PGA Tour rookie Sean O'Hair fired a three-under 67 here on Saturday to take sole possession of the lead after three rounds of the 5.8 million-dollar Byron Nelson Championship. The 22-year-old Texan, who started the day tied for the lead with Brett Wetterich, moved to 12-under 198 through 54 holes, one stroke in front of British Open champion Todd Hamilton. Hamilton signed for a 65 for sole possession of second place. Doug Barron, Scott Verplank and Ted Purdy were two strokes back. Barron and Verplank each shot 65 and Purdy carded a 68.
LEADING THIRD ROUND SCORES (USA unless noted):
198 - Sean O'Hair 66-65-67
199 - Todd Hamilton 67-67-65
200 - Doug Barron 69-66-65, Ted Purdy 65-67-68, Scott Verplank 68-67-65
202 - Jaxon Brigman 72-66-64, Shigeki Maruyama (JPN) 67-67-68, Bob Tway 68-68-66
203 - JJ Henry 67-69-67, Nick Price (ZIM) 66-69-68, John Rollins 67-68-68, Jay Williamson 67-70-66
204 - Stuart Appleby (AUS) 63-73-68, Ben Crane 70-66-68, Luke Donald (GBR) 68-69-67, Jesper Parnevik (SWE) 69-67-68, Vijay Singh (FIJ) 68-67-69, Heath Slocum 69-66-69, Omar Uresti 65-70-69, Bo Van Pelt 67-69-68, Brett Wetterich 64-67-73
205 - Ernie Els (RSA) 64-72-69, Sergio Garcia (ESP) 71-68-66, Stephen Leaney (AUS) 69-68-68, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 69-71-65, Craig Perks (NZL) 71-68-66
206 - Robert Allenby (AUS) 68-70-68, Gavin Coles (AUS) 66-71-69, Ryuji Imada (JPN) 68-70-68
207 - Ian Leggatt (CAN) 66-73-68, Rod Pampling (AUS) 72-68-67
208 - Justin Rose (GBR) 69-71-68, Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 70-69-69, John
Senden (AUS) 70-68-70
209 - Paul Gow (AUS) 66-72-71, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 67-72-70, Bernhard Langer (GER) 73-67-69
210 - Steve Elkington (AUS) 72-67-71
211 - Daniel Chopra (SWE) 70-66-75
214 - Brendan Jones (AUS) 69-71-74
218 - Mark Hensby (AUS) 67-72-79.
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