PGA Tour: Jason Bohn claims one-shot lead at OHL Classic in Mexico
Sunday 16 November 2014 12:50, UK
Jason Bohn will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the OHL Classic in Mexico after carding a four-under 67 on day three.
The American defied wet and windy conditions at the Playa del Carmen resort to reach 15 under par after play was briefly held up twice by torrential downpours.
Bohn started the third round one behind overnight leader Michael Puttnam, but he birdied three of the first five holes before giving a shot back at the sixth.
The 31-year-old, without a PGA Tour win since 2010, hit back with a pair of birdie-twos at the eighth and 10th before he picked up another shot at the long 13th to consolidate his lead.
But after arriving at the last with a three-shot advantage, Bohn opened the door for the chasing pack with a three-putt bogey as playing partner Shawn Stefani rolled in his fifth birdie putt of the day to trim the lead to a single stroke.
"When we started, it was just a little bit breezy. It was nice. It was going to be a beautiful day," Bohn said. "Then we could kind of see the rain coming in from the ocean. Once it started raining, it got very difficult.
"The greens got a little bit slower just from the rain. If you were in the rough, you got some squirters where the ball could fly where there was water trapped between the grass and the ball. And it was just tough.
Soaked
"I'm just soaked, right down to my boxer shorts. I am as soaked as can be right now."
Stefani cruised to the turn in 34 and added further birdies at the 11th and 13th, but he bogeyed 16 and 17 before responding at the last to salvage a creditable 68.
Charley Hoffman is a further two shots adrift after a 67 which included a run of four consecutive birdies on the front nine, and he hit back from a bogey at 11 with a superb eagle at the 13th.
Hoffman shares third with veteran Alex Cejka, who had five birdies and one costly double-bogey at the 10th as he returned a 68 to close on 12 under.
Andres Gonzales fired a best-of-the-day 66 to vault 19 places up the leaderboard to 11 under alongside Jerry Kelly, Danny Lee and Ken Duke, while Champions Tour star Fred Funk continued his excellent week with a bogey-free 69 to reach 10 under.
But it was a day to forget for halfway leader Puttnam, who crashed to a six-over 77 following a disastrous finish to his round.
Puttnam opened with nine pars and remained level for the round after 15 holes before he double-bogeyed 16, tripled the next and closed with a scrappy five to drop six shots over the final three holes.
