Weekley wide awake as Garcia disqualified

Boo Weekley livened up the early action at the USPGA Championship today with a stellar round and a miscue which partly led to the disqualification of Sergio Garcia.

Weekley came to the 18th hole needing a birdie for a 63, but he left himself a long birdie try and three-putted for a bogey and a five-under 65.

Weekley is the clubhouse leader at even-par 210. South Africa’s Trevor Immelman moved to one over for the championship with a 66.

Garcia would have had a 74 to fall to nine-over 219 for the championship but he signed an incorrect scorecard and was disqualified. Weekley put Garcia down for a four on the 17th hole but Garcia bogeyed the hole and did not catch the mistake when looking over his scorecard before signing it.

No matter, the Spaniard was no factor here anyway as Tiger Woods has this tournament in his hands to win or lose.

Woods fired a 63 in the second round on Friday, tying a major championship record, and had a two-shot lead at six under par. He and Scott Verplank, in second at four under, both started Saturday’s third round with pars at the first hole.

Paul Casey is off to a fast start, carding birdies at the fifth and sixth. He bogeyed the seventh and is one under for his round and one over for the championship.

Colin Montgomerie struggled to a 73 which included five bogeys and left him at eight-over 218.

Nathan Green was four under through 14 to move into red numbers at one under. John Daly, who electrified the crowd with a shocking 67 on Thursday, is one under through five and one under for the tournament.

Darren Clarke was at one under with three holes to play in his third round and two over for the tournament. Justin Rose had five birdies in his first 13 holes but is even par for the day after an eight on the par-four third and a bogey at the 12th.

The field’s task of catching Woods is especially daunting and not just because he is the top-ranked player in the world. He has also won all seven of the seven majors where he has held the 36-hole lead.