Greg Owen: Slipped off the pace on day three
Daniel Summerhays will go into the final round of the Mayakoba Classic with a two-stroke lead after shooting 67 today at Mexico’s El Camaleon resort.
The 28-year-old hit four birdies, with nothing in the debit column, as he finished the day 12 under par and stretched out what had been a tightly packed leaderboard.
Summerhays had started the day level at the summit with fellow American Will Claxton and England’s Greg Owen, who both fell off the pace today after rounds of 71 and 73 respectively.
Instead, it was left to Chris Stroud to provide Summerhays’ main challenge as he moved to 10 under with a three-under 68, following rounds of 69 and 66 on the first two days.
Claxton would have been level with Stroud but bogeyed the last two holes to slip back to his overnight eight under, level with Michael Allen after the latter made a 66 which included an eagle at the fifth.
Marc Turnesa and Robert Allenby follow a further shot back, while Owen’s six birdies cancelled out his four birdies to drop him into a six-strong group at six under.
Defending champion Johnson Wagner, who only made SaturdayGR’s cut by two strokes, shot a level-par 71 to remain one over par.
Collated third-round scores & totals (USA unless stated, par 71):
201 Daniel Summerhays 69 65 67
203 Chris Stroud 69 66 68
205 Michael Allen 68 71 66, Will Claxton 66 68 71
206 Robert Allenby (Aus) 69 67 70, Marc Turnesa 67 72 67
207 Matthew Every 67 71 69, Colt Knost 69 71 67, Greg Owen (Eng) 67 67 73, Brian Harman 71 71 65, Briny Baird 71 69 67, Charles Howell III 67 71 69
208 Kevin Stadler 68 68 72, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 70 66 72, Billy Mayfair 70 68 70, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 67 72 69, Dicky Pride 68 72 68, John Huh (Kor) 67 70 71
209 J J Henry 72 69 68, Russell Knox (Sco) 74 67 68, Stephen Ames (Can) 69 70 70
210 Nathan Green (Aus) 73 69 68, Craig Barlow 71 68 71, Tim Petrovic 72 72 66, Rich Beem 70 71 69
211 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 68 70 73, Billy Horschel 69 72 70, Garrett Willis 70 72 69, Edward Loar 69 74 68
212 Esteban Toledo (Mex) 72 69 71, Chad Campbell 70 71 71, John Merrick 71 67 74, Mark D. Anderson 67 72 73, Vaughn Taylor 71 69 72, Tom Lehman 70 72 70
213 Spencer Levin 73 71 69, Kirk Triplett 73 71 69, Matt Bettencourt 69 72 72, Heath Slocum 73 71 69, Billy Hurley III 73 71 69, Sung-hoon Kang (Kor) 68 76 69, Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 73 69 71, Troy Kelly 72 73 68, Skip Kendall 71 72 70
214 Patrick Sheehan 70 73 71, Tim Herron 70 74 70, Brian Gay 72 68 74, Jose de jesus Rodriguez (Mex) 71 73 70, William McGirt 69 72 73, Will MacKenzie 72 73 69, Cameron Beckman 72 71 71, Hunter Haas 68 75 71, Johnson Wagner 73 70 71, Josh Teater 68 75 71
215 Michael Thompson 72 72 71, Chris Riley 73 72 70, Steve Wheatcroft 75 70 70
216 Jerry Kelly 73 71 72, Erik Compton 71 69 76, Paul Stankowski 72 70 74, Gary Christian (Eng) 73 70 73, Fred Funk 73 71 72, Stephen Gangluff 70 75 71, Robert Damron 73 72 71, Brandt Jobe 74 70 72, Brett Wetterich 71 72 73
217 Charley Hoffman 75 70 72, Martin Flores 77 67 73, John Peterson 73 72 72
218 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 72 72 74, David Hearn (Can) 68 73 77, Gavin Coles (Aus) 71 71 76
219 Charlie Beljan 73 67 79
220 Boo Weekley 75 69 76
221 Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 71 74 76
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