Casey, Poulter share lead in Honda Classic PGA tour

PALM BEACH GARDENS, United States: Englishmen Ian Poulter and Paul Casey shared the lead on Sunday night as the US PGA Tour’s rain-delayed Honda Classic hurtled toward a manic finish.
Both Poulter and Casey were at seven-under par, Poulter through the first seven holes of his fourth round and Casey through nine holes when darkness halted play on a marathon day at PGA National.
The long day must have felt even longer to Poulter after he let a three-shot third-round lead evaporate early in the fourth, dropping three shots in two holes with a double-bogey at the fifth and bogey at the sixth.
That opened the door for Casey, who had birdied two of his last three holes in the third round to lie six off the pace through 54 holes.
Undaunted by the quick turnaround, Casey launched his fourth round with back-to-back birdies, then added birdies at the fourth and ninth.
Poulter regained a share of the lead when he stopped the rot with a birdie at the par-three seventh, where his tee shot left him three feet from the pin.
It was a welcome return to form after two shocking tee shots from Poulter. He shanked his tee shot at the par-three fifth en route to a double-bogey and hit into the water at the sixth.
The two miscues saw American Patrick Reed pull level with a birdie at the fifth, then take the lead with Poulter’s bogey at the sixth, only to trip to a bogey at the seventh.