The Starter: Round 3, HP Byron Nelson Championship

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The third round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship is set to begin. CBS will televise live action beginning at 3 p.m. ET .

Groups we're watching

Tee time Players   1:15 p.m. ET No. 1 Ryan Palmer, Sergio Garcia Palmer led by as many as five shots Thursday but played his last seven holes in 1 over. Garcia has back-to-back 66s. 1:06 p.m. ET No. 1 Tim Petrovic, Scott Piercy These two, with a combined 392 TOUR starts (310 are Petrovic's), look to apply pressure Saturday after starting three shots behind the leaders. 12:21 p.m. ET No. 1 Jordan Spieth, Jerry Kelly A three-time TOUR winner could be a good partner for the 17-year-old Spieth who will miss the start of his high school graduation for Round 3. 9:04 a.m. ET No. 1 K.J. Choi, D.J. Trahan It's K.J. and D.J. again, though D.J. was Dustin Johnson, not Trahan, grouped with THE PLAYERS during Rounds 1 and 2.

MORE ROUND 3: Tee times | ROUND 2: Wrap-up | Scores | TOUR Report Notes

KEY ROUND 2 VIDEO:
• One of Sergio Garcia's two back nine birdies, a chip-in birdie on No. 15, was the Shot of the Day.
• They love the spotlight. A few turtles went log rolling during Round 2 at TPC Four Seasons.
• Scott Gutschewski hit a perfect approach into the par-3 17th, nearly acing it.

Round 3 weather forecast

Sunny and windy Temp: 97 high/73 low Sunny and warm, with sustained winds around 25 mph.

Player notes

Here are some of the players you'll see on CBS's coverage of Saturday's third round:

SERGIO GARCIA Sergio Garcias career-low, 36-hole score is 11-under 129, which came at this event in 1999. Garcia posted scores of 62-67 and was one shot back of the leaders. He went on to finish T3 that year, his first at this event. His 132 thus far matches the fourth-best 36-hole total of his TOUR career (217 previous starts). RYAN PALMER Texas A&M graduate Ryan Palmer holds/shares the 36-hole lead for only the third time in his career. Palmer led by one shot over three others at the 2008 Gin sur Mer Classic and went on to win by a stroke. He also held a one-shot lead over four players at the 2010 Sony Open in Hawaii and went on to win that event by a single stroke as well. JORDAN SPIETH Jordan Spieth, a 17-year old high school senior, has posted scores of 69-68--137 (-3) and will head into the weekend tied for eighth. Spieths graduation ceremonies at Jesuit College Prepatory School in Dallas are scheduled for 4 p.m. CT on Saturday. Spieth, who will play college golf at the University of Texas, finished T16 in this event last year, the best finish by an amateur in the tournaments 44-year history.

Notes compiled by Joe Chemycz