The Starter: Round 3, Crowne Plaza Invitational

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May. 20, 2011

The third round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is set to begin. CBS will televise live action beginning at 3 p.m. ET .

Groups we're watching

Tee time	Players
2:05 p.m. ET No. 1		David Toms, Charlie Wi What more can Toms do this week? After consecutive 62s, maybe obliterating Zach Johnson's record of 21-under is the new goal.
1:55 p.m. ET No. 1		Steven Bowditch, Mark Wilson Don't look now but Mark Wilson currently projects to return to the top of the FedExCup standings.
1:45 p.m. ET No. 1		John Senden, Rory Sabbatini Senden is seeking his first top-5 finish since 2009 while Sabbatini is hunting for win No. 2 of 2011.
1:35 p.m. ET No. 1		Rickie Fowler, Chez Reavie Both guys have shown they can go low at Colonial but can they go low enough to put pressure on Toms?

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

KEY THURSDAY VIDEO:
• They weren't all this easy for David Toms, but he was dialed in on his approach to No. 9.
• Toms said scoring was tough early on Friday as he shot a front-nine 31. What if conditions were easy?
• Rickie Fowler attacked the pin on the 216-yard par-3 fourth hole at Colonial C.C.

Round 3 weather forecast

Partly Cloudy
Temp: 91 high/72 low
Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain and winds from the SW around 15 mph.

ShotLink Player notes

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

DAVID TOMS

Entering last weeks PLAYERS Championship, David Toms ranked 56th in the FedExCup standings. With his P2 finish to K.J. Choi, Toms jumped up to 22nd in the standings entering the Crowne Plaza Invitational. Toms continues to be one of the most accurate players on TOUR this year ranking 2nd in both driving accuracy and greens in regulation.

MARK WILSON

Wilson is making his 5th career start at Colonial C.C. with his best finish coming back in 2008 where he carded his only top 10 (8th).

ADAM SCOTT

Scott has carded two top-6 finishes in his last four starts on TOUR. Scott continues to be solid tee-to-green ranking 3rd in total driving and T-7th in ball striking. However, Scott continues to struggle on the greens ranking 182nd in for strokes gained - putting losing .939 strokes to the field with the putter per round.

Shotlink notes provided by Alex Turnbull