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Garcia races three clear

Spaniard well placed in hunt for eighth PGA Tour win

Last updated: 28th September 2008

Garcia: three-shot advantage

I managed to make a couple of birdies here and there and played a solid round.

The Tour Championship
Third round scores
US unless stated
202 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 70 65 67
205 Phil Mickelson 68 68 69, Anthony Kim 64 69 72
207 Camilo Villegas (Col) 72 66 69
208 Robert Allenby (Aus) 75 66 67, Ben Curtis 71 69 68
209 KJ Choi (Kor) 69 70 70
210 Mike Weir (Can) 70 69 71
211 Jim Furyk 72 70 69, Ernie Els (Rsa) 68 73 70, Kevin Sutherland 71 71 69
212 Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 68 73 71, Billy Mayfair 72 71 69
213 Dudley Hart 73 69 71, Stuart Appleby (Aus) 72 71 70
214 D.J. Trahan 71 72 71
215 Justin Leonard 73 69 73, Ken Duke 77 69 69, Briny Baird 74 71 70
217 Hunter Mahan 74 75 68
218 Steve Stricker 74 74 70, Kenny Perry 76 75 67, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 75 72 71
219 Vijay Singh (Fij) 73 74 72, Andres Romero (Arg) 73 68 78, Bubba Watson 71 74 74, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 76 72 71
220 Chad Campbell 72 73 75
221 Stewart Cink 75 73 73
223 Tim Clark (Rsa) 78 74 71

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Sergio Garcia will carry a three-shot lead into the final round of the Tour Championship after firing a 67 at East Lake Golf Club on Saturday.

The Spaniard's three-under effort moved him to eight-under-par for the tournament, three ahead of Ryder Cup foe Anthony Kim.

Kim, who set the tone for the United States' Ryder Cup triumph by beating Garcia 5&4 during the opening singles last Sunday, hit a spectator with an errant tee shot at the par-five ninth during a disappointing third round of 72.

"AK (Kim) wasn't on his 'A' game today," said Garcia, who made his move with two late birdies at the 15th and 17th.

"He scrambled nicely but unfortunately he didn't have the best of finishes.

"I managed to make a couple of birdies here and there and played a solid round."

Wild drive

Kim, who led by two at the half-way point, rolled in a 22-footer for birdie at the third but his round was derailed when his wild drive at the ninth struck spectator David Whitfield above the right eye.

Whitfield fell to the ground and required medical treatment before being taken away on a stretcher.

"I felt terrible," Kim said. "You never want to see that anywhere. He's going to need some stitches but he's going to be all right."

Phil Mickelson signed for a 69 to join Kim at five-under, while Camilo Villegas - winner of the BMW Championship three weeks ago - is alone in fourth at three-under after also carding a 69.

Meanwhile, Vijay Singh moved within 18 holes of the FedEx Cup play-off title despite another below-par round.

A 72 was Singh's best score of the week and left him in a tie for 24th at nine-over-par.

The Fijian only has to complete the final round to be crowned the play-off champion and pick up a �5.4million bonus, having already eliminated any suspense by winning the first two events in the series.