He has a three shot advantage over Scott Jamieson, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Peter Hanson, who is one of three European Ryder Cup players in the field.
At the start of the fourth day Bickerton trailed New Zealand's Michael Campbell by a shot and established a three-shot advantage as the round came to a climax.
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On the European Tour Friday, England's Chris Wood shot a brilliant 64 to take a three-shot lead into the final round of the Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club.
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Ross Fisher, who started the day one shot behind Watson, suddenly found himself in a three-shot lead after birdies on the 1st and 2nd coincided with dropped shots from the American veteran.
But he saw a three-shot lead after six whittled back to level after 12 before surging three ahead again on 18.
Clarke clinched his maiden major title with a three-shot victory at Royal St George's in Kent.
But as a rare, true three-shot par-five, it can easily peel off the weak of heart.
The feud has seen three people shot dead and a number of people injured in attacks.
He had a three-shot lead over Fowler, Keegan Bradley, Justin Rose, Ken Duke and John Huh when play was stopped.
Australian Bland fired a 70 in the rain for an 11-under-par total and a three-shot lead over compatriot Daniel Gaunt.
Just like that, he was on his way to a 7-under 64 and a three-shot lead going into the final round of the Northern Trust Open.
The fifth was arguably Maccarinelli's most successful round as a left to the body and then a three-shot combination seemed to have an impact on Afolabi.
Goosen was playing his first round at a major since his final-round collapse in the US Open at Pinehurst, when he let slip a three-shot lead.
British star Casey, who won the Matchplay in 2006, goes into the final round of the BMW PGA Championship with a three-shot lead over Dane Soren Kjeldsen.
Mr Hamilton said the father of three was shot at close range by two gunmen who approached from behind as he arrived for work in Sandy Row.
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Then came successive bogeys at 11 and 12 to give Furyk his three-shot cushion, which had gone by the time the American missed a short putt on the 17th.
"I think Bill is in a position, if he keeps a three-shot lead and goes and plays well again, that it's going to be hard to catch him, " Simpson said.
England's Luke Donald matched his Ryder Cup colleague McDowell with a 69 -- only three men shot under 70 on the final day -- to share third place with Kevin Streelman.
The 38-year-old's three-shot victory from South African Richard Sterne came 210 starts since he won his first at the Dunhill Links Championship, and put him inside the world's top 60 rankings.
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Mr. Stenmark eagled the hole, a three-shot swing.
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Cristie Kerr, Brittany Lincicome and Lizette Salas all shot three-under 69 to be a shot clear of teenage compatriot Lexi Thompson, Jennie Lee, Japan's Ai Miyazato and and Spain's Beatriz Recari.
The American forces in the town who themselves shot three gunmen while trying to restore order say that trying to determine who shot whom first is hopeless.
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Wozniak is a consultant on that movie, which will play out in three extended scenes, shot in real time, that depict Jobs at three product rollouts: the Macintosh, Jobs' non-Apple product NeXT, and the iPod.
The film was written by Ryan Perez in three days and shot in five.
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The three were found shot in the head in a Kurdish community centre in Paris.
Three men were shot dead in a spate of feuding by loyalists in Northern Ireland .
The Royals got most of their deficit back on Dyson's three-run shot in the bottom of the second.
Authorities did not release a possible motive in the killings, though they confirmed the three victims were shot.
She was shot three times after a taxi taking her back home to west Belfast was hijacked by gunmen.
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