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| July 7, 2003 | Monday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 6,1424 |
Woods takes six-stroke lead with 65
LEMONT (Illinois), July 6: Tiger Woods broke away from the field on Saturday after shooting a seven-under-par 65 to build a six-shot lead after three rounds of the Western Open.
The world number one had eight birdies, one eagle and three bogeys to finish on 18-under 198.
Australias Robert Allenby birdied the 18th hole to join Cliff Kresge on 12-under 204. Rich Beem, the 2002 PGA champion, fired a 65 to moved into solo fourth place on 205.
Masters winner Mike Weir of Canada, defending Western champion Jerry Kelly and Glen Day share fifth place on 206. Tom Byrum, world number nine Phil Mickelson and Robert Damron are tied for eighth, nine shots off the lead.
Woods had begun the day with a one-stroke lead over world number seven David Toms, who stumbled to a two-over 74 and dropped 10 shots behind.
Leading third round scores (US unless stated):
198 Tiger Woods 63, 70, 65.
204 Robert Allenby (Australia) 69, 67, 68; Cliff Kresge 67, 68, 69.
205 Rich Beem 69, 71, 65.
206 Glen Day 69, 71, 66; Jerry Kelly 66, 72, 68; Mike Weir (Canada) 67, 70, 69.
207 Tom Byrum 70, 70, 67; Phil Mickelson 70, 69, 68; Robert Damron 68, 69, 70.
208 Scott McCarron 69, 71, 68; Peter Lonard (Australia) 74, 66, 68; Dudley Hart 73, 65, 70; Scott Verplank 70, 65, 73; David Toms 65, 69, 74.
209 Chad Campbell 67, 73, 69; Craig Perks (New Zealand) 73, 66, 70; Kirk Triplett 69, 69, 71; Jim Furyk 71, 66, 72.
210 Billy Mayfair 71, 69, 70; Chris Smith 71, 69, 70; Dan Forsman 69, 73, 68; Charles Howell III 70, 69, 71; Luke Donald (Britain) 73, 65, 72; Fredrik Jacobson 69, 74, 67.
Other international players:
211 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 71, 70, 70; Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 70, 69, 72.
212 Jose Coceres (Argentina) 72, 69, 71; Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 68, 72, 72; Ian Leggatt (Canada) 70, 69, 73.
213 Kenichi Kuboya (Japan) 69, 71, 73.
214 Tim Clark (South Africa) 71, 71, 72; Stephen Ames (Trinidad) 70, 72, 72; David Frost (South Africa) 71, 71, 72.
215 Anthony Painter (Australia) 70, 72, 73.
217 Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 69, 72, 76.
220 Thomas Levet (France) 70, 72, 78.
PRICE VICTORIOUS
STRAFFAN (Ireland): Briton Phillip Price collected easily the biggest win of his career with a one-shot victory in the European Open at the K Club on Sunday.
Price, 36, led the event from start to finish but needed a birdie four at the last to complete his third European Tour win with a 16-under-par total of 272 following a closing 70.
The Welshman finished one clear of Scotsman Alastair Forsyth (68) and 49-year-old Zimbabwean Mark McNulty (68).
The $550,000 winners cheque takes Price to sixth in the European order of merit.
Leading final round scores (British unless stated):
272 Phillip Price 66, 69, 67, 70.
273 Alastair Forsyth 66, 70, 69, 68; Mark McNulty (Zimbabwe) 68, 69, 68, 68.
275 Gary Evans 68, 70, 69, 68.
276 Darren Clarke 67, 68, 70, 71; Eduardo Romero (Argentina) 69, 68, 71, 68.
278 Andrew Coltart 67, 70, 70, 71; Jarmo Sandelin (Sweden) 72, 66, 67, 73.
279 Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 70, 69, 66, 74; Barry Lane 70, 70, 69, 70; Lee Westwood 70, 71, 69, 69.
280 Colin Montgomerie 68, 71, 73, 68.
281 Paul Casey 73, 71, 68, 69; Carlos Rodiles (Spain) 73, 70, 70, 68; Raymond Russell 71, 73, 67, 70.
282 Thomas Bjorn (Denmark) 71, 71, 72, 68; Raphael Jacquelin (France) 72, 70, 71, 69; Mark Roe 71, 70, 71, 70.
283 Roger Champman 70, 73, 72, 68; Mikko Ilonen (Finland) 69, 71, 73, 70; David Lynn 71, 71, 70, 71; Nick OHern (Australia) 70, 72, 70, 71.
284 Matthew Blackey 73, 69, 71, 71; Brian Davis 76, 66, 74, 68; Mark James 72, 69, 68, 75; Bernhard Langer (Germany) 73, 67, 71, 73.
285 John Bickerton 71, 73, 71, 70; Retief Goosen (South Africa) 66, 74, 68, 77; Soren Hansen (Denmark) 67, 75, 69, 74; Rolf Muntz (Netherlands) 73, 69, 71, 72; Gary Murphy (Ireland) 67, 75, 71, 72; Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 72, 64, 76, 73; Shaun P. Webster 70, 76, 65, 74.
286 David Carter 73, 73, 67, 73; Nick Faldo 75, 70, 69, 72; Mathias Gronberg (Sweden) 73, 65, 77, 71.Reuters
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