<p>Arjun Atwal was cruising along nicely at four-under through 16 holes before he hit back-to-back bogeys to drop down dramatically in the third round of the six-round Final Stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School, here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Indian, who has one PGA tour win against his name was at that stage 10-under and in top-20 of the leaderboard. He then dropped from tied 31st overnight to tied 44th, but still has a chance to make the all-important PGA Tour card for 2013.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Daniel Chopra had an even more steep fall as he double bogeyed no less than three times in third round and fell to tied 66th with a round of 76.<br />Also tied at 66th was Bhavik Patel.<br /><br />South Korea's Meen Whee Kim shot a 5-under 67 on Friday on PGA West's Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course to maintain a one-stroke lead after the third round. The 20-year-old Kim had an 18-under 131 total in the six-round event, from where the final top 25 and ties will receive 2013 PGA TOUR cards.<br /><br />The next 50 and ties will earn Web.com Tour cards. Atwal had birdies on second, fourth and fifth before dropping a shot on eighth, which he quickly made up for on ninth. Another birdie on 11th saw him get to four-under.<br /><br />He stayed there for next five holes before the bogey-bogey finish. Fifth after second round, Chopra rose to third with a birdie on fifth, but a bogey on sixth and a double on seventh started the slide.<br /><br />He birdied the 10th and 11th to indicate a revival, but double bogeys on 12th and 15th spelt total disaster. Sweden's Robert Karlsson was second after a 65 at the Nicklaus course.<br /><br />Edward Loar was 16 under after a 66 on the Nicklaus course, and two-time PGA TOUR winner Vaughn Taylor had a 69 on the Nicklaus course to top the group at 15 under.</p>
<p>Arjun Atwal was cruising along nicely at four-under through 16 holes before he hit back-to-back bogeys to drop down dramatically in the third round of the six-round Final Stage of the PGA Tour Qualifying School, here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Indian, who has one PGA tour win against his name was at that stage 10-under and in top-20 of the leaderboard. He then dropped from tied 31st overnight to tied 44th, but still has a chance to make the all-important PGA Tour card for 2013.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Daniel Chopra had an even more steep fall as he double bogeyed no less than three times in third round and fell to tied 66th with a round of 76.<br />Also tied at 66th was Bhavik Patel.<br /><br />South Korea's Meen Whee Kim shot a 5-under 67 on Friday on PGA West's Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course to maintain a one-stroke lead after the third round. The 20-year-old Kim had an 18-under 131 total in the six-round event, from where the final top 25 and ties will receive 2013 PGA TOUR cards.<br /><br />The next 50 and ties will earn Web.com Tour cards. Atwal had birdies on second, fourth and fifth before dropping a shot on eighth, which he quickly made up for on ninth. Another birdie on 11th saw him get to four-under.<br /><br />He stayed there for next five holes before the bogey-bogey finish. Fifth after second round, Chopra rose to third with a birdie on fifth, but a bogey on sixth and a double on seventh started the slide.<br /><br />He birdied the 10th and 11th to indicate a revival, but double bogeys on 12th and 15th spelt total disaster. Sweden's Robert Karlsson was second after a 65 at the Nicklaus course.<br /><br />Edward Loar was 16 under after a 66 on the Nicklaus course, and two-time PGA TOUR winner Vaughn Taylor had a 69 on the Nicklaus course to top the group at 15 under.</p>