BRISBANE, Nov 17: Defending champion Robert Allenby shot a two-under par 70 in the third round of the Australian PGA Championship on Saturday to retain a one-stroke lead after a late slip by Peter Lonard.
Lonard was co-leader on 12-under par with Allenby after a bogey-free first 17 holes on Saturday but had a double-bogey six on the par-four 18th hole to slip to 10-under 206 after three rounds.
However, the 30-year-old bogeyed the 10th and 12th holes before picking up another birdie on the part-five 13th.
(A$1.00 = US$0.52)
Third round scores (Australian unless stated):
204 Robert Allenby 65 69 70
205 Geoff Ogilvy 71 66 68, Craig Parry 70 65 70
206 Peter Lonard 70 66 70
207 David Gleeson 70 69 68, Matthew Goggin 66 71 70
208 Gareth Paddison (New Zealand) 68 70 70, Nick O’Hern 68 70 70
209 Marcus Cain 68 73 68, David Diaz 71 68 70, Richard Lee (New Zealand) 68 67 74