Luke Donald's pursuit of golfing track record was stalled on Saturday as he remained 5 away the pace arranged by Justin Leonard and Kevin Chappell using the US PGA Tour's Disney world event.
Donald, the world No.1 from England, started out the event searching for to take place to be the earliest participant to acquire the two the US and European tour bucks titles using the identical season.
He arrived in trailing American Webb Simpson using the US standings, and his third-round 70 - which integrated a double-bogey in the par-five 14th - gave Simpson even much more breathing room. They have been just one shot in entrance of 21-year-old South Korean Bi-o Kim, who can safe his PGA Tour card for following yr if he finishes no even worse than a two-way tie for second.
Nick O'Hern is just one of the finest positioned Australian, just one shot at the rear of Kim proper after carding a 70. Donald's duel with Simpson for that US bucks name was the principal concentrate in the week, using the Englishman coming to the event trailing Simpson by $363,029.
"We're the two wanting to hold out our finest and see if we are able to acquire the golfing tournament," mentioned Simpson, a two-time winner inside the tour this season. "There's been merely a little additional stress but I think we've the two handled it OK."
With 4 birdies in his earliest twelve holes, Donald was tied for fourth when he arrived in the 14th tee, three shots away the guide and three in entrance of Simpson. By the time he'd strike to the consuming water and three-putted for just about any double-bogey he was 6 shots away the pace and tied with Simpson.
The American finished using a 69 for 206, just one shot forward of Donald and now the favored to think about the buck's title. "I'm merely a little much more self-confident than I experienced been two several hours ago," mentioned Simpson, who experienced 4 birdies inside the back again nine in the Magnolia Course.
"It was decent to carry out with four-under inside the back," Simpson said. "I knew we have been actively playing well. We just made a few mistakes we hadn't made critically this few days at all, also it worth me a few shots. But other than that, it experienced been a relatively decent day."
Donald's three-putt from 34 ft at 14 ended a remarkable work of 483 holes devoid of a three-putt. "Yesterday I strike a dozen critically bad shots, shot 71 and nowadays I strike two critically bad shots, but regrettably they worth me and practically shot the identical score," Donald said.
Donald, the world No.1 from England, started out the event searching for to take place to be the earliest participant to acquire the two the US and European tour bucks titles using the identical season.
He arrived in trailing American Webb Simpson using the US standings, and his third-round 70 - which integrated a double-bogey in the par-five 14th - gave Simpson even much more breathing room. They have been just one shot in entrance of 21-year-old South Korean Bi-o Kim, who can safe his PGA Tour card for following yr if he finishes no even worse than a two-way tie for second.
Nick O'Hern is just one of the finest positioned Australian, just one shot at the rear of Kim proper after carding a 70. Donald's duel with Simpson for that US bucks name was the principal concentrate in the week, using the Englishman coming to the event trailing Simpson by $363,029.
"We're the two wanting to hold out our finest and see if we are able to acquire the golfing tournament," mentioned Simpson, a two-time winner inside the tour this season. "There's been merely a little additional stress but I think we've the two handled it OK."
With 4 birdies in his earliest twelve holes, Donald was tied for fourth when he arrived in the 14th tee, three shots away the guide and three in entrance of Simpson. By the time he'd strike to the consuming water and three-putted for just about any double-bogey he was 6 shots away the pace and tied with Simpson.
The American finished using a 69 for 206, just one shot forward of Donald and now the favored to think about the buck's title. "I'm merely a little much more self-confident than I experienced been two several hours ago," mentioned Simpson, who experienced 4 birdies inside the back again nine in the Magnolia Course.
"It was decent to carry out with four-under inside the back," Simpson said. "I knew we have been actively playing well. We just made a few mistakes we hadn't made critically this few days at all, also it worth me a few shots. But other than that, it experienced been a relatively decent day."
Donald's three-putt from 34 ft at 14 ended a remarkable work of 483 holes devoid of a three-putt. "Yesterday I strike a dozen critically bad shots, shot 71 and nowadays I strike two critically bad shots, but regrettably they worth me and practically shot the identical score," Donald said.
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