Corales Puntacana Resort & Club Championship - R3

March 28-31
Corales Golf Club, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
$3,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell carded his second straight eight-under par 64 on Saturday to seize the 54-hole lead at the US PGA Tour’s Corales Puntacana Resort Championship.

Northern Ireland’s McDowell, who has slumped to 257th in the world rankings, had 15 straight one-putts in a round that included 10 birdies and two bogeys.

His three-round total of 15-under 201 put him one stroke in front of American Chris Stroud in the Dominican Republic tournament, which is played opposite the elite WGC-Match Play Championship in Texas.

“After I knocked the one in on 12 I asked (caddie) Kenny if that was 12 one-putts in a row,” said McDowell — and it was.

“I made some putts and I’m going to have to keep doing that tomorrow if I want to win.”

McDowell, who won the 2010 US Open at Pebble Beach and has been ranked as high as fourth in the world, won the most recent of his three US PGA Tour titles at the 2015 Mayakoba Classic.

Although he has an exemption into this year’s US Open at Pebble Beach, he has yet to earn a spot in The Open Championship at his home club of Royal Portrush.

McDowell said he had benefitted from a return to an old relaxation technique.

“I’ve been working on some routine stuff the past couple weeks and something small has clicked,” McDowell said. “It’s a breathing thing. It has helped me relax when I’m standing there on the greens.

“Just a little out breath before I take it back. It’s something I was doing a long time ago.”

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But he had little breathing room heading into the final round as Stroud kept the pressure on with a 64 that included six birdies and an eagle at the par-5 fourth.

Stroud would add three birdies in a row at the seventh, eighth and ninth, and two more coming in for a 54-hole total of 202.

It was a further stroke back to South Korean Im Sung-jae and Australian Ian Baddeley.

Overnight leader Im, playing on his 21st birthday in quest of his first US PGA title, fired a three-under par 69 for 203 and was tied for third with Baddeley.

Ranked 59th in the world, Im is hoping for a performance that will boost him into the top 50 and into the Masters at Augusta National in two weeks.

Baddeley, seeking a fifth PGA Tour title, signed for a 68.

