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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Defending champion Ian Poulter shot an 8-under-par 64 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Adam Scott after three rounds of the Australian Masters. Air Max + 2013 Schuhe . Poulter had five front-nine birdies -- four of them on lengthy putts -- and the Englishman had a 54-hole total of 13-under 203 on the Kingston Heath sand-belt course. Poulters 9-iron approach on 18 nearly holed out from the fairway and he had a tap-in birdie to finish. "I just hit it, let it ride up the crest and feed down," Poulter said. "It turned out to be a decent shot. "When you go out with a reasonable breeze and you produce a score like that, you have to be happy." Scott, who shot 67, stayed close until consecutive bogeys on 16 and 17. But a 15-foot birdie putt on 18 pulled him back to within one shot of Poulter and a final-round pairing with Poulter on Sunday. "In the end, I really needed it," Scott said of his birdie on the last. "With being just one shot behind, it can all change pretty quickly out there. He (Poulter) got off to such a great start, I was happy to be able to stay close." Australian Matthew Guyatt, leader by two strokes after each of the first two rounds, shot 75 Saturday and was six strokes behind in third. Guyatt birdied the par-5 first and didnt get another until the 15th, but followed that up with a double-bogey on 16 and a bogey on the last. Graeme McDowell, the 2010 U.S. Open champion from Northern Ireland, shot 67 Saturday to move up the leaderboard after just scraping in on the 4-over cut line on Friday after a 77. "Theyve put their trust in me to come down here this week," said McDowell, who was 12 strokes behind Poulter. "I was panicking a little bit down the stretch yesterday. I felt so out of sorts within myself. I knew I had to try to make the weekend. "I was early to bed last night because pride kicks in. I wanted to go out there this morning and do my job." Air Max + 2013 Schuhe Schwarz . Must have tasted pretty good. Karlsson spent the evening on the ice for the first time in about 2 1/2 months, and he and the Ottawa Senators are heading back to the NHL post-season. Air Max 95 Schuhe Damen . One such club is the Montreal Impact. Unbeknownst to nearly all in attendance Wednesday night at the Impacts formal introduction of the 2013 squad the club also introduced the Impact class of 93 in front of an audience that included club partners, dignitaries and distinguished members of Montreals well-heeled set.ST. ANDREWS -- Michael Hoey moved closer to giving Northern Ireland another big golf victory by seizing a three-shot lead after the third round of the Dunhill Links Championship on Saturday. The 32-year-old Hoey built on the overnight lead he shared with Englands Tommy Fleetwood by making five birdies and an eagle in a 6-under 66 at Carnoustie, moving to 18 under and putting a host of world-class names in the shade in the US$5 million event. "My short game was unbelievable, the best its ever been," said Hoey, whose nearest challenger is compatriot Graeme McDowell after his third straight 67. "Im definitely getting all the breaks as well. Everything has just gone my way so far." Northern Ireland has become the epicenter of world golf after major championship wins by Darren Clarke, Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy over the past 15 months. Hoey, ranked No. 271, is rarely mentioned in the same breath as his three more illustrious compatriots but as a former British Amateur champion, he has always had the potential. "Hes a supremely talented player, always has been," McIlroy said. "For him, its been a mental thing but he obviously has a clear head and is playing very well." McDowell and McIlroy, who won the last two U.S. Opens, were among those in hot pursuit of Hoey after a day of low scoring in east Scotland, despite the increasingly wet conditions after two sunny days. McDowell is a stroke clear of South Africas Louis Oosthuizen, who is alone in third place after shooting 69 on his first competitive return to St. Andrews since his British Open triumph there last year. McIlroy (66) was among a group of seven players on 13 under along with top-ranked Luke Donald and Simon Dyson, who both shot 63s at St. Andrews to equal McIlroys course record set last year. Fleetwood was also on that total after a 71 at Carnoustie. Hoey was the compatriot McIlroy looked up to as a youngster, with the pair often playing together at the same club. Hoeys career hasnt quite had the same trajectory as that of third-ranked McIlroy, who is widely viewed as heir apparent to Tiger Woods. However, Hoey -- chasing only his third title since turning pro in 2002 -- has moved out of the shaadows of McIlroy and McDowell this week, with his three-round total of 198 breaking the tournaments 54-hole record set by Donald in 2004 and Nick Dougherty in 2007. Nike Air Max + 2013 Schuhe. "Ive probably just been too hard on myself," Hoey said, when asked why he has never realized his potential. "So Ive been trying to relax and Ive done that well so far." McDowell, who chipped in from 100 yards for eagle at No. 3 and also made four birdies, is the same age as Hoey and also knows him well after spending time with him playing Royal Portrush as teenagers. "Hes just never kicked on," McDowell said of Hoey. "But hes the kind of guy with a huge amount of talent that, when he applies himself, is as good as anyone out there." McIlroy rested up the last two weeks, not hitting a ball in 10 days leading up to the tournament, and the time off appears to have done him good. His 66 at St. Andrews left him five shots off the pace. "It was good but it couldve been better," said McIlroy. "As long as a couple of the guys dont get too far ahead, I feel as if Ive got a chance going into tomorrow." With every member of the 168-man field having played the Old Course at St. Andrews, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns over the past three days, the 70 players to have made the cut at 5 under will all play St. Andrews again on Sunday. While Donald -- the leader of the money lists both sides of the Atlantic -- birdied the last to match the course record, Dyson just missed shooting a 62 when his putt for a 10th birdie of his round came up six inches short at the last. Dyson has won the Irish Open and the KLM Open in the Netherlands over the past two months, while also starring at the Vivendi Seve Trophy, and is putting his improvement in form down to giving up drinking. "I havent had a drink in 11 weeks. Im quite enjoying how Im feeling," said the Englishman. It wasnt all good news for the Northern Irish, however, with British Open champion Clarke missing the cut after a 70 left him on 1 over. Fifth-ranked Dustin Johnson of the United States -- second behind Clarke at Royal St. Georges -- was the other high-profile name not to make Sundays play after a 70 at St. Andrews put him on 2 under. ' ' '