Immelman eyes route 65
Kapalua - Trevor Immelman has set his sights on shooting a closing 65 to give himself a chance of victory at the PGA Tour's season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship.
The 27-year-old South African will go into the final day at the Kapalua Resort three shots behind leader Vijay Singh after firing a one-under-par 72 in Saturday's third round.
"Vijay is such a great player and you don't expect him to go give it away," Immelman told reporters after ending a blustery day on the Hawaiian island of Maui in a tie for second place.
"But, you know, I've come from three behind to win tournaments.
"Hopefully, I can go out there and shoot a low score and see what happens. Vijay is playing well so I would think I need to shoot in the mid-sixties, maybe 65, to have an outside chance."
Immelman, a three-times winner on the European Tour, can feed off happy memories from his maiden PGA Tour victory at last year's Western Open.
He trailed Singh by two shots going into the final round at Cog Hill before clinching the title by sinking a 30-foot breaking putt for birdie at the last hole.
That gave him a closing 67 and a two-shot winning margin over world number one Tiger Woods and Australian Mathew Goggin.
"All I can do is play the best golf I can play tomorrow and see how I shape up at the end," added Immelman, who will start the final round joint-second at eight under with Australia's Adam Scott.
"Three behind, I'll need a special day tomorrow to catch Vijay."
Long regarded as heir apparent to Ernie Els and Retief Goosen as South Africa's top player, Immelman is banking on an improved performance on the greens in the final round.
"I felt like I hit the ball solidly today, so that was pleasing," he said, after recovering from two bogeys in the first four holes with three birdies.
"But most of my shots I hit on the wrong side of the pin and I couldn't have too much of an aggressive putt at it.
"And then the ones that I did leave on the correct side, they all seemed to rub out on me. It was frustrating on the greens but I hung in there."
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