Fiji’s Vijay Singh stayed steady on another windy day on the Kapalua Plantation course on Saturday, opening a three-shot lead after three rounds of the United States PGA Tour season-opening Mercedes Championship.
Singh nabbed five birdies with two bogeys in a three-under-par 70. That gave him a 54-hole total of 11-under 208, three shots in front of Australian Adam Scott and South African Trevor Immelman.
Scott heated up on the back nine en route to a 69 while Immelman, tied for a second a shot behind Singh to start the round, carded a 72.
Americans Will MacKenzie (73) and J.B. Holmes (71) were four shots back.
Three-time defending champion Stuart Appleby’s quest for a ”four-peat” all but disappeared as he carded a 72 to fall nine adrift on 217.
Singh has never won the PGA Tour’s season opening event, limited to the previous season’s winners, but has posted top-10 finishes in his past seven starts. — AFP
