Five Tied For The Lead

Clinton, SC-Five players are tied atop the leaderboard at 8-under par headed into Friday's final round of the Tarheel Tour's Musgrove Mill Classic. In all, eleven players are within one shot of the lead with 18-holes to play in what promises to be one of the most exciting final rounds in Tarheel Tour history.

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Among the leaders is Tarheel Tour veteran Scott Feaster. The former South Carolina Gamecock has struggled with his game throughout the 2007 season, but has come alive on the difficult Arnold Palmer layout. Feaster made 5-birdies and an eagle and had a chance to finish the day with a comfortable lead, but any chance of a cushion disappeared with a double bogey, bogey finish.

Tied with Feaster at 8-under par is Alabama native Reid Edstrom. The Auburn alum has been hot of late, posting top five finishes in each of the previous two events, and seems primed to capture his first Tarheel Tour title after he backed up his opening round 67 with a 69 in Thursday's second round. Edstrom has made 15-birdies over the course of the first two rounds and carded a record breaking 29 on the back nine in Wednesday's first round.

Also heading into Friday's final round with a share of the lead is Jacksonville, FL native Andy Bare. The former UNC-Greensboro star has five top-3 finishes on the Tarheel Tour in 2007, but is still looking for his first victory of the season. Bare followed his first round 67 with a 69 and has carded only one over par round since the Rivertowne Open back in February.

Lurking only one shot back is Bermuda Run Open champion Scott Brown. The Augusta, GA native fired a competitive course record round of 65 Thursday, putting himself in the mix after an even par round of 72 on Wednesday. Brown started his round slowly, bogeying the easy first hole, but rebounded with 8-birdies in his final 17-holes to smash the previous course record which was held by several players. Brown's round could have been better, but a bad break on the reachable par-5 17th left Brown scrambling for par.

In all, 40-players made the cut which fell at 1-under par 143 after 36 holes. The leaders will begin the final round at 9:50 Friday morning. The public is welcome to come out and watch the future stars of PGA Tour battle it out for the first prize of $15,000 free of charge.