SAN DIEGO, January 28, 2012 (AFP) - Kyle Stanley fired a four-under par 68 on Saturday to stretch his lead to five shots after three rounds of the US PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open.
Stanley missed a four-foot birdie putt at 18 on the Torrey Pines South Course to just miss breaking the 54-hole tournament record held by Tiger Woods.
Instead he matched the record set by Woods in 1998 with an 18-under total of 198, five strokes in front of John Huh and John Rollins.
Huh, who booked his tour card in qualifying school, also posted a 68 as did Rollins to share second on 203.
Huh, a 21-year-old Korean-American, was born in the United States. His family moved to South Korea not long after he was born, but several years later returned Stateside, where Huh attended high school in Los angeles.
Playing in just his second PGA Tour event, Huh ranks first in fairways hit this week.
South Korean Bae Sang-moon, a veteran of the Korea Tour, Japan Golf tour and Asian Tour who is in his rookie season on the US tour, carded a 72 for 204. He was joined at 12-under by Bill Haas (70).
Leading scores here on Saturday in the third round of the US PGA Tour $6 million Farmers Insurance Open (USA unless noted, par-72):
198 - Kyle Stanley 62-68-68
203 - John Huh 64-71-68, John Rollins 70-65-68
204 - Bae Sang-moon (KOR) 65-67-72, Bill Haas 63-71-70
205 - Jonas Blixt (SWE) 70-70-65, Brandt Snedeker 67-64-74, Cameron Tringale 67-72-66
206 - Justin Leonard 65-70-71, Scott Piercy 70-68-68
207 - James Driscoll 68-69-70, Martin Flores 65-67-75, Tim Herron 68-70-69, Ryo Ishikawa (JPN), 69-69-69, Rod Pampling (AUS) 64-75-68, Pat Perez 66-70-71, D.A. Points 70-70-67, Camilo Villegas (COL) 65-72-70
208 - Robert Allenby (AUS) 68-67-73, Dustin Johnson 66-72-70, J.J. Killeen 72-69-67, Hunter Mahan 69-65-74, Jimmy Walker 73-65-70, Bubba Watson 69-71-68
209 - Greg Chalmers (AUS) 65-72-72, Stewart Cink 69-68-72, Rickie Fowler 68-70-71, Paul Goydos 68-72-69, Bryce Molder 71-70-68, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 72-70-67, Chris Riley 67-70-72, Justin Rose (GBR) 71-68-70, Brendon de Jonge (ZIM) 70-70-69