Date: January 07, 2007
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Scott soars into second

Sportal Australian Adam Scott has a share of second place at the end of the third round of the Mercedes Benz Championships and is just three shots behind leader Vijay Singh. The Aussie shot a four-under-par 69 to be eight-under along with South African Trevor Immleman and is still in touch with the Fijian going into the final round. Stuart Appleby is the next best of the Aussies shooting a 72 to go to two-under the card. Other Aussies in the tournament include Geoff Ogilvy (+1) and John Senden (+3), while Rod Pampling (+6) Aaron Baddeley (+8) both had horror days shooting 80 and 78 respectively. Scott&aposs front nine was less than spectacular with two bogies and just one birdie but he rebounded in spectacular fashion with birdies at 12, 14, 15, 16 and 18. Scott backed up his 69 in the second round of the tournament to be in striking distance on the final day. Singh leads the field on 11-under after shooting a solid 70 to back up his opening two rounds of 69. Leading scores after the third round of the Mercedes-Benz Championships (par 73): -11: Vijay Singh 69 69 70 -8: Adam Scott (Australia) 73 69 69, Trevor Immelman 71 68 72 -7: William MacKenzie 69 70 73, J.B Holmes 73 68 71 -6: Troy Matteson 73 70 70 -5: Luke Donald 72 71 71 -4: J.J Henry 74 73 68 -3: Davis Love III 70 71 75 -2: Rory Sabbatini 71 78 68, Kirk Triplett 75 73 69, K.J Choi 69 77 71, Stuart Appleby (Australia) 73 72 72, Stephen Ames 69 74 74 -1: Joe Durant 73 73 72, Chris Couch 71 70 77 E: David Toms 75 72 72, Tim Herron 75 72 72