 | 76 | 229 | ||||
70 | Anirban Lahiri | 80 | 76 | 74 | 230 | ||||
71 | Gary Stal | 75 | 79 | 77 | 231 | ||||
72 | Stephen Gallacher | 84 | 72 | 78 | 234 | ||||
73 | Hiroyuki Fujita | 75 | 83 | 78 | 236 | ||||
WD | Thomas Bjorn | WD | WD | WD |
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