{"id":362183,"date":"2011-04-02T22:30:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-02T22:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/02\/mickelson-verplank-share-lead\/"},"modified":"2011-04-02T22:30:24","modified_gmt":"2011-04-02T22:30:24","slug":"mickelson-verplank-share-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/mickelson-verplank-share-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Mickelson &#038; Verplank share lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"70.313595166163\">\n<div readability=\"69\">\n                    <!-- empty related-stories for Wide --><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Houston Open third round leaderboard (completed rounds only): <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>-13:<\/em> P Mickelson (US), S Verplank (US)<\/li>\n<li><em>-12:<\/em> A Baddeley (Aus), C Kirk (US)<\/li>\n<li><em>-11:<\/em> D Hearn (Can), A Kim (US)<\/li>\n<li><em>-10:<\/em> S Stricker (US), <\/li>\n<li><em>Selected others: -9:<\/em> P Harrington (Ire) <\/li>\n<li><em>-6:<\/em> R Fisher (Eng), B Davis (Eng)<\/li>\n<li><em>-2:<\/em> L Westwood (Eng)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/3e59165b011678192-1.jpg.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Phil Mickelson\" \/><\/p>\n<p>    Mickelson will be going for a fourth Masters title at Augusta next week<br \/>\n  <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Americans Phil Mickelson and Scott Verplank will go into the final day of the Houston Open sharing a one-stroke lead after superb rounds on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Three-time Masters champion Mickelson hit top form in the final event before Augusta, making nine birdies in a 63.<\/p>\n<p>Verplank then joined him on 13 under with a third-round 65 at Redstone.<\/p>\n<p>Ireland&#8217;s Padraig Harrington was close to the leaders until bogeys on the last three holes put him back to nine under.<\/p>\n<p>Englishmen Ross Fisher and Brian Davis are among a group on six under after carding a 69 and a 67 respectively, while compatriot Lee Westwood slipped back to two under with a 74.<\/p>\n<p>Mickelson, who will defend his Masters title next week, matched the course record, and admitted it was a confidence boost ahead of Augusta.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t hurt,&#8221; said the 40-year-old. &#8220;I knew that I was close game-wise but I hadn&#8217;t been putting together the score.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To get a good round like this means a lot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Also to have the challenge of tomorrow, to be in contention, to be in the final group, have an opportunity to win, I really enjoy that opportunity, that challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it&#8217;s good for me to be in that position heading into next week, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/3e59165b011678192-1.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visit link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/golf\/12948904.stm\" title=\"Mickelson &amp; Verplank share lead\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mickelson &amp; Verplank share lead<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Houston Open third round leaderboard (completed rounds only): -13: P Mickelson (US), S Verplank (US) -12: A Baddeley (Aus), C Kirk (US) -11: D Hearn (Can), A Kim (US) -10: S Stricker (US), Selected others: -9: P Harrington (Ire) -6: R Fisher (Eng), B Davis (Eng) -2: L Westwood (Eng) Mickelson will be going for a fourth Masters title at Augusta next week Americans Phil Mickelson and Scott Verplank will go into the final day of the Houston Open sharing a one-stroke lead after superb rounds on Saturday. Three-time Masters champion Mickelson hit top form in the final event before Augusta, making nine birdies in a 63. Verplank then joined him on 13 under with a third-round 65 at Redstone<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mickelson &amp; Verplank share lead - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/02\/mickelson-verplank-share-lead\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mickelson &amp; Verplank share lead - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Houston Open third round leaderboard (completed rounds only): -13: P Mickelson (US), S Verplank (US) -12: A Baddeley (Aus), C Kirk (US) -11: D Hearn (Can), A Kim (US) -10: S Stricker (US), Selected others: -9: P Harrington (Ire) -6: R Fisher (Eng), B Davis (Eng) -2: L Westwood (Eng) Mickelson will be going for a fourth Masters title at Augusta next week Americans Phil Mickelson and Scott Verplank will go into the final day of the Houston Open sharing a one-stroke lead after superb rounds on Saturday. 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