Camilo Villegas separated himself from the Honda Classic field with a third round 67 on the PGA National Champion Course, opening up a three shot lead over Vijay Singh and Nathan Green.
Villegas started to pull away quickly with four birdies in the first nine holes. The back nine was not as smooth as the Colombian made bogeys on the 10th, 12th and 14th holes with birdies at the 11th and 16th holes. Another solid round on Sunday will have Villegas raising his first trophy of the year.
But, Singh and Green still have fighting chances. Singh shot 69 to keep pace with Villegas, while Green carded a 67 to move into a tie with Singh. George McNeill and Matt Every are five shots back at six-under par. Anthony Kim, who shared the lead with Villegas at the start of the day, shot 73 to fall into a tie for eighth place. Kim finished with three straight bogeys, totaling four on the day. He also had a double-bogey on the sixth hole and three birdies. Michael Connell is tied with Kim at five-under par. J. B. Holmes was the big mover of the day, climbing 21 spots to tie for eighth place at four-under par. He is in eighth place with Graeme McDowell. Paul Casey is tied for 10th with Chris Tidland, Charlie Wi, Sam Saunders and Fredrik Jacobson.
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amilo Villegas separated himself from the Honda Classic field with a third round 67 on the PGA National Champion Course, opening up a three shot lead over Vijay Singh and Nathan Green.
Villegas started to pull away quickly with four birdies in the first nine holes. The back nine was not as smooth as the Colombian made bogeys on the 10th, 12th and 14th holes with birdies at the 11th and 16th holes. Another solid round on Sunday will have Villegas raising his first trophy of the year.
But, Singh and Green still have fighting chances. Singh shot 69 to keep pace with Villegas, while Green carded a 67 to move into a tie with Singh. George McNeill and Matt Every are five shots back at six-under par. Anthony Kim, who shared the lead with Villegas at the start of the day, shot 73 to fall into a tie for eighth place. Kim finished with three straight bogeys, totaling four on the day. He also had a double-bogey on the sixth hole and three birdies. Michael Connell is tied with Kim at five-under par. J. B. Holmes was the big mover of the day, climbing 21 spots to tie for eighth place at four-under par. He is in eighth place with Graeme McDowell. Paul Casey is tied for 10th with Chris Tidland, Charlie Wi, Sam Saunders and Fredrik Jacobson.