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| October 31, 2005 | Monday | Ramzan 26, 1426 |
Pettersson swings strong to grab share of lead
PALM HARBOR (Florida) Oct 30: Sweden’s Carl Pettersson, seeking his first US PGA Tour triumph, fired a four-under par 67 on Saturday to match American Steve Lowery for the lead after three rounds at the Chrysler Championship.
Pettersson, with one career European Tour victory, fired the second-best round of the day, one stroke off Australian Stuart Appleby’s 66, to join Lowery on nine-under par 204 after 54 holes here at the 5.3 million-dollar tournament.
The pace setters enjoyed a three-stroke margin over the third-place group of Sweden’s Daniel Chopra and Americans Tom Pernice and Davis Love. American Jeff Brehaut was sixth on 208.
Pettersson, whose best US PGA finish was second at the 2003 Buick Invitational, opened with a birdie and bounced back from a bogey at the third with a birdie at the fourth, then birdied the seventh, eighth and 10th before concluding with eight pars.
Lowery began the day with a two-stroke lead but fired a 70 to open the door for the Swede. He began with a birdie but made bogey at six. Birdies at 10 and 11 were followed by a bogey at 13 and he made bogey at 17 after a birdie at 16.
Leading scores:
204 Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 69 68 67 Steve Lowery (United States) 68 66 70
207 Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 71 68 68 Tom Pernice Jr. (United States) 71 66 70 Davis Love III (United States) 68 69 70
208 Jeff Brehaut (United States) 65 74 69
209 Chad Campbell (United States) 70 70 69 Tim Herron (United States) 71 67 71 Bo Van Pelt (United States) 71 65 73
210 Dan Forsman (United States) 74 67 69 Robert Gamez (United States) 70 70 70 Stuart Appleby (Australia) 72 72 66
211 Bart Bryant (United States) 73 69 69 Sean O’Hair (United States) 73 69 69 Dean Wilson (United States) 67 72 72 John Huston (United States) 71 68 72 Bernhard Langer (Germany) 68 69 74
Thaworn claims TITLE
NEW DELHI: Asian Tour leader Thaworn Wiratchant overcame a spirited challenge from local pro Gaurav Ghei to win the 300,000-dollar Indian Open golf on Sunday.
Leading final-round scores:
272 - Thaworn Wiratchant (THA) 68-66-68-70
274 - Gaurav Ghei (IND) 67-72-69-66
275 - Hendrik Buhrmann (RSA) 66-70-69-70, Prom Meesawat (THA) 69-67-69-70
278 - Terry Pilkadaris (AUS) 67-70-70-71
279 - Mukesh Kumar (IND) 71-69-71-68, Jyoti Randhawa (IND) 69-70-67-73
280 - Ashok Kumar (IND) 69-71-72-68, Rick Gibson (CAN) 73-65-73-69, Shiv Kapur (IND) 70-69-72-69
281 - Arjun Atwal (IND) 70-68-73-70, Shamim Khan (IND) 71-68-71-71, Scott Taylor (USA) 71-67-72-71, Jaiveer Virk (IND) 68-71-68-74
McGinley wins
SOTOGRANDE (Spain): Paul McGinley of Ireland won the Volvo Masters here on Sunday by two strokes after a closing 67 for a total of 274.
Sergio Garcia of Spain was second on 276 after a final round of 73 with Luke Donald, Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria Olazabal tied for third on 277.
Collated final round scores:
274 - Paul McGinley (IRL) 74-68-65-67
276 - Sergio Garcia (ESP) 68-67-68-73
277 - Luke Donald (ENG) 68-73-72-64, Jose Maria Olazabal (ESP) 68-72-68-69, Colin Montgomerie (SCO) 67-66-70-74
278 - Paul Broadhurst (ENG) 71-69-67-71
279 - Niclas Fasth (SWE) 70-70-71-68, Simon Khan (ENG) 75-68-67-69, Lee Westwood (ENG) 71-69-67-72
280 - Kenneth Ferrie (ENG) 72-72-70-66, Stephen Dodd (WAL) 71-72-70-67, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 72-74-67-67, Ian Poulter (ENG) 67-68-72-73
Order of Merit
SOTOGRANDE (Spain): Colin Montgomerie of Scotland won the European PGA Tour Order of Merit at the Volvo Masters here on Sunday.
It was the eighth time the 42-year-old Scot had won the title after the seven-in-a-row he took between 1993-1999.—Agencies
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