PLAYA DEL CARMEN, February 26, 2012 (AFP) - Daniel Summerhays fired a four-under par 67 on Saturday to grab a two-stroke lead over Chris Stroud heading into the final round of the US PGA Tour's Mayakoba Golf Classic.
Summerhays had a 54-hole total of 12-under 201.
"Tomorrow, I'm just going to try and do the same things I've been doing all week," said Summerhays, whose biggest career victory to date was as an amateur in a 2007 Nationwide developmental tour event.
"I'm going to try and hit the driver really well again. My swing feels really good, so I'm picking out good targets. I'm judging the wind correctly and I'm managing it well.
"I'm really looking forward to the opportunity tomorrow to take the lead into the final round of a PGA Tour event and see how I perform," Summerhays said.
Stroud carded a 68 for 203. He and Summerhays are the only players with three rounds in the 60s on the Greg Norman-designed El Camaleon course.
"The wind is everything on this course," Stroud said. "The wind has a huge effect on every shot, into the greens, off the tees. You have a lot of elevated tee boxes into the wind and you better hit it really straight off the tee or you're going to be in the mangrove out there and trying to find your ball."
It was another two shots back to Michael Allen and Will Claxton on eight-under 205. Allen carded a 66 and claxton a 71.
Australian Robert Allenby (70) and Marc Turnesa (67) were tied on 206.
Defending champion Johnson Wagner, a winner already this year at the Sony Open last month, was one-over for the week after a 71.
The $3.7 million US PGA Tour event is played opposite the World Golf Championships Match Play Championship in Arizona, which drew the top golfers in the world this week.
Leading third-round scores here on Saturday from the US PGA Tour's $3.7 million Mayakoba Golf Classic (USA unless noted, par-71):
201 - Daniel Summerhays 69-65-67
203 - Chris Stroud 69-66-68
205 - Michael Allen 68-71-66, Will Claxton 66-68-71
206 - Marc Turnesa 67-72-67, Robert Allenby (AUS) 69-67-70
207 - Brian Harman 71-71-65, Colt Knost 69-71-67, Briny Baird 71-69-67, Charles Howell 67-71-69, Matt Every 67-71-69, Greg Owen (ENG) 67-67-73
208 - Dicky Pride 68-72-68, Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 67-72-69, Billy Mayfair 70-68-70, John Huh 67-70-71, Richard S. Johnson (SWE) 70-66-72, Kevin Stadler 68-68-72
209 - J.J. Henry 72-69-68, Russell Knox (SCO) 74-67-68, Stephen Ames (CAN) 69-70-70
210 - Tim Petrovic 72-72-66, Nathan Green (AUS) 73-69-68, Rich Beem 70-71-69, Craig Barlow 71-68-71
211 - Edward Loar 69-74-68, Garrett Willis 70-72-69, Billy Horschel 69-72-70, Noh Seung-Yul (KOR) 68-70-73