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Murrieta's Rickie Fowler in Contention for First PGA Win

Fowler is poised just three shots behind leader Webb Simpson in the Wells Fargo Championship, which is set to wrap up Sunday.

Pro golfer and Murrieta Valley High School graduate Rickie Fowler is still in contention for his first PGA TOUR title.

Fowler is poised just three shots behind leader Webb Simpson in the Wells Fargo Championship, which is set to wrap up Sunday at Quail Hollow in Charlottesville, N.C.

Fowler managed to stay near the top of the leaderbord in round three Saturday with a 5-under par 67, taking his three-day total to 205 after a solid par in Friday's round two.

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Simpson's three-day total is 202.

In between Fowler and the leader are Ryan Moore and D.A. Points, both with 203. Ireland's Rory McIlroy is holding at 204.

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”I had a few mistakes, but other than that, did what we needed to do today, move in the right direction," Fowler told PGATOUR.com. "I’ve had a few Saturdays where I’ve moved the wrong way, and it’s nice to get myself into position where we can go into tomorrow and have some fun.”

Fowler tees off in the final round at 1:15 p.m. Eastern time Sunday.

"...We've got a pretty packed leaderboard, just going to try to put myself into position coming down to the last nine, maybe six holes tomorrow and give it a shot and see what happens," Fowler said.


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