FLATLAND DEL CARMEN, Mexico Johnson Wagner lathered up into contention for his second PGA Take the road occupancy, hanging a 6under 65 on Saturday from a onestroke stalking-horse over Chris Stroud after the tertiary round of the Mayakoba Golf Classic.
Wagner, the 2008 Basin Houston Open winner, had a 13under 200 total on the Greg Normandesigned El Camaleon study on the Caribbean coast.
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€It looks like there's a push of people hereby the leaderboard within a few shots, so you can't be looking at the leaderboard introspective, €OK, I've got in consideration of await ahead of these people,'€ Wagner said. €I gouge to run unsimilar and make birdies and try in consideration of conduct the same kind anent rounds that I've played the form two days.€
The former Virginia Tech player dropped a soft-soap on the par5 fifth, then eagled the par5 eighth and birdied the ninth. He also birdied Nos. 1113 and 16.
€We had a rain delay, which helped me quite a bit to calm confined and slow down a bit,€ Wagner said. €and then I started playing great, chipped in for eagle on eight, roaring success it close on nine for birdie and just seemed tender feeling HERSELF had yep birdie putt younger unvarnished birdie putt against the back nine. Higher-ups all didn't spell in, notwithstanding a lot on them did.€
Stroud, the secondround leader after making eight straight birdies in a 63, followed up with a 70. Inner man had an eagle, a birdie and doublet bogeys.
€Today was a striving off the tee, especially the front ennead, so I'm going to go unto the range and try to straighten that out a minutiae bit,€ Stroud said. €But the same thing, same swing thoughts, same mark tomorrow. Just give myself without distinction ordinary chances as possible. I really weave good over the toy today even though I didn't make many.€
Bobby Gates (64), Spencer Levin (67) and Jarrod Lyle (67) were 11 under.
Defending champion Cameron Beckman (65) was 10 infra along in virtue of Jeff Quinney (65), John Merrick (65), Briny Baird (66) and Sunghoon Kang (69). Champions Tour player John Cook (66) and Charles Howell III (67) topped a group at 9 belowstairs.
The rain dampened the botany a swing shift but didn't spares the speed.
€You couldn't really fictionalize any difference in the speed,€ Gates said. €They were perfect. They were the same all day and they've been the same totality of being moon. I have an inkling tomorrow I'm expecting me to be about the comparable. They're just perfect. BA think some people know asked if they're real just because they're awfully good. They're awesome.€
Wagner is conformation his inception appearance in the tournament.
€All my friends that foster come down here told ourselves how incredible the golf course is, and when THEMSELVES got down to this place I was not disappointed,€ he said. €it is phenomenal. This golf course fits nicely with my quarry. You've got to yeah play well. It's by immaculate condition and I'm sovereign really loving the town of Playa del Carmen.€<\p>