Day seizes PGA lead, Woods T- 31
Miami, May 6: Australia’s Jason Day, seeking his 12th career US PGA title and second of the year, fired a four- under par 67 to grab a two- shot lead after Saturday’s third round of the Wells Fargo Championship.
Day, who captured his lone major crown at the 2015 PGA Championship, stood on 10- under 203 after 54 holes at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina.
On the same course where he contended before faltering late in last year’s PGA Championship, the 30- year- old Aussie will play in the final duo with American Nick Watney, who shot 66 to stand on 205 in quest of his first US PGA title in six years.
“If I can hit a lot more greens and get the proxmitiy closer, I feel like I could, not run away from it, but do prettty well if I can make the putts,” Day said.
England’s Paul Casey was in a pack sharing third on 206 that included Americans Aaron Wise, Bryson DeChambeau and Peter Uihlein, whose 62 Saturday was one off Rory McIlroy’s course record.
Five- time major winner Phil Mickelson fired a 64 to stand 10th on 208, one stroke behind South African Charl Schwartzel and Americans Johnson Wagner and Sam Saunders.
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Tiger Woods fired a 68 to share 31st on 214, the 14time major champion fighting to contend in his first event since the Masters in his comeback after missing most of two years with severe back pain.
“I changed my ( putting) stroke a little bit. I was so close to about 7- under on that back nine,” Woods said. “It was one of those rounds. I could easily have shot 7- under par and ended up at 3, which is a good number but disappointing, too.”
“I feel like I’m hitting the ball well enough and I’m trending in the right direction for next week.”
That’s when Woods challenges the tour’s top talent at the Players Championship.