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Valspar Championship 2014: Robert Garrigus still leads, Kevin Na closes in

Robert Garrigus held on to his second-round lead, but saw his cushion cut to just a single stroke.

Mar 16, 2014, 1:45 AM UTC

Maddie Meyer

Robert Garrigus was unable to make it three straight rounds in the 60s at the Valspar Championship, but his 1-under round of 70 was just good enough to keep him in the lead. Garrigus sits at 8-under through 54 holes, one stroke ahead of Kevin Na.

Garrigus got off to a terrific start, opening the round with back-to-back birdies. He moved to 10-under overall with a birdie at No. 5, but that proved to be his final birdie of the round. He parred both par-5s on the back side after recording a birdie on his first 10 par-5s of the tournament. He also missed a pair of short par putts, including one on No. 18. His three-stroke lead to start the day was cut to a single stroke, with the rest of the field catching up as well. He’ll have plenty on the line on Sunday as a win would punch his ticket to the Masters.

Na may have something to say about that. He shot a 3-under 68 to cut into the lead. Na finished with four birdies, a bogey and 13 pars on the day. The most impressive of those birdies came on No. 15 when he chipped in. He wasn’t the only one making a run up the leaderboard, as absolutely ideal weather conditions led to some lower scores. John Senden shot up the leaderboard with a 7-under 64, and he’s now in third place at 6-under. Justin Rose is three strokes off the lead after shooting a 69, while Retief Goosen went from the cut line to a tie for fifth place at 4-under thanks to a round of 64.

Ten players will begin the final round within five strokes of the lead. If the final round is anything like the third round was, Garrigus may need a better round than 1-under to remain on top. Here is a full look at the leaderboard through 54 holes.

Place	Player	Score	1st round	2nd round	3rd round	Total
1	Robert Garrigus	-8	69	66	70	205
2	Kevin Na	-7	70	68	68	206
3	John Senden	-6	72	71	64	207
4	Justin Rose	-5	71	68	69	208
T5	Retief Goosen	-4	72	73	64	209
T5	Charley Hoffman	-4	70	72	67	209
T5	Scott Langley	-4	71	69	69	209
T8	Luke Donald	-3	71	72	67	210
T8	Jason Kokrak	-3	74	68	68	210
T8	Matteo Manassero	-3	69	70	71	210
T11	George McNeill	-2	73	71	67	211
T11	Ted Potter, Jr.	-2	73	71	67	211
T11	Will MacKenzie	-2	73	70	68	211
T11	James Driscoll	-2	73	70	68	211
T11	Freddie Jacobson	-2	70	71	70	211
T11	David Hearn	-2	71	70	70	211
T11	Jim Furyk	-2	71	69	71	211
T11	Matt Every	-2	68	71	72	211
T19	Chesson Hadley	-1	75	70	67	212
T19	Jordan Spieth	-1	71	70	71	212
T19	Carl Pettersson	-1	71	70	71	212
T19	Greg Chalmers	-1	68	72	72	212
T19	John Merrick	-1	70	70	72	212
T24	Jason Dufner	E	72	73	68	213
T24	Chad Collins	E	73	71	69	213
T24	Matt Kuchar	E	73	71	69	213
T24	K.J. Choi	E	72	72	69	213
T24	Russell Knox	E	70	73	70	213
T24	Gary Woodland	E	72	71	70	213
T24	Josh Teater	E	73	70	70	213
T24	Jonathan Byrd	E	70	73	70	213
T24	James Hahn	E	69	74	70	213
T24	Ben Crane	E	70	72	71	213
T24	Justin Leonard	E	71	71	71	213
T24	Kevin Streelman	E	73	69	71	213
T24	Michael Thompson	E	72	69	72	213
T24	Tommy Gainey	E	69	72	72	213
T38	Peter Hanson	1	75	70	69	214
T38	Nicholas Thompson	1	76	69	69	214
T38	Justin Hicks	1	72	72	70	214
T38	Robert Allenby	1	73	71	70	214
T38	D.H. Lee	1	74	70	70	214
T38	Graham Delaet	1	75	68	71	214
T38	Morgan Hoffmann	1	74	69	71	214
T38	Stephen Ames	1	72	70	72	214
T38	Rory Sabbatini	1	70	72	72	214
T38	Bill Haas	1	69	73	72	214
T38	Brian Harman	1	71	70	73	214
T49	Y.E. Yang	2	73	72	70	215
T49	Cameron Tringale	2	74	71	70	215
T49	Brendon Todd	2	70	75	70	215
T49	Davis Love III	2	74	70	71	215
T49	Jerry Kelly	2	76	68	71	215
T49	Ben Curtis	2	70	74	71	215
T49	Michael Putnam	2	69	72	74	215
T49	Harris English	2	72	69	74	215
T49	Charles Howell III	2	71	70	74	215
T58	Daniel Summerhays	3	77	68	71	216
T58	J.B. Holmes	3	71	74	71	216
T58	Sang-Moon Bae	3	72	73	71	216
T58	Brandt Snedeker	3	72	73	71	216
T58	David Lingmerth	3	73	72	71	216
T58	Woody Austin	3	71	71	74	216
T58	Pat Perez	3	68	71	77	216
T65	Erik Compton	4	72	73	72	217
T65	Ryo Ishikawa	4	73	72	72	217
T65	Padraig Harrington	4	75	70	72	217
T65	Mark Calcavecchia	4	73	71	73	217
T65	Paul Goydos	4	75	69	73	217
T70	Darren Clarke	5	71	74	73	218
T70	Jason Bohn	5	71	74	73	218
T70	Sean O'Hair	5	73	71	74	218
T70	Marc Leishman	5	75	69	74	218
T70	Stuart Appleby	5	71	73	74	218
T70	John Mallinger	5	71	73	74	218
T70	Nicolas Colsaerts	5	69	73	76	218
Missed the secondary cut
Cut	Tim Herron	6	73	72	74	219
Cut	Brian Gay	6	75	69	75	219
Cut	Eric Axley	6	72	70	77	219
Cut	Ricky Barnes	6	70	72	77	219
Cut	Luke Guthrie	7	70	70	80	220
Cut	Tim Clark	8	73	72	76	221
Cut	Ken Duke	8	71	71	79	221
Cut	Boo Weekley	9	74	71	77	222