San Antonio, Sept 28: Tommy Armour III holds a six stroke lead after three rounds of the Texas Open golf. Tommy Armour III birdied the last three holes to build a comfortable six-stroke lead after the third round of the Texas Open on Saturday (September 27). Armour's seven-under-par 63 put him on a 21-under total of 189 heading into the final round. Duffy Waldorf, twice a winner of the tournament, carded an eight-under 62 and jumped from a tie for 26th into second place on 195. Canada's Glen Hnatiuk moved into a tie for third on 197 with Bob Tway, Paul Goydos and Dan Forsman. Armour, whose only PGA Tour victory came in the 1990 Phoenix Open, has not bogeyed a hole through three rounds in Texas. Leading scores after the third round of the $3.5 million U.S. dollar Texas Open at LaCantera Golf Club's Resort Course (par 70, 6,881 yards) on Saturday (September 27) (U.S. unless stated): 189 Tommy Armour III 64 62 63 195 Duffy Waldorf 64 69 62 197 Glen Hnatiuk (Canada) 65 68 64, Bob Tway 61 69 67, Paul Goydos 65 64 68, Dan Forsman 64 63 70 198 Arron Oberholser 66 66 66, Stewart Cink 65 66 67, Hal Sutton 66 63 69, K.J. Choi (South Korea) 67 62 69 199 Richard Johnson (Sweden) 66 67 66, Kent Jones 68 65 66, Loren Roberts 64 66 69, Tom Lehman 66 63 70, Charles Howell III 65 64 70, Tim Clark (South Africa) 65 63 71 200 Neal Lancaster 65 70 65, J.J. Henry 68 66 66, Rod Pampling (Australia) 65 68 67, Tim Petrovic 67 68 65, Garrett Willis 67 65 68, Luke Donald (Britain) 65 66 69


OTHER Other international players 201 Scott Laycock (Australia) 66 66 69, Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 62 70 69 202 Akio Sadakata (Japan) 67 64 71 203 Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 63 68 72 204 David Frost (South Africa) 65 69 70, Ian Leggatt (Canada) 67 69 68, John Senden (Australia) 67 69 68 205 Jose Coceres (Argentina) 67 68 70, Craig Perks (New Zealand) 71 65 69, Sergio Garcia (Spain) 68 69 68 206 Per-Ulrik Johansson (Sweden) 68 67 71, Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 69 68 69, Paul Gow (Australia) 70 67 69


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