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Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	Today	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	Graeme McDowell	NIR	-15	-8	73	64	64	201
2	Chris Stroud	USA	-14	-8	70	68	64	202
T3	Aaron Baddeley	AUS	-13	-4	68	67	68	203
T3	Sung-Jae Im	KOR	-13	-3	67	67	69	203
T5	Mackenzie Hughes	CAN	-11	-6	69	70	66	205
T5	Sepp Straka	AUT	-11	-5	68	70	67	205
T5	Kelly Kraft	USA	-11	-4	70	67	68	205
T5	Paul Dunne	IRL	-11	-2	66	69	70	205
T9	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	KOR	-10	-5	71	68	67	206
T9	George McNeill	USA	-10	-1	70	65	71	206
T9	Jonas Blixt	SWE	-10	-2	71	65	70	206
T9	Jonathan Byrd	USA	-10	-1	68	67	71	206
T13	Julian Etulain	ARG	-9	-6	72	69	66	207
T13	Ben Crane	USA	-9	-4	70	69	68	207
T13	Brady Schnell	USA	-9	-3	68	70	69	207
T13	Jhonattan Vegas	VEN	-9	-3	69	69	69	207
T13	Benjamin Silverman	CAN	-9	-3	70	68	69	207
T18	Seth Reeves	USA	-8	-4	69	71	68	208
T18	Peter Uihlein	USA	-8	-5	73	68	67	208
T18	Seung-Su Han	KOR	-8	-3	71	68	69	208
T18	Kramer Hickok	USA	-8	-3	71	68	69	208
T18	David Hearn	CAN	-8	-6	72	70	66	208
T18	Jim Knous	USA	-8	-2	70	68	70	208
T18	David Lipsky	USA	-8	-6	71	71	66	208
T18	Grayson Murray	USA	-8	-2	69	69	70	208
T26	Adam Schenk	USA	-7	-2	71	68	70	209
T26	Brendon Todd	USA	-7	-4	70	71	68	209
T26	D. J. Trahan	USA	-7	-4	69	72	68	209
T26	Denny McCarthy	USA	-7	-1	69	69	71	209
T26	Joel Dahmen	USA	-7	Par	66	71	72	209
T26	Martin Piller	USA	-7	-5	70	72	67	209
T26	Roberto Diaz	MEX	-7	-5	68	74	67	209
T33	Chip McDaniel	USA	-6	-1	72	67	71	210
T33	Parker McLachlin	USA	-6	-1	69	70	71	210
T33	Trey Mullinax	USA	-6	-3	71	70	69	210
T33	Thomas Detry	BEL	-6	Par	72	66	72	210
T33	Alex Prugh	USA	-6	-4	69	73	68	210
T33	Sam Burns	USA	-6	-4	68	74	68	210
T33	Dylan Frittelli	RSA	-6	Par	71	67	72	210
T33	Stephan Jaeger	GER	-6	Par	69	69	72	210
T33	Matt Jones	AUS	-6	1	66	71	73	210
T33	Sang-Moon Bae	KOR	-6	Par	70	68	72	210
T33	Wes Roach	USA	-6	-4	71	71	68	210
T44	Brice Garnett	USA	-5	-1	71	69	71	211
T44	John Merrick	USA	-5	-1	72	68	71	211
T44	Max Homa	USA	-5	-1	70	70	71	211
T44	Cameron Tringale	USA	-5	-2	72	69	70	211
T44	Shawn Stefani	USA	-5	-2	74	67	70	211
T44	Charlie Beljan	USA	-5	Par	70	69	72	211
T44	Daniel Chopra	SWE	-5	-2	73	68	70	211
T44	Brandon Harkins	USA	-5	-3	73	69	69	211
T44	Carlos Ortiz	MEX	-5	1	70	68	73	211
T53	Seamus Power	IRL	-4	Par	72	68	72	212
T53	Fredrik Jacobson	SWE	-4	1	72	67	73	212
T53	Dominic Bozzelli	USA	-4	-1	74	67	71	212
T53	Rory Sabbatini	SVK	-4	-2	69	73	70	212
T53	John Chin	USA	-4	-2	71	71	70	212
T53	Joey Garber	USA	-4	-2	71	71	70	212
T53	Chris Couch	USA	-4	-2	70	72	70	212
T53	Tyler Duncan	USA	-4	-2	71	71	70	212
T61	Derek Fathauer	USA	-3	2	73	66	74	213
T61	Tyrone van Aswegen	RSA	-3	3	70	68	75	213
T61	Hank Lebioda	USA	-3	-1	71	71	71	213
