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HEIDELBERG (Germany), May 19: Tiger Woods turned up the heat with a blazing 64 at the Deutsche Bank Open Sunday and goes into Monday’s final round just one shot behind Colin Montgomerie.
Montgomerie fears a recurring back problem may mar his chance of bettering the world number one, despite also excelling with a 65.
British 21-year-old Justin Rose, with three titles already this year, joined the spectacular day’s scoring with a 66. That left him three strokes off the lead and two in front of another Briton, Greg Owen.
Woods, the defending champion, mounted a spectacular start, opening with an eagle and storming to five-under-par after five.
Refusing to bow, Montgomerie picked up his own eagle at the third to go with seven birdies.
Leading third round scores (British unless stated):
199 — Colin Montgomerie 66, 68, 65.
200 — Tiger Woods (US) 69, 67, 64.
202 — Justin Rose 71, 65, 66.
204 — Greg Owen 68, 68, 68.
205 — Pierre Fulke (Sweden) 69, 70, 66; Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 71, 67, 67; Richard Green (Australia) 68, 67, 70; Alex Cejka (Germany) 64, 70, 71.
206 — Eduardo Romero (Argentina) 67, 70, 69.
207 — Santiago Luna (Spain) 72, 70, 65; Padraig Harington (Ireland) 71, 70, 66; Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 71, 69, 67; Marten Olander (Sweden) 69, 69, 69; Mark Pilkington 71, 64, 72.
208 — Carlos Rodiles (Spain) 71, 69, 68; Alastair Forsyth 69, 70, 69; Jean Van De Velde (France) 69, 70, 69; Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 69, 69, 70; Ian Woosnam 68, 67, 73; Darren Clarke 67, 68, 73.
209 — Joakim Haeggman (Sweden) 71, 70, 68; Bradley Dredge 70, 69, 70; Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 73, 65, 71; Gary Orr 71, 67, 71.
210 — Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 73, 68, 69; Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 72, 68, 69; Steve Webster 73, 67, 70; Greg Turner (New Zealand) 65, 74, 71; David Carter 71, 67, 72; Henrik Bjornstad (Norway) 67, 70, 73.
211 — Adam Scott (Australia) 70, 73, 68; Paul Lawrie 72, 71, 68; Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 67, 74, 70; Anders Hansen (Denmark) 72, 68, 71.
FORT WORTH (Texas): Zimbabwe’s Nick Price, seeking his first PGA Tour win since 1998, shot a four-under 66 to reach 10-under-par and open a five-stroke lead after the third round of the Mastercard Colonial tournament Saturday.
New Zealand’s Phil Tataurangi, Kenny Perry and Steve Flesch are tied for second on five under, while a shot back is a quartet that includes 1998 champion Tom Watson, David Toms and second-round co-leader Esteban Toledo.
Price birdied the par-four first hole to claim the outright lead and never let go though he did have trouble at 15 and 16.
Leading third round scores (US unless stated):
200 — Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 69, 65, 66.
205 — Phil Tataurangi (New Zealand) 70, 69, 66; Kenny Perry 70, 66, 69; Steve Flesch 68, 67, 70.
206 — Tom Watson 68, 72, 66; David Toms 71, 71, 64; Bob Tway 67, 68, 71; Esteban Toledo (Mexico) 67, 67, 72.
207 — Davis Love III 70, 70, 67; Justin Leonard 70, 68, 69; Joel Edwards 67, 71, 69; Peter Lonard (Australia) 68, 70, 69.
208 — Jonathan Byrd 73, 67, 68; Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 72, 67, 69; Corey Pavin 68, 71, 69; Brandt Jobe 67, 72, 69; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 68, 70, 70; Billy Andrade 68, 70, 70; Dudley Hart 73, 65, 70; Bob Burns 68, 68, 72; Hal Sutton 69, 68, 71.
Other international players:
210 K.J. Choi (South Korea) 69 72 69
211 — Jesper Parnevik (Sweden) 69, 72, 70; Jose Coceres (Argentina) 70, 68, 73; Luke Donald (England) 73, 69, 69.
212 — Mike Weir (Canada) 71, 68, 73; Stuart Appleby (Australia) 70, 71, 71; David Frost (South Africa) 72, 67, 73.—Reuters
