The Starter: Round 3, Quail Hollow Championship

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Apr. 30, 2010

The third round of the Quail Hollow Championship is set to begin. Here's a look at Saturday's round:

Groups We're Watching

Tee time	Players
1:35 p.m. ET No. 1		Billy Mayfair, Angel Cabrera Billy Mayfair has made everything he's looked at on the greens this week and will need that trend to continue on Saturday at Quail Hollow.
1:15 p.m. ET, No. 1		Paul Goydos, Phil Mickelson Don't overlook Goydos in his pairing with Phil. Goydos is an underrated iron player who has been around long enough to handle the pressure.
12:25 p.m. ET, No. 1		Anthony Kim, Nick Watney This pair of under-30 stars are five shots back, but either could go low and make up a lot of ground on Moving Day at Quail Hollow.

MORE ROUND 3: Tee times | Inside the field | Inside the course

INSTRUCTOR'S CORNER: Todd Jones, head instructor at TOUR Academy TPC Sawgrass, offers insight to playing Quail Hollow.

The Quail Hollow Club showed its teeth in the second round even as Tiger Woods struggled to score. On a day where pars were valuable, posting an under-par score moved players well up the leaderboard.

Saturday's forecast

Isolated t-storms
Temp: 83 high/66 low
Some t-storms. Winds 12 mph.

Billy Mayfair assumed the lead after another 68. He holds a one0shot lead over two-time major champion Angel Cabrera. Cabrera followed up on a solid first round of 70 with a 5-under par 67. The day's low score belonged to J.P. Hayes. On his way to shooting 64, Hayes racked up nine birdies and only one bogey.

With thunderstorms threatening Saturday's play, look for scoring to continue to be driven by outstanding iron play. Outstanding iron play not only means hitting greens, but hitting the correct spots on the greens. To do this, the player not only needs to be striking the ball well but also making the right decisions when selecting a club. Once again, this is where their homework pays off. Working together as a team, the player and the caddie chart yardages for each shot to support proper club selection.

This means that they know their yardages. On other terms, they know exactly the carry distance of each club in the bag. This is something that is often overlooked by the player at home trying to improve. Learn from the pros and do your homework, learn your carry yardages, and sharpen your iron play to shoot lower scores. -- Todd Jones

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The Film Room

	PGA TOUR Today Billy Mayfair leads after 36 holes in Charlotte, but the big story of the day was Tiger Woods' missed cut at Quail Hollow. Casey Black takes a look at what to expect for Round 3. Watch it
	Round 2 highlights Billy Mayfair has the 36-hole lead at 8 under, but an uber-confident Phil Mickelson is only two back after 36 holes at Quail Hollow Club. Watch it
	Shot of the Day: Mayfair Billy Mayfair chipped in for birdie on the par-5 fifth on the way to his second consecutive 68 at Quail Hollow. Watch it