Date: October 12, 2008
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Hensby a chance

Mark Hensby shot a three-under par 67 to move to nine-under overall and a tie for 11th place after three rounds of the Texas Open. However, the Aussie will have to produce a stunning final round to haul in leader Rory Sabbatini who is at 14-under after a superb seven-under par third round. Sabbatini had a superb back nine, which included four birdies and an eagle on the par four 11th, his only blemish coming on the sixth hole with a bogey. The South African holds a one stroke lead over American Zach Johnson – who carded the days best round, an eight-under 62 – with a group of three including Kiwi Tim Wilkinson in a tie for third. Matt Jones, who started the day in a tie for fifth, had a disappointing three-over par round to drop down the leaderboard to 47th, while round one leader Nathan Green again struggled to replicate his Thursday form. Nick O&aposHern and Steve Allan are equal with Green at three-under in a tie for 54th place. Third Round of The Texas Open (Par 70) -14: Rory Sabbatini 67 66 63 -13: Zach Johnson 69 66 62 -11: Tim Wilkinson (New Zealand) 67 69 63, Tim Herron 65 67 67, Chris Stroud 66 64 69 -10: Mark Wilson 68 66 66, Joe Ogilvie 66 67 67, Michael H Thompson 68 65 67, Jeff Overton 69 64 67, Tim Petrovic 67 65 68 -9: Greg Kraft 65 71 65, Mark Hensby (Australia) 68 66 67 -8: Bob Tway 66 72 64, Jeff Maggert 73 65 64, Charlie Wi 67 68 67, Kevin Stadler 67 66 69, Jimmy Walker 67 66 69, Kevin Streelman 70 63 69 -7: Justin Leonard 70 69 64, Chad Collins 65 73 65, Harrison Frazar 69 69 65, Jim McGovern 67 70 66, Michael Bradley 66 70 67, Charles Howell III 68 67 68, Pat Perez 71 64 68, Chez Reavie 67 67 69 Also: -4: Matt Jones (Australia) 69 64 73 -3: Nick O&aposHern (Australia) 65 72 70, Nathan Green (Australia) 62 75 70, Steve Allan (Australia) 66 70 71 +1: Steve Elkington (Australia) 68 70 73