Pádraig Harrington and Darren Clarke head into the final round of the PGA Tour Champions’ Mitsubishi Electric Classic tied for 27th and 43rd respectively while Ernie Els and Jerry Kelly have a four-stroke gap to third.
On another day of low scoring at Georgia’s TPC Sugarloaf, Harrington felt he’d played nicely, making three birdies and an eagle before dropping a shot at the last – his only bogey of the day – to card a four-under 68 that was a five-stroke improvement on his opening effort.
Clarke, meanwhile, followed his opening 72 with a one-stroke improvement to shoot -1 on day two.
At the top of the board, Kelly, who carded a 62 in round one, followed up with a 67 while Els improved on his opening round of 65 to go one better on day two and shoot a joint-best-of-the-day 64 to join him on -15.
Angel Cabrera also shot a 64 to move into a tie for third alongside Vijay Singh at -11, while Steven Alker has fifth all to himself at -9.
“Yeah, it was a great round,” Els said. “We had a really good three-ball, Vijay played
great and Jerry played great, myself, a lot of birdies so had good momentum going. Yeah, all
in all, turned out a pretty solid day.”
Despite the four-shot cushion, he doesn’t see it as a two-horse race between himself and Kelly.
“Somebody could come out of the pack tomorrow and shoot a good front nine and he could be tied with us if we don’t get momentum going,” he added. “You’ve got to just keep it in front of you and play, see what happens on the back nine. Hopefully you’re in with a chance. There’s obviously going to be good weather tomorrow and there’s going to be a lot of birdies made, so got to keep the foot down.”
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