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Durant creates new record 54 hole score

With a 5 under par 67Joe Durant on Friday took a three stroke lead after three rounds of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. His three round score of 23 under 193 broke the previous 54-hole record of 195, which was set by Andrew Magee in 1998 and matched by Rich Beem last year.

Paul Stankowski is alone in second at 20-under par after he shot a bogey-free 65 on Friday, while Kevin Sutherland with a hole in one is in third place at 19 under.

The leading European Miguel Angel Jimenez is 5 strokes back on 18 under par twelve strokes better than former Masters Champion and fellow Spaniard Jose Maria Olazabal.

The Bob Hope Chrysler Classic is the only PGA Tour event that is played on four courses: the PGA West Course (Arnold Palmer Private Course), Indian Wells Country Club, Bermuda Dunes Country Club and LaQuinta Country Club.

The format for the event is pro-am play for the first 72 holes. Each golfer will play with a threesome of amateurs on each of the four courses until Sunday when the professionals in the top-70 and ties move to the Palmer Private Course to complete the tournament.

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