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Poulter leads the charge

Ian Poulter birdied the final hole to open a two-stroke lead over fellow Englishman Luke Donald after the third round at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament.

Poulter coped nicely with demanding conditions to shoot a three-under-par 67 in a testing breeze at Phoenix Country Club.

He posted a 10-under 200 total, while Donald also shot 67 to be alone in second place on 203.

Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano and Japan's Daisuke Marayama were tied for third, four shots from the lead, while Irishman Padraig Harrington shot 73 to plunge six strokes off the pace.

Harrington, the defending champion, started the day tied for the lead with Poulter, but littered his card with five bogeys.

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