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Mike Weir narrowly missed carding a 59 on Friday, but his four-under 67 Sunday gave him a one-shot lead after three rounds of the Deutsche Bank Championship. There was a second cut at three-under-par 210 with 14 players missing out on the final round. Among those 14 were 2007 champion Phil Mickelson, who shot one-over 72 to finish at 211, Adam Scott (211) and Kenny Perry (213).
“I’ll just go out there and play,” Weir said, adding that his third round wasn’t “textbook” because his ball-striking wasn’t as sharp as he’d like. “But I held it together.”
Given the quality and number of players close to him, Weir will probably have to do more than hold it together.
Carl Pettersson collected his third PGA Tour win Sunday at the Wyndham Championship and that helped him jump 22 places in this week’s Official World Golf Rankings. There was little movement in the top 20.
Tiger Woods
Phil Mickelson
Padraig Harrington
Sergio Garcia
Vijay Singh
Henrik Stenson
Ernie Els
Stewart Cink
Geoff Ogilvy
Steve Stricker
Adam Scott
Justin Rose
Lee Westwood
Jim Furyk
K.J. Choi
Anthony Kim
Kenny Perry
Carl Pettersson caught fire on the back nine Sunday to win the Wyndham Championship by two shots over Scott McCarron.
Pettersson fired a closing round of two-under 68, and a final score of 21-under.
Pettersson also set new 36- and 54- hole scoring records along the way.
The big bonus for him though was winning the tournament vaulted him into the TOP 30 on the PGA tour Fed-EX cup points list.
