John Deere Classic / PGA TOUR / July 10-13, 2008

The LBG Leaderboard:

John Riegger 68-67=135 / -7 / T12

Jay Williamson 69-68=137 / -5 / T30

Brian Gay 72-66=132 / -4 / T44

Neal Lancaster 74-74=148 / MC

In what he described as "the best round of my life," Jay Williamson today shot a brilliant 9-under-par 62 in the third round. It was the low round of the tournament -- he posted a 29 on the back nine -- and it moved him to -14 (T4), one shot back of the three-way tie for the lead. Here's the post-round video from XM radio http://www.pgatour.com/video/?/video...son_xm.pgatour and the transcript of his press interview http://www.pgatour.com/2008/tourname...son/index.html.

I last worked with Jay on a windy afternoon in May at the AT&T Classic. Go here http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/gallery...ry.php?cat=541 and click on Practice Tee Chat With Jay Williamson.

Jay will be playing today in the next-to-last group with co-leader Kenny Perry, so tune in (CBS / 3 p.m - 6 p.m. ET) and root Jay home.

Other LBG notables also fared well on 'moving day':

John Riegger, after a fine 68, is at -10 and T12. Brian Gay followed yesterday's 66 with 69 and is at -6 and T41.

Brian Gay has just turned in 4-under 31 and is currently -10 for the tournament (T17). John Riegger has opened with a birdie at the first and has moved to -11 (T11).

Brian Gay is now 5-under for the day through 13 (-11 / T11).

After a birdie-birdie start, John Riegger has bogeyed 3 and 4 and is back to even for the day (-10 / T20).

Jay Williamson has just teed off.

The game is on!

Jay Williamson has birdied the first and is at -15 and tied for the lead.

Brian has just birdied 14 to go -6 for the day and T9.

John has bogeyed three in a row and fallen back to -9 (T26). Aggghh! Turn on that birdie machine, John!

At the turn, Jay remains at -15 and one back.

Brian is done with a 5-under 66 -- -- and 273 (-11 / currently T12).

After a 5-over stretch from #3-#6, John has birdied three of his last five holes and is now back to -10 (T18 ) .

The leaders are turning, and the wind is picking up . . .

Anybody else recognize the guy on Eric Axley's bag?

http://golf.about.com/od/thebigbreak/p/dondonatello.htm

Don Donatello is one of the thousands of very good players who, despite their talent, desire and work ethic, never get to tee it up on the PGA TOUR. In the end, some gain 'inside the ropes' access the only way they can . . .

So it is in The Land of the Meateaters.

With a dig-deep 2-under par 34 on the final nine, John Riegger is done at 71, even for the day and -10 (currently T19) for the tournament. This is a fine tournament for John -- he beat 137 of the world's best players and today made seven birdies.

On to Milwaukee!

P.S. Here's some exciting 'insider' news that will be of interest to LBG regulars: Our own Hennybogan http://www.lynnblakegolf.com/forum/f...play.php?f=119 is now on John's bag. This is a great first week for the dynamic duo, and we wish them all the best in the coming weeks.

Brad Adamomis -- Kenny Perry -- Jay Williamson.

At the close of regulation play, all tied at 268, 16-under-par.

To the 18th tee and Sudden Victory:

Two veterans.

One rookie.

Eleven PGA TOUR victories among them, all belonging to Perry.

On the tee, Jay Williamson . . .

Brad and Jay have just knocked their second shots in the water. The former from the rough, the latter from dead solid perfect.

Pressure.

You feel it.

They feel it.

Absent a hole-out from the aforementioned, for the third time in five weeks, it's Kenny's tournament to win.