Padraig Harrington (10/3 to win on tournament coupon) thinks he can win the Transitions Championship in Florida after recording the lowest round in 2010 so far to take the halfway lead.

The Irish golfer hit a six-under-par 65 in his second round at Palm Harbor to take a one shot lead at eight-under over the foursome of Carl Petterson,  Jim Furyk, Bubba Watson and Retief Goosen (5/1 to win on coupon).

Harrington missed out on an even better score as he bogeyed his third-last hole, but still got seven birdies during the round as he looks for his first Tour win in two years.

He said after the round that it was a good day for scoring on the Copperhead course, describing the greens as “superb” and saying the wind was “predictable”, which all contributed to his impressive total.

“I’m capable of winning in the form I’m in. Am I in my best form? No. Am I getting there? Yes,” said Harrington.

“You put yourself out there. That tests where your game is at. Some weeks the results happen and you get a win and some weeks they won’t.”

The English pair of Ross Fisher and Luke Donald (Fisher 28/1. Donald 50/1 to win on tournament coupon) are still in contention as they are four-under and three-under respectively after hitting third round scores of 70 and 68.

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Camilo Villegas will take a three shot lead into the final day at the Honda Classic as the Colombian (8/15 to win the tournament) bids to win his third PGA Tour title.  

The 28-year-old was tied for the lead with Anthony Kim (28/1 to win The Masters) going into the third round but raced into the lead with four birdies on the front nine.

While the back nine weren’t as good for Villegas as he made three bogeys in the first five holes he made a birdie at the 16th to put him firmly in control on eleven-under, three shots ahead of Nathan Green and Vijay Singh who are both on eight-under.

Villegas says his form on the front nine had surprised himself but was disappointed he hadn’t managed to get further ahead by dropping three shots on the back nine.

“Four-under on the front was pretty unbelievable the way it was playing,” Villegas said. “And then a couple hiccups there on the back, which is – I mean, you always wish that didn’t happen, but it’s golf and they happen.”

Elsewhere on the scoreboard the American duo of George McNeill (5/4 to win his fourth round two balls) and Matt Every (4/6) kept themselves in with a shout after both fired rounds of 69 to put them four behind Villegas  

Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell is the top European player going into the final round after a score of 71 on Saturday to leave him four-under overall.

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Oliver Wilson (14/1 in Betfred’s in play market) is just one shot off the lead following an opening round 66 at the Honda Classic event in Palm Beach.

The Englishman fired a bogey-free 66 to put him one behind joint leaders American Michael Connell and Australia’s Nathan Green.

Wilson is joined on -4 by Brazil’s Alexandre Rocha and Camilo Villegas of Colombia, while US Tour veteran Vijay Singh is a further shot back on three-under-par.

Several other Europeans are well placed going into Friday’s second round, with Graeme McDowell and Germany’s Alex Cejka on -2 while Lee Westwood is four shots off the pace.

It was day to forget for World Match Play runner-up Paul Casey (22/1 to top the PGA Tour money list w/o Woods) who finished on +3 after four bogeys and a double bogey on the back nine led to a 74.

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