Ogilvy in Front at Barracuda Championship


Geoff Ogilvy carded seven birdies and two bogeys for 12 points to forge a three-point lead in the Barracuda Championship. The $3 million, modified Stableford event is taking place at Montreux Golf and Country Club in Reno.

Ogilvy, a 37-year -old Aussie with seven wins on the PGA Tour, including the 2006 U.S. Open, has a three-round total of 35 points, three ahead of Jason Allred (14 points) and halfway leader Nick Watney, who has 18, 8 and 6 points the first three days.

"I played quite well," Ogilvy told reporters. "Birdied the par-5s I needed to birdie, which is (needed) in this format, because birdies are so much better than bogeys are bad. So it's definitely a format that rewards the guy that makes a lot of birdies.

"So I put some points on the board, which you have to, because there were some low ones this morning, it looked like, or some high ones, however you want to put it," added the Adelaide native, who's looking for his first title since the 2010 SBS Championship.

Watney was upset that he didn't do better Saturday; he began the third round with a three-point lead over Ogilvy. "A little bit disappointed, to be honest," the Sacramento native said. "Missed my share of putts. But I've got a chance tomorrow. So I would have taken that at the beginning of the week.

"I'm hitting the ball great," Watney added. "If I can putt, I got a real chance."

A threat of afternoon thunderstorms Sunday caused the Tour to move the final-round tee times to be played in threesomes using both Nos. 1 and 10 tees.

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