Golf: Watney sizzles at Vegas

LAS VEGAS: Nick Watney put himself in a good position to become the PGA Tour’s first three-time champion this year by surging into a tie for the lead in the third round at the Las Vegas Open. The American world number 11, the highest-ranked player in the field, fired a sizzling seven-under-par 64 to end another sunny day of low scoring in the Nevada desert at 17-under 196. Long-hitting Watney birdied five of the last six holes at the TPC Summerlin to finish level with South Korea-born American Kevin Na, who carded a 66.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 3^rd, 2011.