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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Kaymer's to lose in Abu Dhabi...Walker set to defend in Hawaii

Martin Kaymer appears to have turned what promised to be an exciting weekend duel with Rory McIlroy into a procession at the Abu Dhabi Championship.


Seeking a fourth title in eight years in Abu Dhabi, Kaymer shot a 7-under 65 in the third round on Saturday to extend his overnight lead from one stroke to six. He moved to 20-under 196 overall, a record-low total here after 54 holes.

The U.S. Open champion’s pace was too hot for McIlroy, whose putting failed to match his tee-to-green play as he shot 71. The top-ranked McIlroy is eight strokes behind Kaymer and dropped from third into a share of fifth. Thomas Pieters shot 70 to stay second and is in the final group this morning for the second straight day.

Live scoreboard http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/season=2015/tournamentid=2015002/leaderboard/index.html

However as play is well underway in round 4 this morning and after 3 birdies in his first 4 holes and a 10 shot lead, Kaymer has shot a bogey on the 6th and a double on the 9th while to stand at -20, while Frenchman Gary Stal is now just 3 behind at -17 after a front nine of -5 29, and Rory is at -3 and for a -15 total so far..  


PGA Tour  Sony Open  http://www.pgatour.com/tournaments/sony-open-in-hawaii/leaderboard.html

AP....Meanwhile in Hawaii, Jimmy Walker will have the last tee time of the tournament again this week.

Walker, who lost last week’s Hyundai Tournament of Champions in a playoff with Patrick Reed, shot 62 Saturday to open up a two-shot lead at the Sony Open in Hawaii over Matt Kuchar. Walker is defending his 2014 title at Waialae.


He finished his round with 11 consecutive one-putts and only needed 22 putts for the entire round. Over his past seven rounds, Walker is 37 under par. In the state of Hawaii, he’s had 17 consecutive rounds in the 60s. Today, he will attempt to become the third repeat champ of the Sony Open and first since Ernie Els won in 2003 and 2004.


Canadians.. Roger Sloan (70 67 69) and Nick Taylor (70 68 68) are both T56  -4, while David Hearn is T61 -3 (67 71 69)  Both Graham DeLaet and Adam Hadwin MC.

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