Joe Ogilvie posted a bogey-free 66 to secure a two-shot lead over Masters hero Phil Mickelson and Charles Howell III going into the final round of the rain-hit HP Classic of New Orleans.

Danny Ellis is the man to catch after completing two rounds of the rain-plagued HP Classic in New Orleans at 15 under 129.

England’s Justin Rose continued his good form across the Atlantic with a first-round five-under-par 67 at the rain-interrupted HP Classic of New Orleans.