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| November 13, 2005 | Sunday | Shawwal 10, 1426 |
Tiger closes in on leader
SHANGHAI, Nov 12: Tiger Woods edged ominously to within a shot of leader David Howell at the Champions Tournament after a third-round 67 on Saturday.
World number one Woods will go into Sunday’s final round breathing down Howell’s neck after starting his third round two behind Englishmen Howell and Nick Dougherty.
A four-under-par 68 from Howell moved him to 16-under 200, preserving his slender advantage over Woods at the $5 million event which marks the start of the 2006 European Tour.
Australia’s Nick O’Hern had a bogey-free 67 to give the left-hander a share of second place with Woods after 54 holes.
Woods had been furious with himself for several loose shots on Friday and he took three putts from less than 15 feet to bogey the par-four ninth for the second time in three days.
The American made a charge on the back nine with birdies on the 11th and 12th before rolling in a 25-foot eagle putt on 14 to close the gap on Howell to one shot.
But with some 2,000 fans crammed in to watch Woods in his first official tournament in China, he bogeyed the 464-yard 15th after pushing his drive and finding a sand trap from the rough.
Woods missed a golden chance on the short 17th where a four-footer slipped by the cup but he kept his temper in check and hit back to make his fifth birdie at the last.
Howell had his own frustrations after a 68 that could easily have been a 66.
Thailand’s Thaworn Wiratchant moved to fourth at 12-under after finishing with three straight birdies in a 69.
Leading third round scores:
200 - David Howell 65-67-68
201 - Tiger Woods 65-69-67, Nick O’Hern 67-67-67
204 - Thaworn Wiratchant 67-68-69
205 - Michael Campbell 66-70-69, Thomas Bjorn 67-69-69, Nick Dougherty 64-68-73
206 - Vijay Singh 67-69-70
207 - Jean-Francois Remesy 70-67-70
208 - Zhang Lian-Wei 67-68-73, Paul Casey 67-68-73
209 - Peter Hanson 69-70-70, Paul Lawrie 64-75-70, Peter O’Malley 64-72-73, Ian Poulter 67-69-73, Robert-Jan Derksen 65-70-74, Kenneth Ferrie 66-69-74
210 - K J Choi 65-71-74
211 - Thongchai Jaidee 67-73-71, Steven Bowditch 71-69-71
212 - Raphael Jacquelin 74-71-67, John Bickerton 68-72-72, Arjun Atwal 69-70-73, Graeme Mcdowell 70-67-75
213 - Liang Wen-Chong 72-70-71, Steve Webster 72-70-71, Wang Ter-Chang 71-70-72, Padraig Harrington 69-72-72, Titch Moore 69-71-73, Barry Lane 73-70-70, Niclas Fasth 70-74-69, Thomas Aiken 72-72-69, Lee Westwood 70-69-74, Colin Montgomerie 74-71-68
214 - Craig Parry 71-72-71, Paul McGinley 73-70-71, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 70-70-74, Paul Broadhurst 76-69-69, Charl Schwartzel 68-70-76
215 - Henrik Stenson 69-74-72, Prayad Marksaeng 70-70-75.—AFP
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