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.
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.
But he saw a three-shot lead after six whittled back to level after 12 before surging three ahead again on 18.
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.
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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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.
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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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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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.
Mr. Stenmark eagled the hole, a three-shot swing.
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Chris Davis went 4 for 4, including his AL-leading 14th homer, and Baltimore got a three-run shot from Matt Wieters in a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night.
The Royals got most of their deficit back on Dyson's three-run shot in the bottom of the second.
Ike Davis hit his second homer in as many games, a three-run shot that put the Mets ahead in the sixth inning.
There are several culprits, the clearest of which is the three-point shot.
He hit his 100th career homer in the fifth inning, then connected for a tiebreaking, three-run shot with two outs in the seventh.
Jarrod Dyson hit a three-run shot for the Royals, just the second homer of his career, and Mike Moustakas went deep in his second straight game.
The point guard with a lethal three-point shot didn't show any cracks, and his teammates rarely knew much about the struggle he and his father faced.
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They're led by a point guard named Trey Burke, who froze the Jayhawks in the close of regulation with a three-point shot he launched from somewhere in the Upper Peninsula.
Ankiel launched a pinch-hit three-run shot for the majors' first homer this season, Bud Norris pitched well for the win and Erik Bedard threw 3 1-3 scoreless innings for his first career save.
In another app, Capri snapped a three-dimension shot of an object on the table in front of us, captured its measurements and let us export that image to another device or even a 3D printer.
While there have been a slew of exciting games, including a five-overtime affair, it was revealed this week that the scoring average is the lowest since the 1981-82 season, five years before the three-point shot was instituted.
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"We were 15 points down with seven minutes left and Dan Wardrope sank the three - the last shot of the game - that won it, " he said.
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Mrs Cameron - who has three children - also heard from a mother whose three-year-old son was shot by a sniper next to his six siblings as they fled Syria in a car.
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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.
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