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| August 26, 2002 | Monday | Jamadi-us-Saani 16,1423 |
Parry and Allenby share lead at invitational golf
SAMMAMISH (Washington), Aug 25: Australia’s Craig Parry shot a five-under-par 66 Saturday to join compatriot Robert Allenby at the top of the leaderboard at the WGC-NEC Invitational after three rounds.
Parry and overnight leader Allenby, who birdied the 18th hole for an even-par round of 71, are locked together at 10-under-par, one shot ahead of Fred Funk.
Funk maintained his run of consistency with his third straight round of 68.
World number one Tiger Woods shot a solid 67 to move up the leaderboard and into a five-way tie for fourth place at eight-under-par
The three-time defending champion’s lowest round of the tournament put him alongside Steve Lowery, Matt Gogel, Jim Furyk and British Open winner and world number three Ernie Els of South Africa.
After missing his last four cuts, Parry said he changed his outlook after watching Rich Beem win the PGA Championship last week.
Parry, who has 18 victories worldwide but none on the PGA Tour for 11 years, played an impeccable round on Saturday, with five birdies and no bogeys.
Allenby’s game headed in the opposite direction from Parry’s in the third round as he came back to the field.
After firing a course-record, eight-under 63 on Friday, Allenby seemed to have picked up where he left off when he birdied the first two holes.
But a double-bogey six on the fourth hole dropped him to even-par, and he spent the rest of the day struggling for pars.
Leading third round scores (US unless stated):
203 — Craig Parry (Australia) 72, 65, 66; Robert Allenby (Australia) 69, 63, 71.
204 — Fred Funk 68, 68, 68.
205 — Ernie Els (South Africa) 71, 67, 67; Tiger Woods 68, 70, 67; Matt Gogel 68, 69, 68; Jim Furyk 70, 67, 68; Steve Lowery 67, 65, 73.
206 — Vijay Singh (Fiji) 68, 69, 69; Justin Rose (Britain) 67, 67, 72; Phil Mickelson 66, 69, 71.
207 — Retief Goosen (South Africa) 65, 68, 74.
208 — Rich Beem 74, 67, 67; Darren Clarke (Britain) 66, 74, 68; David Toms 69, 68, 71.
209 — Eduardo Romero (Argentina) 71, 71, 67; Davis Love III 66, 74, 69; Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 70, 69, 70; Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 68, 69, 72; Lee Westwood (Britain) 68, 69, 72.
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Tsai Chi-huang cruised to his third title on home soil Sunday, firing a closing 69 to win the Taiwan Masters by five shots.
The 33-year-old Tsai, two strokes clear of the field overnight, produced a blemish-free card in the final round to finish at 14-under-par 274 at Taiwan Golf and Country Club’s Tamsui Course.
Birdies at the sixth, ninth and 16th holes lifted the Taiwanese professional to his first victory on the Asian PGA Tour, earning him a winner’s cheque for S$71,000.
He had previously won the 1997 Taiwan Open and the 1998 Taiwan PGA Championship in the land of his birth.
Compatriot Lu Wen-teh, who won the title in 1994 and 1996, returned a 72 to finish second on 279.
A further shot back in a tie for third were brothers Hsieh Yu-shu and Hsieh Chin-sheng, along with fellow Taiwanese Hong Chia-yuh and first-round leader Aaron Meeks of the US.
Leading final round scores:
274 — Tsai Chi-huang (Taiwan) 68, 69, 68, 69.
279 — Lu Wen-teh (Taiwan) 69, 65, 73, 72.
280 — Hsieh Yu-shu (Taiwan) 70, 66, 72, 72; Hong Chia-yuh (Taiwan) 71, 68, 69, 72; Hsieh Chin-sheng (Taiwan) 70, 69, 69, 72; Aaron Meeks (US) 65, 70, 75, 70.
281 — Lin Keng-chi (Taiwan) 76, 68, 69, 68; Lee Lien-fu (Taiwan) 71, 75, 67, 68.
282 — Thammanoon Sriroj (Thailand) 70, 69, 72, 71.
283 — Kevin Na (South Korea) 72, 71, 70, 70; Boonchu Ruangkit (Thailand) 69, 72, 72, 70; Danny Zarate (Philippines) 73, 72, 68, 70; Kim Felton (Australia) 68, 72, 69, 74; Hsu Mong-nan (Taiwan) 72, 74, 71, 66.—Reuters
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