Bad bounce on 18 costs McDowell as round 3 wraps up

ArronOberholser Arron Oberholser
"As a player, I am embarrassed for Sawgrass for what just happened to McDowell. Ridiculous. That's why some players rip that place"

Graeme McDowell was cruising along at -6 on today's round, hit a perfect looking approach to 18, which landed short on the right side of the green as the crowd applauded, except the ball kept rolling, and rolling, caught a slope and rolled off the green into the water.. ridiculous, and that's why Arron tweeted the above...

As a result his lead of 3 at -14 has been reduced to 1 at -12..  He seemed to be coping with it well in a post round interview but we will see if that terrible break affects the final outcome of this event..

Guys were struggling this morning over the last few holes.. Luke Donald bogeyed 17 and 18, Steve Stricker bogeyed 3 of his last 5, Watney a double and 2 bogey's in his last 6 holes, just a struggle as they begin round 4...

I called for a 3 way playoff earlier today, and anyone within 5 shots can win this, so I'm sticking to that prediction..

Here is the leader board going into the final round..

1 2 11 Graeme McDowell -12 F -4 color info 67 69 68 204

T2 9 17 K.J. Choi -11 F -5 color info 70 68 67 205
T2 1 30 David Toms -11 F -1 color info 66 68 71 205
T4 13 22 Jason Dufner -9 F -4 color info 69 70 68 207
T4 3 77 Davis Love III -9 F -2 color info 68 69 70 207
T4 3 8 Aaron Baddeley -9 F -2 color info 70 67 70 207
T4 1 2 Luke Donald -9 F -1 color info 69 67 71 207
T4 1 29 Steve Stricker -9 F -1 color info 69 67 71 207
T4 2 5 Nick Watney -9 F E color info 64 71 72 207
T10 13 -- Alvaro Quiros -8 F -4 color info 67 73 68 208
T10 7 91 Paul Goydos -8 F -3 color info 69 70 69 208

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