Stanford St. Jude Championship: Third-Round Notebook  PGA TOUR Staff MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The second round of the Stanford St. Jude Championship resumed at 7:30 Saturday morning and was completed at 8:54 a.m. The cut came at 5-over-par 145, the highest 36-hole cut since the Stanford St. Jude Championship moved to TPC Southwind in 1989 and the highest overall since 1986 (+6).  Brian Gay is contending in large part to his success on the short grass. (Marc Feldman/WireImage)
• The 5-over-par cut was the 11th over-par cut on the 2007 PGA TOUR and matched the second-highest of the year. The cut at the Masters Tournament was 8 over par and the cut at THE PLAYERS Championship was also 5 over par. • Brian Gay (70-204) is tied for second heading into Sunday's final round thanks to his putting this week. Gay, who is in search of his first career win, has hit only 29 of 54 (53.7%) greens in regulation and ranks T62 in that category. He also has 74 putts through three rounds, which is No. 2 in among those players in the field. • This is the sixth time in Adam Scott's career that he has held/shared the 54-hole lead in his PGA TOUR career. He went on to win the 2003 Deutsche Bank Championship, the 2004 PLAYERS Championship, the 2004 Booz-Allen Classic and the 2006 TOUR Championship. • Scott has not made a bogey on the back nine this week. He is 1 under on the front nine and 8 under on the back nine. • Two-time champion David Toms climbed his way into contention Saturday with a third-round 66. Toms is at 6-under 204 and three shots back of leader Adam Scott. Toms has finished in the top-10 five consecutive years and is the tournament's all-time money winner. When he won in 2003, he was one shot back after 54 holes; when he won in 2004, he was ahead by seven shots. • Adam Scott is looking to complete a rare double this week -- winning the week before a major championship. Scott won the Shell Houston Open the week prior to the Masters Tournament. Winning this week may not bode well for players heading to Oakmont next week for the U.S. Open, though. No player has won the week prior to the U.S. Open and followed it up with a victory in the second major of the year. • Woody Austin shot a 3-under 67 and is currently in fourth place at 5-under 205 and four back of Adam Scott. Austin is looking for his first top-10 finish of the year. He hasn't had a top-10 finish since a T7 at last year's Buick Open. Austin has two career titles on his resume -- the 1995 Buick Open and the 2004 Buick Championship. Austin is currently No. 145 on the FedExCup points list and a good finish here would probably secure a berth for him in the top 144 and the first playoff tournament, The Barclays, in late August. • Rookie Andrew Buckle might like to rewind the tape on the par-4 ninth hole, where he made double bogey twice Saturday. Buckle was at 6 under par both times when he stepped onto the tee at the 457-yard hole. Buckle needed to complete three holes this morning to finish up round two. He parred Nos. 7 and 8 before hitting his second shot into the water at No. 9 and making a double-bogey 6 to finish at 4-under 138. During round three, Buckle had again gotten it to 6 under when he ran into trouble again and made 6 to drop back to 4 under. Buckle played his final 10 holes in 7 over par and finished at 1-over 211. He is tied for 21st. • Andrew Buckle is playing on the weekend for the first time since late January, when he tied for fourth at the Buick Invitational. Buckle had played only five times since then and missed the cut in all five starts. • Memphis resident Vance Veazey posted a 67 Saturday despite a double bogey on his final hole. The miscue dropped him from a T11 spot on the leaderboard to a T21 after 54 holes. In four starts this year, Veazey has a T56 at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans and a T70 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic along with two missed cuts. The University of Mississippi grad is making his 83rd career start on the PGA TOUR this week. His career-best showing is a T20 in this event in 2003. • Rookie Brandt Snedeker moved into contention with a 1-under 69 and is tied for sixth at 3-under 207. Snedeker has made the cut in 12 of 17 starts prior to this week with five top-25 finishes. His best effort was a third-place finish at the Buick Invitational. • Japan's Daisuke Maruyama posted a 66 on Saturday and is tied for 11th heading into Sunday's final round. Maruyama had made the cut in only four of 12 starts prior to this week and his best finish was a T35 at the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun. Maruyama tied for 43rd in his last start at the AT&T Classic three weeks ago, ending a streak of seven starts without making a cut (5 MC, 2 WD). During his rookie season in 2006, Maruyama had six top-25 finishes, including four top-10s en route to collecting $956,874 and winding up No. 95 on money list. • Several players on the leaderboard are looking for their first career win this week including Brian Gay, Brian Davis, Brandt Snedeker and Fredrik Jacobson. This tournament has produced five champions who captured their first PGA TOUR win in Memphis: Bob Lunn in 1968, Larry Mize in 1983, Mike Hulbert in 1986, Jodie Mudd in 1988 and Dickie Pride in 1994. • Jose Coceres withdrew after nine holes due to a bad back. Copyright 2007 PGATOUR.com. All rights reserved. |
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