US TOUR:PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON and Graeme McDowell will have to find something special in today's closing round of the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston if they wish to retain an interest in the FedEx Cup play-offs.
The two Irish players shot rounds of one-under-par 70 yesterday to leave McDowell on four under for the tournament with Harrington three strokes further back.
With only the top 70 players in the standings advancing to next week’s BMW Championship, McDowell was lying in a projected 71st place last night while Harrington was precariously placed in 88th position.
Bubba Watson held a one-shot lead coming towards the end of the third round, with Jason Day, Chez Reavie, Adam Scott and Jerry Kelly all in close pursuit.
Watson was at 11-under-par through 14 holes, with birdies at the second, fourth, seventh and 10th outweighing bogeys at the first, 11th and 12th.
Nick Watney had picked up three shots on the first four holes of his third round to storm to the top of the leaderboard before his round fell apart with bogeys at the 11th, 12th and 14th.
Phil Mickelson stormed into contention with a flawless round of 63 to stand at seven under par for the tournament.
