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| July 25, 2005 | Monday | Jumadi-us-Sani 17, 1426 |
Crane nears second career win
MILWAUKEE (Wisconsin), July 24: American Ben Crane was within sight of his second career win and a wire-to-wire victory after carding a six-under par 64 at the $3.5 Milwaukee Open on Saturday, giving him a two shot lead heading into Sunday’s final round.
After returning flawless scorecards his opening two rounds, Crane carded his first two bogeys of the week on another stormy day at the Brown Deer Park Golf Club, but mixed them with eight birdies to leave him on 19-under 191 and two shots clear of Scott Verplank.
Verplank, chasing his first win since the 2001 Canadian Open, began the day two shots back of the lead and finished the same way also signing for a six-under 64.
The 41-year-old American got his round off to a shaky start with a bogey on the first but was error-free the rest of day to get to 17-under 193.
Lurking just five shots back at 14-under 196 are Chris Smith and 2003 champion Kenny Perry, who already has two wins under his belt this season.
Leading third round scores (US unless stated):
191 — Ben Crane 62, 65, 64.
193 — Scott Verplank 64, 65, 64.
196 — Kenny Perry 63, 69, 64; Chris Smith 64, 67, 65.
198 — Jeff Sluman 64, 64, 70.
199 — Matt Davidson 67, 68, 64; Steve Elkington (Australia) 65, 70, 64; Bo Van Pelt 70, 65, 64; Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 66, 68, 65; Mark Calcavecchia 69, 65, 65; Roland Thatcher 65, 69, 65; Tommy Armour III 66, 65, 68.
200 — Fred Funk 69, 67, 64; John Huston 68, 67, 65; Briny Baird 66, 69, 65; Chad Campbell 66, 68, 66.
201 — Arjun Atwal (India) 69, 67, 65; J.L. Lewis 68, 67, 66; Dean Wilson 66, 69, 66; Jerry Kelly 64, 68, 69; Brad Faxon 67, 64, 70.
202 — Matt Kuchar 68, 68, 66; Patrick Sheehan 71, 65, 66; Kevin Streelman 65, 70, 67; Steve Allan (Australia) 70, 67, 65; Harrison Frazar 67, 68, 67; Olin Browne 71, 66, 65; Steve Flesch 69, 68, 65; Brett Wetterich 69, 65, 68; Stephen Leaney (Australia) 65, 69, 68; James Driscoll 69, 65, 68.
203 — Glen Hnatiuk (Canada) 70, 66, 67; Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 68, 68, 67; Michael Long (New Zealand) 66, 69, 68; Lee Janzen 69, 66, 68; Glen Day 67, 70, 66; Rocco Mediate 69, 68, 66; Marco Dawson 66, 67, 70; Kent Jones 69, 64, 70; Richard Johnson (Sweden) 68, 70, 65.
204 — Bradley Hughes (Australia) 69, 67, 68; Brian Gay 68, 67, 69; Jeff Hart 71, 66, 67; Jay Delsing 66, 71, 67; Brian Bateman 65, 70, 69; Mathias Groenberg (Sweden) 67, 70, 67; Heath Slocum 68, 69, 67.
DREDGE AHEAD
GUT KADEN (Germany): Britain’s Bradley Dredge took a two-shot lead into the final round of the Players Championship of Europe after the delayed third round was completed on Sunday.
Dredge carded a three-under-par 69 to move to 12-under-par 204, taking over from second-round leader Niclas Fasth of Sweden.
Fasth shot a 72 to share second place with countryman Henrik Stenson, who posted a 69, and Ireland’s Peter Lawrie, who returned a 70.
The tournament was forced into a 36-hole finale on Sunday after Thursday’s play was washed out by rain.
Leading third round scores (Britain unless stated):
204 — Bradley Dredge 66, 69, 69.
206 — Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 68, 66, 72; Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 71, 65, 70; Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 65, 72, 69.
207 — Richard Sterne (South Africa) 70, 70, 67; Stephen Gallacher 68, 71, 68; Steven O’Hara 68, 70, 69; Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 65, 71, 71; K.J. Choi (South Korea) 67, 71, 69; Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 69, 70, 68; Nick Dougherty 69, 70, 68.
208 — Emanuele Canonica (Italy) 70, 69, 69; Wade Ormsby (Australia) 66, 73, 69; David Park 72, 68, 68.
209 — Joakim Baeckstroem (Sweden) 67, 73, 69; Bernhard Langer (Germany) 72, 68, 69.
210 — Anthony Wall 71, 71, 68; Graeme Storm 70, 71, 69; Brian Davis 71, 67, 72; Marcel Siem (Germany) 67, 71, 72.
211 — Mark Roe 68, 69, 74; Alastair Forsyth 68, 74, 69; Graeme McDowell 69, 72, 70; David Carter 73, 69, 69; Mark Foster 73, 69, 69; John Daly (US) 74, 64, 73.
212 — Sam Little 75, 67, 70; Stuart Manley 73, 69, 70; Joakim Haeggman (Sweden) 71, 70, 71.—Reuters
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