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Rowers put their backs into cleanup at Emigrant Lake ... Ninth Street crash in Grants Pass claims life of 19-year-old woman ... Ashland cell tower hearing postponed ... Rowers put their backs into cleanup at Emigrant Lake ... GOLF ROUNDUP Poulter, Casey share lead at Honda Comment By The Associated Press MailTribune.com By The Associated Press Posted Mar. 1, 2015 at 5:50 PM Updated Mar 1, 2015 at 5:51 PM By The Associated Press Posted Mar. 1, 2015 at 5:50 PM Updated Mar 1, 2015 at 5:51 PM » Social News PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Ian Poulter didn't realize he had a three-shot lead in the Honda Classic, only that he was playing well enough to feel like he was in control of his game and the tournament. One shank changed everything Sunday. "That just came out of left field," Poulter said. His next tee shot that splashed down in the water left of the fairway made it even worse. "It was a bit of a body blow," he said. What had been a marathon day at soggy PGA National suddenly turned into a sprint-to-the-finish this morning when the final round was to resume. Poulter lost command of the Honda Classic, but he didn't lose his place atop the leaderboard. He was at 7-under par through seven holes, tied with Paul Casey, who went out in 31 and was in the left rough on the 10th hole when the final round was halted at sunset. Patrick Reed, in the final group with Poulter, was one shot behind. Phil Mickelson was among four players who were three shots behind at 4-under par. That group included Daniel Berger, the PGA Tour rookie from West Palm Beach whose final shot Sunday was a 35-foot chip-in for birdie on the 11th hole. "I'm pretty pleased with the golf I've played throughout the whole of today," Poulter said. "I haven't really made many mistakes at all. I've put it in position an awful lot, which is encouraging right now. And If I do that tomorrow, then I'm going to be in a good position." His two mistakes were big ones. Leading by three shots, he tried to take a little off an 8-iron on the par-3 fifth hole, where the green is guarded by water on the left. Poulter hit a shank that went so far to the right it bounced into water on the sixth hole. He made double bogey and lost the lead. On his next tee shot, he pulled his drive into the water down the left side of the sixth fairway and had to two-putt from 65 feet to escape with bogey. "You take your foot off the accelerator for one second, all of a sudden you find yourself completely out of position," Poulter said. For a day of plodding across the rain-softened fairways, the Honda Classic suddenly was full of energy, not to mention possibilities. There was a three-shot swing at No. 5 when Reed holed a 35-foot birdie putt from a swale right of the fifth green and Poulter made his double bogey. Reed took the lead on No. 6 when Poulter made bogey. And then Poulter was on the right end of a two-shot swing at their final hole of the long day, the par-3 seventh. His eyes a little wider, his blood boiling, Poulter drilled a 6-iron into 3 feet for birdie, while Reed missed the green to the left and failed to get up-and-down. No longer forgotten was Casey, who made four birdies on the front nine, all from no more than 12 feet. His birdie on No. 9 moved him into a share of the lead. The Monday finish was caused by nearly 5 inches of rain and 50 mph gusts that washed out the third round on Saturday and took a 78-member grounds crew until 10 a.m. Sunday just to get the course ready. It had so much water that the crew had to chase off an alligator from the bunkers. Players finished the third round and went right back out to squeeze in as many holes as possible. The final round was to resume at 8 a.m. "This sort of situation is going to be difficult for everybody, and it just breaks up momentum," said Casey, who had more than anyone. "Some guys will carry it through tomorrow. Others won't, and that's very difficult to predict. ...You just hope you wake up tomorrow and you feel like you've got the same kind of golf swing and putts are going in the hole. You just don't know. Hope the golfing gods are nice to us tomorrow." That's what Mickelson was thinking. He opened with two quick birdies and was getting closer to the lead until pushing a 4-foot par putt on the sixth hole. Mickelson had 10-foot par putt on the ninth hole when he returned Monday morning. "I'm looking forward to just having a minute to regroup and take a look at what's going on," Mickelson said. Jeff Overton, Brendan Steele and Russell Knox, who lost in a four-man playoff last year at PGA National, also were at 4 under. NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S OPEN At Christchurch, New Zealand, top-ranked Lydia Ko won the New Zealand Women's Open for her second straight victory. The 17-year-old New Zealander, the Women's Australian Open winner last week for her sixth LPGA Tour title, closed with a 1-under 70 at Clearwater for a four-stroke victory. She has 10 worldwide victories in professional events, also winning at Clearwater as an amateur in 2013. On Saturday, Ko broke the course record with a career-best 61 to take a three-stroke lead into the final round. She had five birdies, a double bogey and two bogeys Sunday to finish at 14-under 202. Australian amateur Hannah Green was second after a 68. The tournament was sanctioned by the European and Australian tours. HONDA LPGA THAILAND At Chonburi, Thailand, South Korea's Amy Yang won the Honda LPGA Thailand for her second LPGA Tour title, finishing with a 3-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over American Stacy Lewis and two others. Yang broke a tie with Lewis with a three-stroke swing on the par-4 15th. Yang made a short birdie putt on the hole, and Lewis had a double bogey after blasting a 67-yard wedge shot over the green. Yang bogeyed No. 16 and closed with two pars to finish at 15-under 273 on Siam Country Club's Pattaya Old Course. Yang also won the 2013 LPGA KEB HanaBank Championship in South Korea. Yang has finished in the top five in her last tour starts. She was second last week in the Women's Australian Open, two strokes behind top-ranked Lydia Ko. Lewis, the third-round leader, finished with a 72 to match Taiwan's Yani Tseng and South Korea's Mirim Lee at 13 under. Tseng, the 2011 and 2012 winner, had a 67, and Lee shot 69. 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