U.S. Bank Championship: Round 3 Notebook  PGA TOUR Staff • Today's weather: mostly sunny skies, afternoon high of 70, winds E 7-12 mph. • Tim Clark (T2) leads the field in Greens in Regulation, having hit 46 of 54 (85.2 percent). • Déjà vu -- Tim Clark is one off the 54-hole lead and playing in the final group for the second consecutive week, having finished second to Jonathan Byrd last week at the John Deere Classic. At one point on the back nine, Clark had a 4-shot-lead over Byrd but finished with two bogeys down the stretch. • The South African Tim Clark is currently 19th in the Presidents Cup team standings for the International team, and is vying to play in his third consecutive Presidents Cup squad. Clark is looking to join eight other first-time winners at the U.S. Bank Championship.
• This year marks the first year since 1990 that Madison native Steve Stricker is not playing the U.S. Bank Championship. • Stricker has three top-10s and has made 12 cuts in 17 starts in Milwaukee with a runner-up finish in 1998 to Jeff Sluman. The 2006 PGA TOUR Comeback Player of the Year finds himself in second place entering the final round of the British Open, and has found success in the majors as of late -- with two top-10s in his last four starts (T6 at the 2006 U.S. Open and T7 at the 2006 PGA Championship).
• It's been feast or famine for Tim Herron at the U.S. Bank Championship -- he has two top3s (T3 in 2001 and T2 in 2002), two missed cuts (2003 and 2006) and two finishes outside the top 50 (T71 in 1996 and T50 in 2005). • Mark Wilson (T12) leads the Wisconsin contingent as he searches for his first career top-10 at the U.S. Bank Championship. Wilson's best finish in nine previous starts was T31 in 1999.
• Chicago-area resident Jeff Sluman (T7) posted a 5-under-par 65 on Saturday to jump into contention. Sluman is making his 20th start in Milwaukee and has two wins (1998 and 2002) with a total of seven top-10s at the event. • Jeff Sluman is one of eight players with two victories at the PGA TOUR's Milwaukee event. The others: Dave Stockton (1968 and 1973), Dave Eichelberger (1971 and 1977), Calvin Peete (1979 and 1982), Scott Hoch (1995 and 1997), Loren Roberts (1996 and 2000), Jeff Sluman (1998 and 2002), Carlos Franco (1999 and 2004) and Corey Pavin (1986 and 2006). • Bob Heintz (T12) is looking for his first top-10 since a T5 at the 2005 Valero Texas Open. • Craig Bowden bogeyed No. 7 on Saturday, ending his bogey-free streak at 43 holes dating back to Round 2 of the John Deere Classic. • Jeff Brehaut (T5) had two eagles (Nos. 6 and 18) to jump into the top-10. Brehaut has four eagles on the week, the most in tournament history since moving to Brown Deer Park Golf Course. Four players had three in a tournament -- Mark Calcavecchia (1996), Tiger Woods (1996), Steve Lowery (1999) and Dicky Pride (2006). Brehaut is 10-under-par on the par-5s with a scoring average of 3.89.
• The winner will almost certainly post four rounds in the 60s -- every winner since 1998 has done so. The last winner with a round in the 70s was Scott Hoch in 1997. There are 11 players that have recorded three rounds in the 60s thus far in 2007 -- Tim Herron, Tim Clark, Joe Ogilvie, Kenny Perry, Jesper Parnevik, Steve Allan, Cliff Kresge, Steve Wheatcroft, Bubba Dickerson, George McNeil and Heath Slocum. • Ryuji Imada (T25) had five birdies and an eagle but shot even-par 70. Among his miscues was a double-bogey at the first hole. • These guys are good. Heath Slocum (T33) has posted three rounds in the 60s but sits T33 entering the final round. |
