Scott, Garcia share the lead after windy, wild day
A bizarre and breezy afternoon ended at PGA National with two players whose fortunes changed mightily in the final hour.
Scott looked better than ever, 7 under through 14 holes and only once having to save par. He was three shots ahead going to the tee on the par-3 15th, and it was starting to look like a runaway.
Some 20 minutes later, he was one shot behind Garcia.
“Pretty costly,” Scott said. “But, fortunately, I had a couple shots to spare.”
Garcia lost the lead with a bogey from the bunker on the 17th, and caught Scott with a short birdie on the 18th for a 67.
They were at 9-under 201.
Blayne Barber had a 69 and was four shots behind.
Scott and Garcia were quick to point out that today might not be the two-man race, and there was plenty of evidence to back them up.
Rickie Fowler had a one-shot lead going into the third round and was the first player at the Honda Classic to go bogey-free through the opening 36 holes. And then Saturday, he couldn't make a birdie. Fowler made bogey on the easiest hole at PGA National, the par-5 third, and wound up with a 74 to fall five shots behind.
Nothing went right for Jimmy Walker, starting with the first tee.
Playing alongside Fowler, he was introduced as “Jimmy Fowler.” Walker had the lead with his birdie on the third hole. He didn't make another birdie until the 18th hole, and that was to break 80.
He wound up 11 shots out of the lead.