AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am: Third-Round Notebook  PGA TOUR Media Official PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. -- Including this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Phil Mickelson has now held or shared the 54-hole lead of a stroke-play event twenty-two times on the PGA TOUR. Mickelson has closed the deal 15 of the previous 21 times in stroke-play events. Two of the 54-hole leads were at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am (2001, 2005), with a victory at the 2005 event. • If Mickelson goes on to win Sunday, he'd make the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am the fourth PGA TOUR event of his career that he's won three or more times. The other three events are the BellSouth Classic (2000, 2005, 2006); Buick Invitational (1993, 2000, 2001; and Chrysler Classic of Tucson (1991, 1995, 1996)  Kevin Sutherland is again playing well on the West Coast. (Steve Grayson/ WireImage)
• Kevin Sutherland birdied the 18th hole at Poppy Hills to cap a bogey-free 67 and is tied for the lead through 54 holes. This is the second time Sutherland has led or shared a 54-hole lead on the PGA TOUR. His previous 54-hole lead came 10 years ago at the 1997 Shell Houston Open, where he lost in a playoff to Phil Blackmar. • A win for Phil Mickelson would be his 30th career TOUR win, tying him with Leo Diegel and Vijay Singh for 16th all time. Singh won his 30th earlier this year at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. • A two-time winner at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Phil Mickelson is one of nine players with multiple victories, along with Lloyd Mangrum (2), Cary Middlecoff (2), Billy Casper (2), Jack Nicklaus (3), Johnny Miller (3), Tom Watson (2), Mark O'Meara (5) and Davis Love III (2). • Nine of Phil Mickelson's previous 29 victories on the PGA TOUR wins have come in the state of California. • Tom Watson (SP) continued his impressive play in his first PGA TOUR start of the 2007 season with an even-par 72 and sits T13. Watson is looking for his first top-25 finish since a T18 at the 2003 British Open. • John Mallinger (3), Jeff Overton (T6) and Craig Kanada (T6) are three players in the top 10 looking for their first PGA TOUR victory. The first-time winners at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am include E.J. "Dutch" Harrison in 1939, Ed Oliver in 1940, John Dawson in 1942, Ed Furgol and George Fazio in 1947, Jack Burke, Jr., and Smiley Quick in 1950, Jay Hebert in 1957, Don Massengale in 1966, John Cook in 1981, Steve Jones in 1988, Brett Ogle in 1993, Matt Gogel in 2002, and Arron Oberholser in 2006. • John Mallinger's streak of 50 consecutive bogey-free holes ended at the par-3 sixth hole during the third-round. There were four bogey-free rounds today: Corey Pavin (PB), Kevin Sutherland (PH), Daniel Chopra (SP) and Tim Herron (PB). There have been a total of 13 this week. • Tim Herron (PB) shot the best round of the day with a 66 and sits T30. Corey Pavin (PB) posted a bogey-free 67 and moved up 14 places to T4. • Pebble Beach GL played more than three shots harder than any of the other two courses during the third round. Pebble's scoring average was 76.137 vs. 72.966 (SP) and 72.050 (PH). The 76.137 scoring average at Pebble Beach GL was the highest single-round on TOUR since the final round of the 2005 PLAYERS Championship (76.512) won by Fred Funk. • Tim Petrovic posted a double eagle on the 10th hole at Poppy Hills. He hit driver, 6-iron from 198 yards to record the first albatross on the PGA TOUR this season. • The cut came in at 1-under-par 215 with 60 players advancing to Sunday's final-round. The top 70 and ties (through 54 holes) will get paid but only the top 60 and ties will play on Sunday. Copyright 2007 PGATOUR.com. All rights reserved. |
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