Beljan maintains lead at Disney

• Charlie Beljan, who was hospitalized Friday, has a two-shot lead after 54 holes
• Josh Teater, Brian Gay and Charlie Wi are in a three-way tie for second
• Tournament at Disney is last chance for players to reach top 125 on the money list

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – One round for one year.

That's the situation for many players heading into Sunday's final round of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Classic at Walt Disney World Resort.

With PGA Tour cards for 2013 on the line with 18 holes to play, many players will be on edge on every shot Sunday on the Magnolia Course in the final round of the final tournament of the season. A missed 3-footer here or a poor bunker shot there could mean the difference between being in the top 125 on the money list – and thus earning full play privileges for the 2013 season – or finishing outside the top 125 and desperately scrambling for playing opportunities in the upcoming, shortened 2013 season.

Among those people on the edge is the 54-hole leader – Charlie Beljan, who started the week at No. 139 on the money list. He began Saturday in a hospital, where he stayed overnight for tests after being admitted with high blood pressure, an increased heart rate and numbness in his arms after Friday's second round, when he was removed from the course on a stretcher after he managed to shoot 64 to grab the 36-hole lead.

Beljan, who was cleared by doctors and released at 8 a.m. after suffering what he thinks was "an anxiety or panic attack than kind of spun out of control," said he got one hour of sleep but felt and looked much better Saturday and shot 1-under-par 71 to earn a two-shot lead at 13-under par after 54 holes.

"I felt like a completely different person out there today," said Beljan, who would earn his first Tour title. "I honestly didn't think I could get through it. I was 2 over after three holes but I stayed strong. I was behind the 8-ball but hung tough.

"I was nice to walk around and smile today. Yesterday, I was hanging on for my life. Yesterday, leaving the golf course in an ambulance, I didn't know what to think. Now, here I am, with a great opportunity tomorrow. And I'll get a nice night's sleep, and then go out and try and do what I've been doing, and that's hitting fairways and greens and making some putts."

In a three-way tie for second are Josh Teater (67), Brian Gay (67) and Charlie Wi (70), who is trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour and earn enough money to get inside the top 30 on the money list to receive an invitation to next year's Masters.

A three-putt on the final hole dropped Wi out of sole possession of second place but will not demoralize Wi.
"I feel like before I probably would have let that get to me," Wi said. "It would have bothered me a lot more than it is now. I know that my game is good enough. I know I can still make mistakes and be neat the lead, so I feel comfortable with that."

Vaughn Taylor, who began the week No. 142 on the money list, moved into a seven-way tie for fifth place with a 68 and is now 125 on the projected money list. Joining him in fifth is Camilo Villegas (70), a three-time winner on the Tour but who started the week no. 150 on the money list. He is at 132 on the projected money list. Also in a tie for fifth is Daniel Chopra (70), who started the week No. 197 and needs a win to secure his card.

"Of course I'm going to know where I am tomorrow," Villegas said. "Of course I'm going to look at the leader board. Am I going to study and try and break it down? Not really. I've just got to keep playing, hopefully, the way I hit it today and get a good one."

That's Kevin Chappell's attitude, as well. Chappell started the week No. 123 and now stands at No. 124 after a 72 dropped him into a tie for 16th. D.J. Trahan, who shot 68 and is in a tie for is at No. 126 and could pass both Taylor and Chappell.

"I'll sleep fine," Chappell said after shooting 72 to stand at 8 under. "I don't know what has to happen for me to miss. I've been there all week. My goal was to win the tournament but I didn't play well today. But the wind is supposed to blow (Sunday) and I still have a chance.

"I told myself I would take a look where I stand once a day. All I can do is finish 18 holes the best I can, sign my card and see what happens."

Beljan didn't know what would happen when he got to the course for the third round. Since he passed out on a plane following a tournament in Reno earlier this year, he has had "six or seven" panic attacks on a much smaller level, he said. But he was able to control those by finding a quiet room and resting.

And he knows every time he's been checked out by doctors, all the tests come back fine. So when he felt his chest tightening up on the ninth hole Saturday, he forced himself to remember that the doctors said everything was OK. He also said eating two peanut butter sandwiches helped.

"I honestly didn't know if I would get through one hole or even play today," Beljan said. "But everything felt OK when I got to the course. And I know what the rewards were if I could pull this off.

"Hopefully, I can tomorrow."