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May 23, 2009

Rory Sabbatini and John Mallinger will go into the final round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship two shots ahead of the pack.

Rory Sabbatini and John Mallinger will go into the final round of the HP Byron Nelson Championship tied together on 13 under par after ending the day as they started it.
After beginning Saturday’s third round out in front on eight under, both shot five-under rounds of 65 at TPC Four Seasons to move two shots ahead of a group of three players.
DA Points, who also carded a 65, was joined on 11-under by Dustin Johnson and England’s Brian Davis, who both signed for 66s.
It could have been better for Johnson, who racked up six birdies in his first eight holes to go out in 30 only to come home in 36.
Kevin Streelman is three off the pace after a 64 and tied at 10-under with Glen Day and Briny Baird while Australian Marc Leishman moved to nine under after a 63, the low round of the day.
“Obviously I’m starting to feel a bit more comfortable out here,” said Leishman, who singled out the flat-stick as the most important weapon in his quiver. “Obviously you’ve got to hit fairways and greens, but if you can be holing putts it just takes pressure off the rest of your game.
“So I think putting is definitely the key, just to give you confidence throughout the rest of your game, for me.”
Also on that mark is PGA Tour rookie James Nitties.
Lower down the leaderboard, England’s Greg Owen and Scotland’s Martin Laird both shot 68s to sit three-under.
All the third round scores & totals in the USPGA Tour HP Byron Nelson Championship, TPC Four Seasons Resort Las Colinas, Irving, Texas, United States of America.
(USA unless stated, par 70):
197 Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 68 64 65, John Mallinger 67 65 65
199 Brian Davis (Eng) 68 65 66, Dustin Johnson 68 65 66, D.A. Points 68 66 65
200 Glen Day 69 66 65, Briny Baird 69 64 67, Kevin Streelman 67 69 64
201 Marc Leishman (Aus) 68 70 63, James Nitties (Aus) 65 68 68
202 George McNeill 69 67 66, Jeff Maggert 71 66 65, Charley Hoffman 71 66 65, Bryce Molder 68 68 66, James Driscoll 67 66 69, Fred Couples 69 66 67
203 Charlie Wi (Kor) 73 66 64, Michael Letzig 68 68 67, Scott McCarron 66 69 68, Mike Weir (Can) 66 71 66, Nicholas Thompson 73 66 64, Charles Howell III 66 69 68
204 Steve Marino 69 69 66, Justin Leonard 75 63 66, Robert Allenby (Aus) 67 67 70, John Senden (Aus) 71 68 65, Jonathan Byrd 68 70 66, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 67 68 69
205 Brad Adamonis 66 70 69, Kris Blanks 68 71 66, Robert Garrigus 70 66 69, Ted Purdy 74 65 66, Brian Bateman 69 70 66, Alex Cejka (Ger) 69 69 67, Danny Lee (Nzl) 69 67 69, Nathan Green (Aus) 70 69 66, J J Henry 71 68 66, Ken Duke 65 69 71, Y.E. Yang (Kor) 69 67 69
206 Colt Knost 67 72 67, Davis Love III 73 64 69, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 68 69 69, Tim Wilkinson (Nzl) 69 67 70, Tommy Armour III 67 71 68, Hunter Mahan 71 68 67, Vijay Singh (Fij) 70 67 69, John Rollins 72 66 68, David Mathis 72 67 67
207 Jeff Klauk 72 66 69, Chris Riley 71 68 68, Aaron Watkins 67 71 69, Joe Ogilvie 69 70 68, Martin Laird (Sco) 72 67 68, Matt Kuchar 70 69 68, Greg Owen (Eng) 68 71 68, Matt Weibring 67 69 71
208 Ricky Barnes 69 70 69, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 72 67 69, Steve Flesch 70 69 69, Chris DiMarco 67 69 72, Notah Begay III 73 65 70, Jimmy Walker 71 68 69, Troy Matteson 68 69 71
209 Shaun Micheel 72 67 70, David Berganio Jnr. 72 65 72, Todd Hamilton 71 67 71
210 Ben Crane 71 68 71, Jay Williamson 68 71 71, Harrison Frazar 73 66 71
211 Kent Jones 67 70 74, Bob Heintz 68 70 73
213 Mark Calcavecchia 68 70 75, Cliff Kresge 70 69 74, James Oh (Kor) 71 68 74