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| February 11, 2002 | Monday | Ziqa’ad 27, 1422 |
Kelly in hunt for success as Woods falters
LA JOLLA, California, Feb. 10 - In-form Jerry Kelly fired a third round 66 to join J.L. Lewis and Mark O’Meara for the lead after three rounds of the $3.6 million Buick Invitational Saturday.
But if Kelly is to pick up another PGA Tour victory, he’ll have to emerge from a pack of eight golfers who are all just one shot apart, including tour veteran John Daly, who continues his remarkable comeback.
Kelly, who won the Sony Open in Hawaii four weeks ago, posted seven birdies and one bogey for his six-under 66, leaving him at 206, 10-under-par.
Lewis and O’Meara are tied with him after Lewis shot a 71 on Saturday while O’Meara, a former Masters and British Open champion, birdied the 18th hole to finish at 70.
Five other golfers are all tied for fourth, just one shot behind the four co-leaders, including Daly.
The crowd favourite shot a 68, which included an eagle on the 15th hole, to sit at nine-under 207.
Kelly appears to have turned his career around in the past few years.
Coming into this tournament he sat second on the PGA Tour Money Leaders List with $880,000 in earnings already this year.
He also finished fifth at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic earlier this year, in addition to his win in Hawaii.
The 35-year-old credits his off-season training for his new-found success.
Tied with Daly are South African Rory Sabbatini, Jay Williamson, whose round of 70 included a hole-in-one on the third hole, South Korea’s K.J. Choi, who continued his consistent play with his third consecutive 69, and Kent Jones, who bogeyed the last to fall out of a share of the lead with his even-par 72.
John Rollins managed a third round 71 to move up to eight-under-par 208 for the tournament, alone in ninth place.
Fred Funk fired a five-under 67 in his third round to sit at seven-under 209, alone in 10th spot but only three shots off the lead.
World number one Tiger Woods stayed in contention with a third round 69, leaving him at four-under 213 for the tournament, six shots out of the lead.
206 Jerry Kelly 73 67 66, J.L. Lewis 68 67 71, Mark O’Meara 67 69 70 207 John Daly 69 70 68, Jay Williamson 65 72 70, Kent Jones 68 67 72, Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 70 66 71,K.J. Choi (South Korea) 69 69 69 208 John Rollins 70 67 71 209 Fred Funk 72 70 67 210 Bernhard Langer (Germany) 72 68 70, Jose Maria Olazabal (Spain) 71 72 67, Chris Riley 66 73 71, Rodney Pampling (Australia) 73 67 70, Brian Bateman 73 68 69 211 Bob Burns 69 71 71, Lee Janzen 70 72 69, Vijay Singh (Fiji) 69 71 71, Chris Smith 68 74 69 212 Jim Carter 71 70 71, Bob Estes 75 66 71, Jay Haas 68 68 76, Steve Pate 72 67 73, Lee Porter 68 72 72, Tiger Woods.
SUCCESS FOR THAI STAR YANGON: Thailand’s Thongchai Jaidee showed why he is the No.1 player in Asia when he claimed the 200,000 dollar Myanmar Open in a play-off at Yangon Golf Club Sunday.
277 - Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 69-70-69-69, Edward Loar (USA) 65-71-70-71
(Thongchai wins on first extra hole)
278 - Thammanoon Sriroj 71-70-70-67
279 - Arjun Atwal 70-66-70-73
280 - Jyoti Randhawa 70-72-71-67
281 - Aung Win 68-67-72-74, Thaworn Wiratchant 71-70-70-70
282 - Boonchu Ruangkit 71-69-68-74
283 - Kyi Hla Han 72-70-70-71, Andrew Pitts 74-72-70-67
284 - Prayad Marksaeng 71-70-72-71, Danny Zarate 72-71-69-72,
Jim Johnson 73-72-71-68, Simon Yates 70-72-71-71
Johnson claims victory
SYDNEY: Sweden’s Richard Johnson won the European and Australasian PGA Tour ANZ Championship at The Lakes in Sydney Sunday.
Johnson won the modified stableford event with a four round total of 46 points.
Australians Craig Parry and Scott Laycock finished tied for second on 44 points.
Final scores:
46 Richard Johnson 9 13 16 11
44 Craig Parry 10 18 9 7, Scott Laycock 11 16 7 10
43 Andre Stolz 11 19 9 4
39 Stephen Gallacher 10 12 13 4
38 Ian Garbutt 6 6 7 19
37 Jonathan Lomas 20 1 9 7
36 Greg Turner 10 8 12 6, Thomas Levet 8 4 10 14, Trevor Immelman 10 19 3 4.—Reuters
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