September 2, 2013. Sergio Garcia shot a 6-under 65 and leads by two strokes as rain laden Deutsche Bank Championships came to halt on Sunday. He has two-stroke lead over Henrik Stenson.
Spaniard was well on his mark by maintaining his lead going into the third round. He kept bogeys off his card and made two birdies on the front nine.
But, Garcia did get his share of Shocker as Canadian Graham De Laet climbed to the top of the leader board
“You could make a lot of birdies if everything went exactly the right way, kind of like it went on the back nine for me,” Garcia said. “But you have to be patient and just wait for the right time.”
Garcia regained control on the back nine of the rain-softened TPC Boston, making five birdies for a 6-under 65 that gave him a two-shot lead over Henrik Stenson. Garcia hit 4-iron from 218 yards onto the 18th green for a two-putt birdie as darkness settled over New England on this longest of days.
But nothing is close to being settled at this Playoffs event.
Tee times have been moved up to Monday morning because of the threat of more rain.
PGA champion Jason Dufner had a share of the lead until cooling off on the back nine. He had a 66 and was tied for fifth at 15-under 198 with Robert Castro (68).
FedExCup leader Tiger Woods and No. 3 Phil Mickelson failed to match up the expectations.
Mickelson, who started the third round five shots out of the lead, had his second straight 71, and this one wasn’t exciting at all.
Woods didn’t get anything going early and fell apart on the back nine, starting with a tee shot into a hazard well right of the 10th fairway. He was 13 shots back.
“ I had a bad day at the wrong time,” Woods said.
The top 70 in the FedExCup advance to the third Playoffs event in two weeks north of Chicago.
