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| November 3, 2003 | Monday | Ramazan 7, 1424 |
Singh charges up field, Goosen leads
PALM HARBOR (Florida), Nov 2: Retief Goosen birdied the 18th hole to cap a four-under-par 67 and build a two-shot lead after three rounds of the Chrysler Championship on Saturday.
Briny Baird was second but Fiji’s Vijay Singh surged into third another shot back.
Singh, who could clinch the PGA Tour’s money title with victory in this event, made the biggest move of the day when he carded a six-under 65.
He began the day trailing the 2002 European Tour’s number one Goosen by five shots.
South African Goosen had built a three-stroke lead on the back nine, but bogeyed the 13th and 17th holes, each a par three, before making amends at the last.
While not dismissing Baird, Goosen said he expected Singh, the world number two, to be his principle challenger for the title.
Singh’s aggressive play paid off in the form of his lowest score of the tournament after opening with two one-under 70s.
He said he was enjoying one of his finest stretches of form.
Leading third round scores:
202 Retief Goosen (South Africa) 69 66 67
204 Briny Baird 72 66 66 205 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 70 70 65
206 Tim Petrovic 71 69 66
208 Loren Roberts 71 69 68, Jose Coceres (Argentina) 68 68 72
209 Jeff Sluman 71 70 68, Thomas Levet (France) 71 67 71, Chad Campbell 68 69 72, J.J. Henry 69 67 73
210 Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 71 71 68, Neal Lancaster 72 70 68, Jeff Brehaut 72 69 69, Pat Perez 70 70 70, Jerry Kelly 68 69 73
211 Brandt Jobe 71 71 69, Brad Faxon 72 71 68, Dan Forsman 67 75 69, Kenichi Kuboya (Japan) 73 69 69, Hank Kuehne 71 69 71, Justin Leonard 74 71 66, Jonathan Byrd 72 67 72, Charles Howell III 66 71 74
212 Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 71 71 70, Peter Lonard (Australia) 71 71 70, Jay Williamson 74 69 69, Kenny Perry 73 69 70, Robert Damron 71 73 68, Duffy Waldorf 69 73 70, Tom Byrum 70 71 71, Brett Quigley 71 74 67
PLAYOFF FOR TITLE
SOTOGRANDE (Spain): Sweden’s Fredrik Jacobson and Spaniard Carlos Rodiles took the 16th Volvo Masters into a playoff on Sunday after they completed the regulation 72 holes in 12-under-par 276.
Jacobson carded a closing 70 as did Rodiles after the pair had gone into the final round at Valderrama tied for the lead.
Third round scores:
206 - Carlos Rodiles (SPA) 68-69-69, Fredrik Jacobsen (SWE) 64-71-71
212 - Anders Hansen (DEN) 66-73-73
213 - Greg Owen 73-67-73, Brian Davis 71-73-69, John Bickerton 71-73-70
215 - Jarrod Moseley (AUS) 73-72-70, Adam Scott (AUS) 72-75-68, Sergio Garcia (SPA) 71-71-73, Colin Montgomerie 71-74-70, Jose Maria Olazabal (SPA) 70-75-70
216 - Bradley Dredge 72-73-71, Stephen Leaney (AUS) 77-72-67
217 - Darren Clarke 77-72-68, Nick O’Hern (AUS) 70-78-69
218 - Robert-Jan Derksen (NED) 74-71-73, Eduardo Romero (ARG) 73-73-72, Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 71-73-74, Angel Cabrera (ARG) 71-74-73, Gary Evans 74-75-69, Nick Faldo74-71-73, Michael Campbell (NZL) 75-69-74
219 - Darren Fichardt (RSA) 73-72-74, Ian Poulter 74-72-73 —Agencies
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