BMW Championship: Paul Casey three shots behind leader Dustin Johnson

FROM BBCSPORTS.COM

Paul Casey (left) is searching for just his second US PGA Tour title

England's Paul Casey is second, three shots behind leader Dustin Johnson, after three rounds of the BMW Championship in Carmel, Indiana. Casey, 39, shot a four-under-par 68 after birdies on the fifth, ninth, 15th and 16th to stay in contention for a potential first win of the season. US Open champion Johnson is on 18 under overall, with Casey on 15 under. Scotland's Russell Knox is tied 12th on seven under and England's Luke Donald is two shots further back in tied 26th. Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell both shot rounds of one-over to drop 16 places to joint 35th on three under. Johnson, the 2010 champion, had carded a course record nine-under-par 63 for the overnight lead on Friday and followed that with a 68, while Casey did not drop a shot in his round.
LEADERBOARD PAR 216 (3x72)
1 -- Dustin Johnson 67 63 68 -- 198 2 Paul Casey 66 68 -- 201 3 J.B. Holmes 69 65 68 -- 202 4 Roberto Castro 65 65 74 -- 204 T5 Adam Scott 69 69 67 -- 205 T5 Matt Kuchar 68 69 68 -- 205 7 Ryan Palmer 73 64 69 -- 206 8 Chris Kirk 68 66 73 -- 207 T9 Billy Horschel 73 68 67 -- 208 T9 Jordan Spieth 68 72 68 -- 208 T9 Hideki Matsuyama 68 71 69 -- 208 T12 Russell Knox 71 69 69 -- 209 T12 William McGirt -7 F -3 67 73 69 -- 209 T12 2 Brian Harman -7 F -1 66 72 71 -- 209 T12 2 Daniel Berger -7 F -1 70 68 71 -- 209 T12 6 Kevin Na -7 F E 69 68 72 -- 209 T17 18 Jamie Lovemark -6 F -3 72 69 69 -- 210 T17 2 James Hahn -6 F -2 69 71 70 -- 210 36 39 3 T17 3 Si Woo Kim -6 F -1 71 68 71 -- 210 19 18 1 T17 7 Bubba Watson -6 F E 71 67 72 -- 210 24 27 3 T21 2 Jon Curran -5 F -1 69 71 71 -- 211 60 69 9 T21 14 Jhonattan Vegas -5 F* -2 69 72 70 -- 211 27 29 2 T21 2 Patrick Reed -5 F -1 70 70 71 -- 211 2 1 1 T21 2 Jason Day -5 F -1 73 67 71 -- 211 3 2 1 T21 7 Jason Kokrak -5 F E 69 70 72 -- 211 31 34 3 T26 9 Smylie Kaufman -4 F* -1 70 71 71 -- 212 33 33 -- T26 9 Phil Mickelson -4 F* -1 68 73 71 -- 212 14 15 1 T26 7 David Hearn -4 F E 67 73 72 -- 212 56 59 3 T26 9 Vaughn Taylor -4 F* -1 71 70 71 -- 212 59 64 5 T26 Luke Donald 69 73 70 -- 212 T26 7 Jim Herman -4 F E 69 71 72 -- 212 41 41 -- T26 7 Charl Schwartzel -4 F E 70 70 72 -- 212 44 43 1 T26 25 Brandt Snedeker -4 F* -3 72 71 69 -- 212 11 11 -- T26 31 Bill Haas -4 F* -5 73 72 67 -- 212 46 46 -- T35 -- Emiliano Grillo -3 F* E 73 68 72 -- 213 9 8 1 T35 16 Rory McIlroy -3 F 1 68 72 73 -- 213 6 4 2 T35 16 Graeme McDowell -3 F 1 73 67 73 -- 213 48 45 3 T35 16 Branden Grace -3 F* -2 73 70 70 -- 213 39 37 2 T35 16 Jimmy Walker -3 F* -2 74 69 70 -- 213 10 9 1 T35 29 Sergio Garcia -3 F 4 69 68 76 -- 213 28 25 3 T41 3 Zach Johnson -2 F* E 73 69 72 -- 214 58 56 2 T41 3 Billy Hurley III -2 F* E 70 72 72 -- 214 55 51 4 T41 22 Louis Oosthuizen -2 F 2 71 69 74 -- 214 43 40 3 T41 10 Scott Piercy -2 F* -1 73 70 71 -- 214 40 35 5 T41 27 Jason Dufner -2 F 3 67 72 75 -- 214 23 19 4 T41 15 Justin Rose -2 F* -2 74 70 70 -- 214 54 50 4 T41 16 Hudson Swafford -2 F* -3 73 72 69 -- 214 61 61 -- T48 13 Sean O'Hair -1 F* 2 75 66 74 -- 215 25 20 5 T48 29 Charley Hoffman -1 F 3 69 71 75 -- 215 42 36 6 T48 4 Justin Thomas -1 F* 1 71 71 73 -- 215 17 14 3 T48 29 Harris English -1 F 3 71 69 75 -- 215 49 44 5 T48 9 Kyle Reifers -1 F* -2 73 72 70 -- 215 62 58 4 T48 34 Fabian Gomez -1 F 4 68 71 76 -- 215 38 32 6 T48 9 Gary Woodland -1 F* -2 71 74 70 -- 215 26 21 5 T55 36 Brooks Koepka E F 4 68 72 76 -- 216 37 30 7 T55 11 Kevin Streelman E F* 2 72 70 74 -- 216 65 63 2 T55 11 Aaron Baddeley E F* 2 71 71 74 -- 216 67 67 -- T55 8 Kevin Chappell E F* -2 75 71 70 -- 216 15 13 2 T59 8 Kevin Kisner 1 F* 2 70 73 74 -- 217 21 17 4 T59 4 Rickie Fowler 1 F* -1 75 71 71 -- 217 30 22 8 T59 7 Tony Finau 1 F* -2 75 72 70 -- 217 45 38 7 T62 5 Brian Stuard 2 F* 1 75 70 73 -- 218 63 52 11 T62 4 Ryan Moore 2 F* -1 73 74 71 -- 218 16 12 4 T64 29 Charles Howell III 3 F 6 69 72 78 -- 219 53 48 5 T64 7 David Lingmerth 3 F* 2 75 70 74 -- 219 68 65 3 66 3 Marc Leishman 4 F* -1 74 75 71 -- 220 70 70 -- 67 23 Brendan Steele 5 F* 7 72 70 79 -- 221 64 54 10 T68 5 Daniel Summerhays 6 F* 4 77 69 76 -- 222 66 55 11 T68 -- Ben Martin 6 F* 2 75 73 74 -- 222 69 68 1