Selfridge falls four behind in Florida

Chris Selfridge. Picture courtesy Pat Cashman

Moyola Park's Chris Selfridge endured a frustrating third round and fell four shots off the lead entering Sunday's final round of the New Year's Invitational in Florida.

The reigning North of Ireland champion led at halfway on two under par following a brace of 70s but a three over 75 relegated him to tied fifth on one under 215 at St Petersburg Country Club, 26 miles south of Tampa.

Defending champion Sam Horsfield of England, US Amateur champion Gunn Yang and former North Carolina Tar Heel Michael McGowan share the lead on five under par.

Horsfield and Yang shot four-under 68s to grab a share of the lead with McGowan (70) with Brandon Pierce one stroke off the pace after a 71.

Former winners of the event, which has been played since 1927, include Johnny Revolta (1928), Masters winner Bob Goalby (1958), Lenny Mattiace (1986), J. B. Holmes (2003), Brandt Snedeker (2004), Jeff Overton (2005) and Peter Uihlein (2009).

Frustrating day. Managed to grind out the best possible score I could. Feeling good about a low one tomorrow! #nomoreforeleftsplease

— Chris Selfridge (@selfridgec595) January 10, 2015

New Year’s Invitational, St Petersburg Country Club (Par 72)

PLAYER		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOTAL
Yang	Gunn	74	69	68	211
Horsfield	Sam	72	71	68	211
McGowan	Michael	72	69	70	211
Pierce	Brandon	71	70	71	212
Liu	Jim	74	72	67	213
Czuchry	Drew	73	72	70	215
Dingus	Dustin	73	71	71	215
Selfridge	Chris	70	70	75	215
DiMarco	Cristian	77	72	67	216
Schlottman	Ben	72	70	74	216
Clark	James	76	72	69	217
Shealy	Kyle	71	76	70	217
Carlson	Brian	72	70	75	217
Russell	Sam	78	72	69	219
Kevorkian	Jake	76	73	70	219
Winslow	Joseph	74	75	70	219
Tate	Kyler	74	72	73	219
Tabuchi	Taiga	75	73	72	220
Orr	Ryan	74	72	74	220
Donegan	Richard	72	76	73	221
Trim	Joseph	74	77	71	222
Pisciotta	Michael	74	76	72	222
McConnell	Miles	73	77	72	222
Powell	Austin	76	73	73	222
MacDonald	Stuart	71	78	73	222
Black	Otto	76	72	74	222
Quintessenza	Anthony	76	72	74	222
Matthew	Sam	73	70	79	222
Jones	Jimmy	81	74	68	223
Doyle	Brendon	75	74	74	223
Lehman	J.D	75	74	74	223
Padova	Austin	78	70	75	223
Kelly	Sean	72	75	76	223
Smallwood	Stuart	71	74	78	223
Schweizer	Philippe	79	74	71	224
Dyer	Blake	73	77	74	224
Stanger	James	77	69	78	224
French	Tripp	76	76	73	225
Vannucci	Troy	78	77	71	226
Gaudette	Sean	76	76	74	226
Poole	Ashton	78	73	75	226
Stallings	Stephen Jr	76	74	76	226
Wajda	Eddie	75	75	76	226
Seger	Will	72	78	76	226
Cooper	Brett	73	76	77	226
Walker	Danny	79	73	75	227
Brennan	Daniel	75	77	75	227
Kollin	Max	78	73	76	227
Painton	Spencer	74	76	78	228
Kuehler	Dirk	73	77	78	228
Burge	Alex	73	84	72	229
Puffer	MIke	78	78	73	229
Cho	Justin	81	73	75	229
Reed	Spencer	79	75	75	229
Porter	Greyson	77	77	75	229
Brown	Jake	78	74	77	229
McQuiston	Edward	76	75	78	229
Davenport	William	76	74	79	229
Sparrow	Jack	79	76	75	230
Lahmar	Marco	79	79	73	231
Barco	Luis Fernando	83	74	74	231
Trim	Lucas	78	77	76	231
Reilly	Greg	76	78	77	231
Weldon	Kyle	69	80	82	231
Vea	Keegan	83	74	75	232
Mosely	Ryan	81	76	75	232
O’Rourke	Connor	80	76	76	232
Leadbetter	James	79	75	78	232
Ng	Brandon	76	77	79	232
Stark	Zach	80	77	76	233
Weber	Matthew	75	75	83	233
Heinicka	Jeffrey	82	78	74	234
Frerichs	Ryder	83	75	77	235
Hernandez	Jose	78	80	77	235
Simpson	Hank	81	76	78	235
Phillips	Chad	78	75	82	235
Warnquist	Ben	74	88	74	236
Lynch	Ryan	79	81	76	236
Joseph	Colin	80	77	79	236
Havill	Andrew	77	78	81	236
Wagner	Ethan	82	75	80	237
O’Bryan	Thomas	80	77	80	237
Gonring	Nathan	78	79	80	237
Whaley	Vinsent	75	80	82	237
Cichan	Christian	82	77	79	238
Nix	Morgan	79	77	82	238
Oliver	Karim	80	77	83	240
Decker	Johnny	77	80	83	240
Daukaus	Julius	82	80	79	241
Butler	Michael	83	78	81	242
Ball	Winston	81	79	82	242
Proctor	Colin	83	76	85	244
Coontz	Thad	90	78	77	245
Tahy	Alec	83	79	83	245
Usry	Evan	89	77	80	246
Campbell	Conner	83	79	87	249
Toste	Zachary	86	80	84	250
Thomas	Luke	86	84	82	252
Wolfe	Cameron	84	84	84	252
Firpi	Alberto	87	86	81	254
Crum	John	87	83	86	256
Chang	Peter	92	86	80	258
Sanchez	Nilo	87	84	87	258
White	John	88	84	88	260
Werenski	Mickey	81	81	WD	WD
Alfieri	Joe	79	WD	WD	WD

Mid Am		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	TOTAL
McConnell	Miles	73	77	72	222
Puffer	MIke	78	78	73	229
Frerichs	Ryder	83	75	77	235
Nix	Morgan	79	77	82	238
Daukas	Julius	82	80	79	241
Ball	Winston	81	79	82	242
Coontz	Thad	90	78	77	245
Crum	John	87	83	86	256
White	John	88	84	88	260
Alfieri	Joe	79	WD	WD	WD

SENIOR DIVISION		RD 1	RD 2	RD 3	FINAL
Monahan	Dennis	73	71	72	216
Barkley	Mike	77	71	76	224
Rendell	Brad	74	75	77	226
Stevenson	Ken	77	81	69	227
Hyland	Tom	76	75	81	232
Sierra	Stuart	80	78	75	233
Bubes	Ron	74	84	75	233
Whittemore	Kent	82	79	73	234
Hope	Richard	80	80	77	237
Bernadino	Rob	77	81	81	239
Bonfield	Mike	84	79	79	242
Zaccaria	Scott	80	80	82	242
Holbrook	Jim	85	75	84	244
Bernheim	Irv	89	79	78	246
Powell	Phil	87	83	80	250
Douglass	Bob	86	92	89	267
Martino	Rich	89	88	93	270
Wharton	Bob	108	86	89	283