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| November 27, 2005 | Sunday | Shawwal 24, 1426 |
Fisher holds one-stroke advantage
SHENZHEN (China) Nov 26: Two-day leader Chawalit Plaphol pressed the self-destruct button in spectacular fashion on Saturday to leave the Volvo China Open up for grabs going into the final round.
England’s Ross Fisher held a narrow one-shot lead at 11-under-par 205 from countryman Oliver Wilson and the Thai, who threw away a three-shot advantage in a disastrous front nine.
Zhang Lian-wei revived Chinese hopes on his home course, the par-72 Shenzhen Golf Club, with a sparkling 66 to lie two back in the 1.3-million-dollar event joint-sanctioned by the European and Asian tours.
England’s Barry Lane and Miles Tunnicliff, and Dane Soren Kjeldsen were poised another shot back at eight-under 208, with Ireland’s Peter Lawrie among a group at seven under.
Fisher, who celebrated his 25th birthday on Tuesday and is embarking on his first full European Tour season, found four birdies up the back nine for his second 68 after his first-round 69.
Chawalit, who set a course-record 65 in the first round and was five-under on Friday, went to pieces on the outward nine to dent his hopes of becoming the third Thai to win a European Tour event.
Leading scores:
205 - Ross Fisher 69-68-68
206 - Oliver Wilson 68-67-71, Chawalit Plaphol 65-67-74
207 - Zhang Lian-wei 70-71-66
208 - Barry Lane 67-74-67, Miles Tunnicliff 68-70-70, Soren Kjeldson 74-67-67
209 - Gaurav Ghei 72-70-67, Jyoti Randhawa 71-67-71, Shiv Kapur 69-70-70, Peter Lawrie 69-72-68, Francois Delamontagne 65-70-74, Anders Hansen 70-70-69, Fredrik Widmark 75-65-69
Allenby leads
MELBOURNE: Robert Allenby overcame a painful hand injury that may force him to quit the tournament to lead the Australian Open by five shots on Saturday.
Allenby shot a level-par 72 for the second day in a row to finish the third round at nine under par.
Paul Sheehan moved into second place on four under after firing a 72 while Nick O’Hern, Aaaron Baddeley and Rod Pampling were locked in a three-way tie for third at three under.
Leading third round scores
207 - Robert Allenby 63-72-72
212 - Paul Sheehan 69-71-72
213 - Nick O’Hern 67-75-71, Aaron Baddeley 70-70-73, Rod Pampling 70-70-73
214 - Martin Doyle 71-71-72
215 - Stuart Appleby 70-73-72, John Senden 69-71-75
216 - Matthew Goggin 76-71-69, Bubba Watson 71-74-71, Greg Chalmers 72-72-72, Camilo Villegas 71-72-73, Nathan Green 70-70-76, Adam Scott 66-73-77
217 - Adam Crawford 74-70-73, Steven Bowditch 70-73-74, Scott Laycock 65-76-76, Peter Senior 69-72-76
218 - Kevin Chun 75-72-71, Andrew Tampion 76-71-71, Matthew Ballard 70-74-74, Gary Simpson 72-71-75, Chris Campbell 68-73-77, David McKenzie 74-67-77—Agencies
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