Maggert leads in the rain at Regions Tradition

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They are certainly not two of the more colourful guys in golf, on any tour, but Jeff Maggert and Kevin Sutherland continue to battle it out for the lead at this first major of the year on the Champions tour.

Maggert birdied the final two holes for a -4 68 -14 and sole possession of the lead after the third round as they finished in heavy rain at Shoal Creek. Sutherland was left a stroke behind for now, after a 69.

It’s the lowest 54-hole total in the tournament since Brad Bryant at -15. Fred Funk is third at -18 after a 67. He won the tournament in 2008 and 2010 and has been struggling for two months with tendinitis in his left elbow but said afterwards he spent $20,000 on a magnetic pulse machine that has him healthy again.

Rod Spittle is T17 at -3 after shooting 70.