Kaymer leads as Canizares falters in France

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07/03/2010 - Paris, France (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defending champion Martin Kaymer only managed an even-par 71 on Saturday, but it was enough for the third-round lead of the Open de France.

Kaymer finished 54 holes at nine-under 204 and is one ahead at Le Golf National.

Kaymer will be looking for the repeat, but he's atop the leaderboard thanks to some late hiccups from the second-round leader Alejandro Canizares.

The Spaniard double-bogeyed the 16th and 18th holes to shoot a two-over 73 and fall out of first place. Canizares is tied for second place with Steve Webster, who had a 70 on Saturday, at eight-under 205.

Miguel Angel Jimenez (66), Luke Donald (67), Damien McGrane (67), Francesco Molinari (68), Jyoti Randhawa (70) and Robert-Jan Derksen (72) are knotted in fourth place at minus-seven.

It was almost a miracle the third round finished, let alone even started.

Thunderstorms greeted the players, who were scheduled to go out in threesomes, but all off the first tee. As the delays added up, tournament officials decided to split the field, with half going off No. 1 and the other half off of 10.

That decision assumed that play would actually begin.

After four and a half hours, the third round finally started and it wasn't a great start for the third-round lead.

Kaymer, who toppled Lee Westwood in a playoff last year, bogeyed the opening hole, but got the stroke back at No. 2 when he stiffed his tee shot at the par-three hole inside a foot.

The German lost another stroke with a bogey at the par-four fifth, a hole he birdied in Thursday's first round. Kaymer got back to even on his round with a birdie at the par-five ninth, a hole he's birdied each of the first three rounds.

Kaymer played the back nine with nine consecutive pars, although he did hit a good approach to the last green. He didn't need to make any birdies to move up the leaderboard. Canizares took care of that on his own.

After a Canizares birdie at the par-five 14th, a hole he's birdied every round, the Spaniard was 12-under par and owned a commanding three-stroke advantage.

Things turned first for Canizares at the par-three 16th. He walked off the hole with a double-bogey five, but still held the tournament lead at 10-under par.

Canizares parred the 17th, but found water at 18 en route to yet another double-bogey. That knocked Canizares from the lead and gave Kaymer his seventh third-round lead on the European Tour.

Kaymer won three of the previous six times with at least a share of the 54- hole lead. He owns five European Tour titles, including this year's Abu Dhabi Championship.

"I kept myself in there," said Kaymer. "I was hanging in there. My game feels okay. I didn't play very well today, but I kept it together, which is important on this golf course."

Gregory Bourdy is the highest Frenchman on the leaderboard. He shot a one- under 70 to join Peter Hanson, who also carded a 70 on Saturday, in a tie for 10th at minus-six.

NOTES: Westwood, ranked third in the world, shot an even-par 71 and is tied for 21st at three-under par...Ian Poulter, No. 8 in the rankings, also had a 71 for a share of 21st.

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Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

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Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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