American George McNeill birdied the final two holes to fire a five-under par 67 and seize a one-stroke lead after the third round of the $3.5 million US PGA Puerto Rico Open. McNeill completed 54 holes on 13-under 203 with Sweden’s Henrik Stenson and American Kevin Stadler sharing second on 204 and Australian Matt Jones, the 36-hole leader, alone in fourth on 205 after a shooting a 72 on a windy day. “You’ve got to stay patient when it’s windy,” McNeill said. “You have got to hit some different shots. And sometimes you just take what it gives you. Just patience is what I’ll be trying to do (on Sunday).” While most of the world’s top players compete at a World Golf Championships event this week at Miami, many others came to the Caribbean chasing a $630,000 winner’s prize at the Trump International resort course. McNeill, whose only US PGA title came at the 2007 Frys.com Open, eagled the par-5 fifth but stumbled with back-to-back bogeys at the seventh and eighth holes. “After that I basically just felt like there was a lot of golf, a lot of time, a lot of holes that I played well on,” McNeill said. “I played the back nine pretty well all week, so just tried to remember that and move forward.”
