Date: February 11, 2007
Author: Sportal

Badds cards a 71

World No.6 Phil Mickelson and fellow American Kevin Sutherland head into the final round of the AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am sharing a one-stroke lead, while Australian Aaron Baddeley is on track for a top-10 finish following his PGA Tour win last week. Mickelson carded a two-under par 70 on the Spyglass Hill layout – one of three courses used on the first three days of the event – to be 14-under after opening with rounds of 65 and 67. He is joined atop the leaderboard by Sutherland, who added a 67 at Poppy Hills in the third round to his 72-63 opening efforts. The pair leads compatriot John Mallinger while former US Open champion Corey Pavin and Davis Love III are a further four strokes back in a share of fourth. Second-round leader Jim Furyk is part of a quartet of Americans who enter the final round, which will be played by the entire field at the Pebble Beach course, at eight-under, while Baddeley lies in a group two strokes further back after carding a 71 at Spyglass Hill. It wasn&apost a great day for fellow Australian Mark Hensby, however, as he slumped from being in a tie for fifth at the halfway mark of the tournament to be tied for 41st after a 77 at Spyglass Hill. The remainder of the Australians in the field, including Paul Gow (even-par), Mathew Goggin (one-over), Gavin Coles (three-over), Paul Sheehan (five over), Steve Allan (eight over), Jarrod Lyle (12-over), Steve Elkington (12-over) and Steven Bowditch (20-over), failed to make the 54-hole cut. New Zealanders Grant Waite and Phil Tataurangi will also not feature in final round action after ending day three at 10 and 12-over respectively. Third round leaderboard from AT & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am -14: Phil Mickelson 65 67 70, Kevin Sutherland 72 63 67 -13: John Mallinger 65 70 68 -9: Corey Pavin 68 72 67, Davis Love III 70 67 70 -8: Jeff Overton 70 69 69, Craig Kanada 68 69 71, Steve Flesch 70 70 68, Jim Furyk 67 65 76 -7: Daniel Chopra 71 70 68, Greg Owen 68 70 71, Omar Uresti 70 68 71 Also: -6 Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 68 71 71 -2: Mark Hensby (Australia) 69 68 77 Missed cut: Even: Paul Gow (Australia) 71 72 73 +1: Mathew Goggin (Australia) 76 71 70 +3: Gavin Coles (Australia) 74 70 75 +5: Paul Sheehan (Australia) 74 76 71 +8: Steve Allan (Australia) 77 72 75 +10: Grant Waite (NZ) 77 73 76 +12: Jarrod Lyle (Australia) 75 76 77, Steve Elkington (Australia) 74 75 79, Phil Tataurangi (NZ) 82 74 72 +20: Steven Bowditch (Australia) 76 79 81