Kelly extends lead in New Orleans

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04/25/2009 - New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jerry Kelly posted a three-under 69 on Saturday to extend his lead to three shots after the third round of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Kelly, the overnight leader by one, finished 54 holes at 13-under 203 and is ahead of Steve Marino, who carded a four-under 68 on Saturday, at the TPC Louisiana.

Rod Pampling (68), Aaron Watkins (69), Charles Howell III (70), John Rollins (71) and first-round leader Charlie Wi (71) are knotted in third place at nine-under-par 207.

Kelly wasted little time in breaking into red figures on Saturday. After he missed a nine-foot birdie try at one, Kelly converted a four-footer for birdie at the par-five second.

He made a sensational par save from nine feet at the third, but drove into a bunker at the par-four fifth. Kelly hit his approach to 25 feet and sank the birdie putt to reach 12-under par for the championship.

At the extremely difficult par-four sixth, Kelly drove into the right rough near a tent. He missed his second shot right of the green, but pitched to seven feet to give himself a chance at par. Kelly stepped up and holed the par save to stay atop the leaderboard.

Kelly made nothing but pars for nine consecutive holes. He had some chances to make birdies, including a 15-footer at 11 and a six-footer at No. 13, but no one in the field got any closer than a stroke.

At the par-four 15th, Kelly hit his approach to six feet. He drained the birdie effort to get to 13-under par and move three clear of Marino, who was already in the clubhouse at minus-10.

Kelly kept the strong play going at No. 16. His second stopped seven feet from the flagstick, but Kelly failed to capitalize on the makeable birdie opportunity.

He parred the 17th and found a fairway bunker with his second at the par-five closing hole. Kelly only managed to get his third to 30 feet, where he two- putted for par.

Kelly took his seventh 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour, but has not enjoyed great success. In the six previous instances he owned a piece of the third-round lead, Kelly only visited the winner's circle once.

That came at the 2002 Sony Open in Hawaii, then later that year he earned his other victory at the Western Open.

Local favorite and 2001 champion David Toms (72), Jeff Overton (68), Joe Ogilvie (69), Roland Thatcher (70), Rory Sabbatini (71), Kevin Stadler (71) and John Merrick (72) share eighth place at eight-under 208.

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In what should be an outstanding Saturday of March Madness betting action, the top four teams in the South and West Regions square off in what should be extremely close match-ups. Three of the four teams are coming off extremely close games on Thursday evening, only UCLA won semi comfortably over Pitt 64-55.

Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M.

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Memphis vs. Ohio State

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