TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Britain's Justin Rose birdied five of his first seven holes and capped a 65 with a birdie at the last to claim a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Transitions Championship Saturday.
Rose, who surged up the leaderboard with a back nine of 30 for 65 Friday, trickled in a downhill five-footer at the 18th to finish his bogey-free round for a 54-hole total of 13-under-par 200.
Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe, who shot 66, and American Webb Simpson, who registered his third
successive 67, were tied for second on 201 on a another ideal day for scoring at the Copperhead course.
A further stroke back on 11 under par were Americans Gary Woodland (67) and Scott Stallings, who used a hole-in-one at the 214-yard, par-three eighth hole, and two other birdies on par-threes to post 66.
Red-hot Nick Watney, who won last week's WGC-Cadillac, fired a 65 to bounce back from a second-round 72 and join fellow-Americans Chris Couch, Garrett Willis and Brandt Snedeker on 10-under-par 203.
Rose, who surged up the leaderboard with a back nine of 30 for 65 Friday, trickled in a downhill five-footer at the 18th to finish his bogey-free round for a 54-hole total of 13-under-par 200.
Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe, who shot 66, and American Webb Simpson, who registered his third
successive 67, were tied for second on 201 on a another ideal day for scoring at the Copperhead course.
A further stroke back on 11 under par were Americans Gary Woodland (67) and Scott Stallings, who used a hole-in-one at the 214-yard, par-three eighth hole, and two other birdies on par-threes to post 66.
Red-hot Nick Watney, who won last week's WGC-Cadillac, fired a 65 to bounce back from a second-round 72 and join fellow-Americans Chris Couch, Garrett Willis and Brandt Snedeker on 10-under-par 203.
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