Robert Garrigus held onto his second-round lead, but saw his cushion cut to just a single stroke.
Robert Garrigus was unable to make it three straight rounds in the 60s at the Valspar Championship, but his 1-under round of 70 was just good enough to keep him in the lead. Garrigus sits at 8-under through 54 holes, one stroke ahead of Kevin Na.
Garrigus got off to a terrific start, opening the round with back-to-back birdies. He moved to 10-under overall with a birdie at No. 5, but that proved to be his final birdie of the round. He parred both par-5s on the back side, after recording a birdie on his first 10 par-5s of the tournament. He also missed a pair of short par putts, including one on No. 18. His three-stroke lead to start the day was cut to a single stroke with the rest of the field catching up as well. He'll have plenty riding on the line on Sunday as a win would punch his ticket to the Masters.
Na may have something to say about that. He shot a 3-under 68 to cut into the lead. Na finished with four birdies, a bogey and 13 pars on the day. The most impressive of those birdies came on No. 15 when he chipped in. He wasn't the only one making a run up the leaderboard. Absolutely ideal weather conditions led to some lower scores. John Senden shot up the leaderboard with a 7-under 64. He's now in third place at 6-under. Justin Rose is three strokes off the lead after shooting a 69 while Retief Goosen went from the cut line to a tie for fifth place at 4-under thanks to a round of 64.
Ten players will begin the final round within five strokes of the lead. If the final round is anything like the third round was, Garrigus may need a better round than 1-under to remain on top. Here is a full look at the leaderboard through 54 holes.
Place | Player | Score | 1st round | 2nd round | 3rd round | Total |
1 | Robert Garrigus | -8 | 69 | 66 | 70 | 205 |
2 | Kevin Na | -7 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 206 |
3 | John Senden | -6 | 72 | 71 | 64 | 207 |
4 | Justin Rose | -5 | 71 | 68 | 69 | 208 |
T5 | Retief Goosen | -4 | 72 | 73 | 64 | 209 |
T5 | Charley Hoffman | -4 | 70 | 72 | 67 | 209 |
T5 | Scott Langley | -4 | 71 | 69 | 69 | 209 |
T8 | Luke Donald | -3 | 71 | 72 | 67 | 210 |
T8 | Jason Kokrak | -3 | 74 | 68 | 68 | 210 |
T8 | Matteo Manassero | -3 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 210 |
T11 | George McNeill | -2 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 211 |
T11 | Ted Potter, Jr. | -2 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 211 |
T11 | Will MacKenzie | -2 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 211 |
T11 | James Driscoll | -2 | 73 | 70 | 68 | 211 |
T11 | Freddie Jacobson | -2 | 70 | 71 | 70 | 211 |
T11 | David Hearn | -2 | 71 | 70 | 70 | 211 |
T11 | Jim Furyk | -2 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 211 |
T11 | Matt Every | -2 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 211 |
T19 | Chesson Hadley | -1 | 75 | 70 | 67 | 212 |
T19 | Jordan Spieth | -1 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 212 |
T19 | Carl Pettersson | -1 | 71 | 70 | 71 | 212 |
T19 | Greg Chalmers | -1 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 212 |
T19 | John Merrick | -1 | 70 | 70 | 72 | 212 |
T24 | Jason Dufner | E | 72 | 73 | 68 | 213 |
