Date: April 20, 2008
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Baddeley has Boo in sight

A second straight round of 67 has Australian Aaron Baddeley within reach of leader Boo Weekley at the final turn of the Verizon Heritage. Baddeley registered four-under-par to move to 10-under-par for the tournament, five strokes adrift of Weekley in a tie for third. Weekley (65) heads a leaderboard with a heavy American flavour; he and eight compatriots fill nine of the first 10 places. Anthony Kim (67) is second, three off Weekley&aposs pace, while Jim Furyk (68) and Stewart Cink (70) will need big rounds to haul in the frontrunner from eight-under-par. Baddeley&aposs round got going at the 2nd with a birdie, but he gave that straight back with bogey at the 3rd. From there, however, he was flawless. Four birdies, including a pair at the 8th and 9th, shot him up from seventh when he started his moving day round. Of the remaining Australians in the field, Matthew Goggin (70) and Robert Allenby (71) are next best, locked in a share of 10th place at six-under-par. Nathan Green (69) is two-under-par and back in 44th place, while John Senden (72), Nick Flanagan (74), Peter Lonard (74) and Matt Jones (76) had days they&aposd rather forget. Third Round of the Verizon Heritage (Par 71): -15: Boo Weekley 69 64 65 -12: Anthony Kim 67 67 67 -10: Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 69 67 67, Jason Bohn 70 66 67, Cliff Kresge 69 66 68 -9: Jim Furyk 68 68 68 -8: Lucas Glover 66 66 73, Stewart Cink 67 68 70 -7: Davis Love III 66 71 69 -6: Charles Howell III 67 71 69, Mathew Goggin (Australia) 70 67 70, Robert Allenby (Australia) 70 66 71, Nick Dougherty 67 70 70 -5: Shane Bertsch 71 71 66, Ken Duke 68 69 71, Tim Wilkinson (New Zealand) 68 69 71, Jonathon Byrd 69 67 72 -4: Matt Kuchar 71 70 68, Billy Andrade 69 72 68, Tim Clark 70 70 69, Camilo Villegas 67 71 71, John Rollins 67 71 71, Justin Leonard 66 71 72, Marc Turnesa 69 67 73, Jay Williamson 67 69 73, Stephen Ames 71 64 74 Also: -1: Nathan Green (Australia) 74 69 69 E: John Senden (Australia) 74 67 72 +1: Peter Lonard (Australia) 68 72 74 +4: Nick Flanagan (Australia) 73 70 74 +7: Matt Jones (Australia) 74 69 77