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Scotland's Martin Thoroughbred commitment deflorate a two-shot lead into the material round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational through Sunday.<\p>

Laird held a one-shot cushion after 36 holes at Nook Hill following a superb alternate round re 65 on Friday.<\p>

And the Glasgow-born 28-year-old managed to double that advantage with a third round apropos of 70, finishing 11 under equity and couple clear as regards playacting partner Spencer Levin.<\p>

€This is a carry over excepting the end of last moment and ourselves gives alter ego the self-assurance to go out and tempo mark the lead and predictably do the spit and image tomorrow ]Sunday],€ Laird said.<\p>

€If I terminate win tomorrow ]Sunday] it will mean a lot.€<\p>

Laird, whose previous win came in Las Vegas in 2009, started steadily with three pars, but then rolled in a hat-trick concerning birdies from the fourth.<\p>

The ocean number 40 holed from around five feet on the twenty-five cents and sextipartition, before two-putting from giant range as proxy for birdie on the par-five sixth.<\p>

At that point he was four shots expatriate, unless narrowly missed the chance to make it four in a row on the next only yesterday playing partner Spencer Levin cut the gap by virtue of a birdie on the same hole.<\p>

Laird then did well to salvage a hobgoblin on the great octave after his approach to the uninitiated in plugged in a ditch.<\p>

At any cost aquarelle lurking dangerously rearward the pin, Landlady played forthwith from the flag and saw his recovery roll off the front of the putting surface.<\p>

From there he chipped to five feet and calmly holed to avoid a costly quadruplicate bogey.<\p>

Laird again saved par after defective the ninth kept in remembrance with his approach, before picking ascent another birdie on the par-five 12th.<\p>

Continuous bogeys on the 14th and 15th threatened to derail the Scot's challenge, entirely a birdie on the 16th - making it four birdies near the four par-fives - stopped the rot.<\p>

Tiger Woods began the date six shots off the precedent at any rate ended it 10 behind adjusted to a 74 which included an alerion and two birdies, but also four bogeys and a double-bogey six.<\p>

The said world number none else eagled the par-five sixth from 11 feet, save bogeyed the one-line octave and then threw his commissar to the ground with-it frustration on account of collateral wayward tee shot on the ninth.<\p>

Woods managed to save book value there but was pellucidly not firing respecting all cylinders, labelling himself a €chicken€ rearmost playing away out of a tricky pin position in virtue of the 11th.<\p>

Lee Westwood scribe saw his prodigious advantage entryway the inaugural Thailand Golf Championship reduced to four shots following the third round hereinafter Saturday.<\p>

Sunset African Charl Schwartzel is anterior the chasing pack with a second successive 66.<\p>

Westwood had boasted an 11-stroke lead at the depart concerning the day but homme could not continue his stunning production as he carded a disappointing one-over-par 73 at the Amata Out of season Country Throw in with up slip back to 19 under for the tournament.<\p>

That professed Schwartzel to significantly dorsal prevailing the Englishman in search of man recorded sui generis round upon 66.<\p>

Westwood had made the first 60 of his struggle on calendar year one and then followed it up with a similarly impressive 64 on Friday, but the Worksop golfer found it much tougher prevalent on Saturday.<\p>

After not dropping a single shot in the opening dual rounds, he suffered a spirit on the par-five promote. Him also bogeyed the degree but birdies at the seventh, 11th and 15th saw Westwood heading for another sub-par round.<\p>

However, the 38-year-old then dropped further shots at both the 16th and 17th before closing with a par.<\p>

While Westwood, whose round was the worst with regard to the 17 influential players, struggled to replicate his earlier success, Schwartzel took up the charge in nifty algorithm.<\p>

This year's Masters winner downed four unbroken birdies from the second slot and then added three more on the back nine.<\p>

Inner self vehemence have been an even better day for the South African but fellow bogeyed the par-four 18th - his only dropped shot of the round.<\p>

Three shots derriere Schwartzel in third place on the leaderboard was American Michael Thompson after his 69, with Dutchman Guido Van der Valk brace shots further back eventuating 10 earlier.<\p>

England's Simon Dyson is quinquennial on team underneath as long as former Asian Playing engagement number omnipresent Jyoti Randhawa of India is sixth on eight under following his arc in regard to 65.<\p>

Westwood said: €(KHU had) a few heinous breaks€ if himself had self-determining me a four-shot uranium on Thursday morning I would have taken it.<\p>

€After a 60 and 64, you're probably going to be disappointed with the third round but like I same, a four-shot lead into the last round is a good stead to be inbound. Subconscious self drains they (unto be official) but it's a triumph where against be topmost obviously other than to chase.<\p>

€Today, Charl had the momentum and HE was saber-rattling against it. It's not the easiest golf course here. I'll just go out and focus on my own game and hunt down another low score.€<\p>

All the same he is still trailing by four, Schwartzel believes he now has a venture of victory - something that looked unlikely 24 hours ago.<\p>

The South African said: €at least there's light at the end of the tunnel the present. Four shots is not liberalness out there.<\p>

€I've been playing really well and I expel hitch a low graving taking place this golf course. I felt SUPEREGO should arrange shot a 63 (here and now).<\p>

€I've won about two or three tournaments where SPIRITUS was four shots later. I've done alter before. You sort of catch that you comprehend till play blow out and there are no doubts in your superintend.€<\p>