T24 | Chad Collins | E | 73 | 71 | 69 | 213 |
T24 | Matt Kuchar | E | 73 | 71 | 69 | 213 |
T24 | K.J. Choi | E | 72 | 72 | 69 | 213 |
T24 | Russell Knox | E | 70 | 73 | 70 | 213 |
T24 | Gary Woodland | E | 72 | 71 | 70 | 213 |
T24 | Josh Teater | E | 73 | 70 | 70 | 213 |
T24 | Jonathan Byrd | E | 70 | 73 | 70 | 213 |
T24 | James Hahn | E | 69 | 74 | 70 | 213 |
T24 | Ben Crane | E | 70 | 72 | 71 | 213 |
T24 | Justin Leonard | E | 71 | 71 | 71 | 213 |
T24 | Kevin Streelman | E | 73 | 69 | 71 | 213 |
T24 | Michael Thompson | E | 72 | 69 | 72 | 213 |
T24 | Tommy Gainey | E | 69 | 72 | 72 | 213 |
T38 | Peter Hanson | 1 | 75 | 70 | 69 | 214 |
T38 | Nicholas Thompson | 1 | 76 | 69 | 69 | 214 |
T38 | Justin Hicks | 1 | 72 | 72 | 70 | 214 |
T38 | Robert Allenby | 1 | 73 | 71 | 70 | 214 |
T38 | D.H. Lee | 1 | 74 | 70 | 70 | 214 |
T38 | Graham Delaet | 1 | 75 | 68 | 71 | 214 |
T38 | Morgan Hoffmann | 1 | 74 | 69 | 71 | 214 |
T38 | Stephen Ames | 1 | 72 | 70 | 72 | 214 |
T38 | Rory Sabbatini | 1 | 70 | 72 | 72 | 214 |
T38 | Bill Haas | 1 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 214 |
T38 | Brian Harman | 1 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 214 |
T49 | Y.E. Yang | 2 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 215 |
T49 | Cameron Tringale | 2 | 74 | 71 | 70 | 215 |
T49 | Brendon Todd | 2 | 70 | 75 | 70 | 215 |
T49 | Davis Love III | 2 | 74 | 70 | 71 | 215 |
T49 | Jerry Kelly | 2 | 76 | 68 | 71 | 215 |
T49 | Ben Curtis | 2 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 215 |
T49 | Michael Putnam | 2 | 69 | 72 | 74 | 215 |
T49 | Harris English | 2 | 72 | 69 | 74 | 215 |
T49 | Charles Howell III | 2 | 71 | 70 | 74 | 215 |
T58 | Daniel Summerhays | 3 | 77 | 68 | 71 | 216 |
T58 | J.B. Holmes | 3 | 71 | 74 | 71 | 216 |
T58 | Sang-Moon Bae | 3 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 216 |
T58 | Brandt Snedeker | 3 | 72 | 73 | 71 | 216 |
T58 | David Lingmerth | 3 | 73 | 72 | 71 | 216 |
T58 | Woody Austin | 3 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 216 |
T58 | Pat Perez | 3 | 68 | 71 | 77 | 216 |
T65 | Erik Compton | 4 | 72 | 73 | 72 | 217 |
T65 | Ryo Ishikawa | 4 | 73 | 72 | 72 | 217 |
T65 | Padraig Harrington | 4 | 75 | 70 | 72 | 217 |
T65 | Mark Calcavecchia | 4 | 73 | 71 | 73 | 217 |
T65 | Paul Goydos | 4 | 75 | 69 | 73 | 217 |
T70 | Darren Clarke | 5 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 218 |
T70 | Jason Bohn | 5 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 218 |
T70 | Sean O'Hair | 5 | 73 | 71 | 74 | 218 |
T70 | Marc Leishman | 5 | 75 | 69 | 74 | 218 |
T70 | Stuart Appleby | 5 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 218 |
T70 | John Mallinger | 5 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 218 |
T70 | Nicolas Colsaerts | 5 | 69 | 73 | 76 | 218 |
Missed the secondary cut | ||||||
Cut | Tim Herron | 6 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 219 |
Cut | Brian Gay | 6 | 75 | 69 | 75 | 219 |
Cut | Eric Axley | 6 | 72 | 70 | 77 | 219 |
Cut | Ricky Barnes | 6 | 70 | 72 | 77 | 219 |
Cut | Luke Guthrie | 7 | 70 | 70 | 80 | 220 |
Cut | Tim Clark | 8 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 221 |
Cut | Ken Duke | 8 | 71 | 71 | 79 | 221 |
Cut | Boo Weekley | 9 | 74 | 71 | 77 | 222 |