T64	Hunter Mahan	USA	-2	Par	74	68	72	214
T64	Charl Schwartzel	RSA	-2	Par	71	71	72	214
T64	Curtis Luck	AUS	-2	Par	71	71	72	214
T67	Jim Herman	USA	-1	4	69	70	76	215
T67	Julio Santos	DOM	-1	1	72	70	73	215
T69	John Senden	AUS	Par	3	73	68	75	216
T69	Harris English	USA	Par	3	71	70	75	216
T71	Jason Bohn	USA	2	5	76	65	77	218
T71	Chad Campbell	USA	2	4	73	69	76	218
73	Ryan Vermeer	USA	3	5	72	70	77	219
74	Omar Uresti	USA	5	7	73	69	79	221
CUT	Brian Davis	ENG	-1	Par	70	73	–	143
CUT	Brian Stuard	USA	-1	Par	71	72	–	143
CUT	David Lingmerth	SWE	-1	Par	69	74	–	143
CUT	J. J. Henry	USA	-1	Par	71	72	–	143
CUT	Johnson Wagner	USA	-1	Par	70	73	–	143
CUT	Nick Hardy	USA	-1	Par	71	72	–	143
CUT	Rafael Campos	PRI	-1	Par	70	73	–	143
CUT	Ricky Barnes	USA	-1	Par	77	66	–	143
CUT	Robert Streb	USA	-1	Par	75	68	–	143
CUT	Roger Sloan	CAN	-1	Par	71	72	–	143
CUT	Chase Wright	USA	Par	Par	72	72	–	144
CUT	Corey Conners	CAN	Par	Par	72	72	–	144
CUT	Davis Love III	USA	Par	Par	72	72	–	144
CUT	Josh Teater	USA	Par	Par	74	70	–	144
CUT	Nate Lashley	USA	Par	Par	70	74	–	144
CUT	Tom Hoge	USA	Par	Par	72	72	–	144
CUT	Trevor Immelman	RSA	Par	Par	73	71	–	144
CUT	Adam Svensson	CAN	1	Par	73	72	–	145
CUT	Arjun Atwal	IND	1	Par	74	71	–	145
CUT	Cameron Davis	AUS	1	Par	74	71	–	145
CUT	Davis Love IV	USA	1	Par	72	73	–	145
CUT	Hudson Swafford	USA	1	Par	74	71	–	145
CUT	Juan Delgado	DOM	1	Par	73	72	–	145
CUT	Matthew Every	USA	1	Par	70	75	–	145
CUT	Nicholas Lindheim	USA	1	Par	74	71	–	145
CUT	Sebastian Munoz	COL	1	Par	73	72	–	145
CUT	Tommy Gainey	USA	1	Par	73	72	–	145
CUT	Hiram Silfa	DOM	2	Par	76	70	–	146
CUT	Joaquin Niemann	CHI	2	Par	71	75	–	146
CUT	John Rollins	USA	2	Par	76	70	–	146
CUT	Justin Bertsch	USA	2	Par	75	71	–	146
CUT	Kyle Jones	USA	2	Par	70	76	–	146
CUT	Tim Herron	USA	2	Par	73	73	–	146
CUT	Anders Albertson	USA	3	Par	76	71	–	147
CUT	Jose de Jesus Rodriguez	MEX	3	Par	72	75	–	147
CUT	Robert Allenby	AUS	3	Par	75	72	–	147
CUT	Billy Hurley III	USA	4	Par	74	74	–	148
CUT	Chris Thompson	USA	4	Par	73	75	–	148
CUT	Dicky Pride	USA	4	Par	75	73	–	148
CUT	Mike Ballo Jr.	USA	4	Par	73	75	–	148
CUT	D. A. Points	USA	5	Par	74	75	–	149
CUT	Jacob Eggers	USA	5	Par	76	73	–	149
CUT	Rhadames Pena	DOM	5	Par	76	73	–	149
CUT	Fabian Gomez	ARG	6	Par	78	72	–	150
CUT	Heath Slocum	USA	6	Par	75	75	–	150
CUT	Alex Cejka	GER	7	Par	74	77	–	151
CUT	Andres Romero	ARG	7	Par	75	76	–	151
CUT	Theo Humphrey	USA	7	Par	75	76	–	151
CUT	Tom Lovelady	USA	7	Par	81	70	–	151
CUT	Cameron Beckman	USA	8	Par	77	75	–	152
CUT	Zachary Zaback	USA	8	Par	79	73	–	152
CUT	Jonathan Kaye	USA	9	Par	76	77	–	153
CUT	Tony Romo	USA	15	Par	79	80	–	159
CUT	George Riley	USA	18	Par	85	77	–	162
RET	Brendon de Jonge	ZIM	Par	66	78	–	–	78
RET	David Duval	USA	Par	67	77	–	–	77
RET	Eric Axley	USA	Par	69	75	–	–	75
RET	Troy Matteson	USA	Par	60	84	–	–	84