Posted: 11:39 AM Aug 3, 2012
Reporter: Staff

Friday August 3, 2012

Aiken, SC – Throughout much of Friday afternoon’s third round of the eGolf Tour’s second annual Championship at Woodside Plantation, Brian Duncan of Mount Pleasant, SC found himself in and around a veritable plethora of contenders – all jammed between 10- and 14-under par for the week. Three consecutive birdies on Nos. 13, 14 and 15, however, vaulted Duncan into the lead – a spot he wouldn’t relinquish. With rounds of 67-66-66, Duncan is on the precipice of notching win No. 1, heading into Saturday’s final round with a two-shot lead.

The Championship at Woodside Plantation is the 17th event of the 2012 eGolf Tour season and is being contested this week at the Rees Jones-designed Wisteria Course at Woodside Plantation Country Club in Aiken, SC.

Duncan entered Friday’s third round trailing overnight leader Gordon Strother of St. Simons Island, GA by two shots following rounds of 67-66—133. The fast start marked the sixth time this year that the Clemson product had opened an event with back-to-back rounds in the 60s. However, in 16 rounds played this year on days three and four of an eGolf Tour event, Duncan had only broken 70 four times – a trend he quickly blew past on day three in Aiken.

Birdies on Nos. 1 and 2 quickly took Duncan to 13-under for the event, but gave way to six consecutive pars before a birdie at the par-4 ninth gave him a 3-under 33 on the outward nine of the Rees Jones-designed course.

“I hit some loose tee shots on the front nine and had to really scramble to make a few pars, even on the par-5s,” said Duncan, 29.

Pars on 10, 11 and 12 kept Duncan in the mix at 14-under par, but it was a three-hole stretch of birdies on Nos. 13, 14 and 15 that solidified his spot atop the leaderboard – then two shots clear of the field.

“I looked at the leaderboard after I hit my tee shot on 13, and that kind of got me going,” said Duncan. “I didn’t try to do anything differently, I just wanted to make sure I played well down the stretch.”

The trifecta of birdies vaulted Duncan up to 17-under par, where he eventually finished with pars on 16, 17 and 18 to finish off a third-round 66 and a 54-hole total of 199.

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