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| January 20, 2003 | Monday | Ziqa'ad 16, 1423 |
Els trails Baddeley by two strokes at Hawaii Open
HONOLULU (Hawaii), Jan 19: US PGA Tour rookie Aaron Baddeley opened up a two-shot lead on world number two Ernie Els of South Africa after the third round of the $4.5 million Hawaii Open on Saturday.
The 21-year-old Australian returned a five-under-par 65 to finish 15-under overall on 195, two strokes ahead of Els (66) at the Waialae Country Club.
Americans Robert Gamez (65), Briny Baird (67) and Chris DiMarco (69) shared third place on 200, one ahead of Japan’s Shigeki Maruyama (69).
Baddeley, who shared the lead overnight with South African Retief Goosen, blitzed his way to a five-under-par 30 on the front nine which included a 40-foot eagle putt on the par-five ninth.
Goosen never recovered from a triple-bogey seven at the first and finished with a two-over-par 72 for 202.
Els struggled on the front nine before taking advantage of the easier back nine. He was six shots off the pace at the turn but made up four of those on the homeward stretch.
Leading third round scores (US unless stated):
195 — Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 66, 64, 65.
197 — Ernie Els (South Africa) 66, 65, 66.
200 — Robert Gamez 66, 69, 65; Briny Baird 68, 65, 67; Chris DiMarco 65, 66, 69.
201 — Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 66, 66, 69.
202 — Robert Allenby (Australia) 68, 69, 65; Retief Goosen (South Africa) 64, 66, 72.
203 — Jeff Sluman 68, 68, 67; Joe Durant 67, 69, 67; Jerry Kelly 68, 68, 67; Corey Pavin 67, 68, 68; Tim Petrovic 68, 67, 68; Fred Funk 66, 68, 69; Harrison Frazar 67, 67, 69; Chris Riley 65, 69, 69; Peter Lonard (Australia) 66, 65, 72.
204 — Ben Crane 68, 70, 66; Steve Lowery 68, 69, 67; Charles Howell III 70, 66, 68; Anthony Painter (Australia) 69, 66, 69; Andrew Magee 71, 65, 68; Tag Ridings 70, 65, 69; John Cook 67, 68, 69; Jim Furyk 67, 67, 70.
TITLE FOR PEARCE
AUCKLAND: New Zealander Mahal Pearce won the New Zealand Open by two shots from Australian Brett Rumford after storming the course during the last round on Sunday.
It was the 26-year-old’s first victory as a professional three years after leaving the amateur ranks.
Pearce, who shot rounds of 69, 70, 69 and 70, finished with something of an anti-climax after going out of bounds off the tee on the 18th and ending up with a double bogey six.
But he had a four-shot cushion over Rumford going into the final hole and the double bogey merely reduced his winning margin to two at 10-under.
Pearce, nicknamed Taj, began the day two shots behind overnight leader and playing partner Chris Downes but did not give up a bogey until the 16th hole, while picking up five shots.
Australian Downes suffered with some early bogeys but despite picking up in the middle stages could not keep up the pace with Pearce on the back nine.
Michael Campbell, the 2000 champion, was favoured to move from third and take his second New Zealand Open title, but three early bogeys ended his hopes.
Leading final round scores (New Zealand unless stated, a-denotes amateur):
278 — Mahal Pearce 69 70 69 70
280 — Brett Rumford (Australia) 68, 73, 71, 68.
281 — Chris Downes (Australia) 67, 70, 69, 75; Nathan Green (Australia) 73, 72, 69, 67.
283 — Eddie Lee 68, 76, 70, 69; Scott Gardiner (Australia) 73, 74, 66, 70; Wade Ormsby (Australia) 70, 74, 68, 71; Darrell Kestner (US) 68, 74, 68, 73.
284 — Michael Pearson (US) 72, 73, 73, 66; Grant Waite 71, 69, 75, 69; Richard Lee 75, 69, 70, 70; Brendan Jones (Australia) 66, 71, 74, 73; a-Chris Johns 72, 70, 69, 73; Wayne Grady (Australia) 68, 75, 67, 74; Michael Campbell 69, 73, 67, 75; Gareth Paddison 69, 69, 70, 76.
285 — Marcus Norgren (Sweden) 72, 74, 70, 69; Alastair Sidford 71, 71, 73, 70; Murray Poje (Canada) 73, 74, 68, 70; Craig Jones (Australia) 66, 72, 76, 71; David Smail 69, 70, 74, 72; Marcus Fraser (Australia) 70, 72, 70, 73; Alan Patterson (Australia) 66, 71, 74, 74; Kix Kawahara (Japan) 73, 72, 66, 74.—Reuters
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