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| December 2, 2001 | Sunday | Ramazan 16, 1422 |
Course record by Bjornstad
HONG KONG, Dec 1: Henrik Bjornstad of Norway stormed into the lead at the 700,000 dollars Hong Kong Open after carding a course record 10-under-par 61 in the third round on Saturday.
Bjornstad came from nowhere to grab a one-shot advantage over Australian Adam Scott after a flawless round that included an eagle and eight birdies on the par-71 course at the Hong Kong Golf Club.
He had opening rounds of 66 and 69 before his 61 took him to an aggregate 17-under-par 196.
Scott is very much in contention going into the final round on Sunday after returning a five-under-par 65. He had the chance to tie for the lead, but missed a five-foot putt for par on the final hole to end the third round the way he started with a bogey.
Double U.S. Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal also made his move with his best round of the tournament, a seven-under-par 64.
Olazabal, who struggled in the second round, regained his appetite for birdies by collecting five. He also added an eagle three to finish two shots off the pace.
England’s Mark Foster was also tied with Olazabal, two strokes behind Bjornstad, after carding a four-under 67.
A further stroke behind were Swedes Carl Pettersson and Anders Forsbrand, and Welshman Mark Pilkington who were all 14-under.
Leading third round scores (British unless stated):
196 Henrik Bjornstad (Norway) 66 69 61
197 Adam Scott (Australia) 66 65 67
198 Mark Foster 66 65 67, Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 65 69 64
199 Mark Pilkington 69 68 62, Anders Forsbrand (Sweden) 67 64 68, Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 67 64 68
201 Brian Davis 70 67 64, Yeh Wei-tze (Taiwan) 66 63 72, Simon Dyson 67 64 70, Zaw Moe (Myanmar) 66 64 71, Rolf Muntz (Netherlands) 69 65 67, Gary Evans 70 66 65
202 Des Terblanche (South Africa) 70 63 69, Andrew Marshall 68 66 68, Simon Yates 66 66 70, Zhang Lianwei (China) 67 67 68, Nick O’Hern (Australia) 67 68 67
203 Gerald Rosales (Philippines) 70 66 67, Lam Chih Bing (Singapore) 71 67 65, Stephen Scahill (New Zealand) 68 67 68, Thomas Levet (France) 70 67 66, Jean-Francois Remesy (France) 67 68 68, Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 66 69 68, Mark Mouland 67 71 65.
HARRINGTON SHOOTS 61 BUT ELS BACK ON TOP
SUN CITY (South Africa): Ernie Els played his way through the controversy of being sued by his ex-caddie and shot a 66 to surge into a three-stroke lead at the end of the third round of the Sun City Golf Challenge on Saturday.
But the round of the day belonged to Ireland’s Padraig Harrington whose 61 took him into third place, four behind Els but just one off second-placed Bernhard Langer.
Els was served court papers on Friday by his former caddie Simon Masilo for what he alleges are outstanding payments.
But the winner of the previous two Sun City Golf Challenges seemed oblivious to the issue at the Gary Player Country Club on Saturday.
A six-under par round lifted Els to 17-under par 199 and three clear of German Bernhard Langer.
Leading scores :
199 Ernie Els (South Africa) 67 66 66 202 Bernhard Langer (Germany) 68 67 67 203 Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 70 72 61 204 Mike Weir (Canada) 68 67 69, Lee Westwood (England) 69 65
70 205 Sergio Garcia (Spain) 68 71 66 209 Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 68 71 70, Colin Montgomerie
(Scotland) 68 69 72 210 Retief Goosen (South Africa) 68 68 74 211 Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 71 72 68 217 Darren Clarke (Northern Ireland) 75 68 74
Disqualified: Jim Furyk (United States) 71 67—Reutera
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