World Match Play champion Ian Poulter (25/1 in the outright betting) carded a superb 63 to move back into contention at the halfway stage of the Phoenix Open.

The Hertfordshire-born ace had disappointed on the opening day with a first round 72 but carded the best score on the second day with a bogey-free round, which included five birdies on the back nine, to move within four shots of the lead.

“I even booked a plane for takeoff at three this afternoon,” he said. “I wasn’t feeling good.

“It’s just nice to go out there and hit good golf shots, play well and put myself in a position now where I’ve put myself into form.”

Overnight leader Camilo Villegas (7/2 favourite to take the title) could not match his tournament record-equalling nine-under-par first round but still holds a share of the lead at 11-under after a second round 69.

American Mark Wilson (10/1) joined the Colombian at the top of the leaderboard in Arizona with a five-under-par 66, one shot clear of a three-way tie for third between Anthony Kim (6/1), Rickie Fowler (12/1) and Ryan Moore (10/1).

Spain’s Alvaro Quiros lies one shot further adrift at -9 alongside Australian Mathew Goggin and the American foursome of Pat Perez, Brandt Snedeker, Chris Couch and Tom Lehman.

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Brandt Snedeker is in the driving seat to win the Phoenix Open in Scottsdale (Snedeker 2/1 Waste Management Phoenix Open – In Play) after he fired a five-under-par 66 to lead by one shot going into Sunday’s final round.

The American is on 14 under par, one shot clear of compatriot Scott Piercy (6/1), who scored the day’s low round of 65.

Matt Every (14/1) and Rickie Fowler (5/1) are tied for third on 12 under par, while overnight leaders Camilo Villegas (8/1) and Mark Wilson (25/1) dropped off the pace.

England’s Ian Poulter (80/1) sits on eight under after his 70 on Saturday undid the hard work he put in on Friday to fire a 63.

Snedeker, who will look to clinch the title when he goes up against Piercy and Every in the fourth round three balls (Snedeker 6/5, Piercy 2/1, Every 9/4 Waste Management Phoenix Open – 4th Rd 3 Balls), said: “I played really good. I’m swinging it really good right now.

“I made one mistake on 14 and was able to make a long putt to save bogey. Besides that, I’m rolling it great.

“I’ve been hitting a lot of really quality shots, so it was a lot of fun out there.”

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Ryugi Imada, who has won one PGA Tour event in his career, was among the leaders after the first round of the Phoenix Open, firing a six-under par 65. he is tied for third place, three strokes behind red-hot leader Camilo Villegas, who shot a course record 62.

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The TPC Scottsdale, which is where the Waste Management Phoenix Open (previously nown as the FBR Open) is one of the livelier places the PGA stops at, and a lot of that, I am told, comes from the Arizona State students that attend the tourney from the nearby Tempe campus.
It’s different than in most places because it is perhaps the loudest stop on the tour.

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