HOME FAVOURITE SERGIO Garcia will carry a one-shot lead over surging Englishman Daniel Brooks into Sunday’s final round of the Andalucia Valderrama Masters.
Garcia, whose foundation is hosting the event in southern Spain, shot a three-under par round of 68 to edge ahead of Brooks, who hit the lowest round of the week so far with a seven-under par 64.
Overnight leader Joost Luiten is two shots off the lead after an even par round with Scotland’s Scott Jamieson and Welshman Jamie Donaldson a further shot back.
“I’m going to go out there tomorrow and try to post another under par round and see what happens,” Garcia told europeantour.com.
“Good rounds are possible there but they have to be spot on. “It’s still a long way tomorrow to come so we can’t get too much ahead of ourselves.”
The Masters champion hasn’t won a tour title since claiming his first major six months ago.
Leading third-round scores from the European Tour’s Andalucia Valderrama Masters:
205 – Sergio Garcia (ESP) 66 71 68
206 – Daniel Brooks 70 72 64
207 – Joost Luiten (NED) 66 70 71
208 – Jamie Donaldson 73 67 68, Scott Jamieson 69 68 71
210 – Wade Ormsby (AUS) 73 70 67
211 – Ricardo Gouveia (POR) 69 70 72, Robert Rock 67 70 74, Julian Suri (USA) 73 73 65, Anders Hansen (DEN) 70 70 71, Shane Lowry 72 70 69
212 – Peter Hanson (SWE) 69 75 68, Matt Wallace 71 72 69, Matteo Manassero (ITA) 70 74 68
213 – Andrew Johnston 69 71 73, Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 72 71 70, Daniel Willett 70 72 71, Robert Dinwiddie 71 71 71, Bernd Ritthammer (GER) 75 68 70, Pablo Larrazabal (ESP) 67 73 73
214 – Richard Bland 70 71 73, Jens Fahrbring (SWE) 73 71 70, Paul Waring 71 72 71, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 71 70 73, Lee Slattery 72 71 71, Jose-Filipe Lima (POR) 72 72 70, Sebastian Soderberg (SWE) 73 69 72, Chris Hanson 72 74 68, Richard Finch 69 73 72, Adrian Otaegui (ESP) 71 71 72, Nino Bertasio (ITA) 74 71 69, Padraig Harrington 72 73 69.
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Rory on fire at the moment – joy to watch.
The now mature Rory is handling The pressure very well. Fingers crossed.
Reed packing serious timber.
Reed has this wrapped up
@Carl Johnson: hopefully .got him at 33′s.a few early bogies from Rory will have me smiling
@Carl Johnson: haha. A 3 shot lead going into the final round is nothing. Just ask mcilroy or Greg norman. Mcilroy played some round with alot of scrambling. My money on him.
@Carl Johnson: there could be a 2 or 3 shot swing within the first 3/4 holes, and the back nine on a Sunday is a different beast altogether. Only a fool would write off Rory at this stage
@Ardmore02: got Rory at 6-1 this evening here’s hoping
@Carl Johnson: Come on John Rahm!!
@Paul Friday Shannon: fair play dude. Wish ya luck.
I have to declare that I have a vested interest in Paddy Reed winning as I have backed him @ 50/1 e/w but I am so looking forward to himself & Rory going head to head tomorrow. Their Ryder Cup battle in 2016 was one of the best singles duels of all time. Let’s hope they replicate that tomorrow at Augusta. Can’t see the winner coming from outside of these 2 but you never know. Fowler could be the only one but he’d need to a shoot sub 66 & that’s a big ask on Masters Sunday.
Reed not the fitted looking bloke… 4 tough rounds takes its toll…. could be what separates them at the end
Great stuff