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HONG KONG, Dec 3: Briton Simon Yates shot a course-record nine-under-par 61 to storm into a two-stroke lead at the end of the third round of the $1.2 million Hong Kong Open on Saturday.
Fellow-Scot Colin Montgomerie returned a 66 for the second day in succession to hover two shots off the lead.
Montgomerie joined South Africa’s James Kingston (64) and Swede Martin Erlandsson (68) on nine-under-par 201. Yates is on 199 after two earlier rounds of 69.
After 14 holes Montgomerie was 10-under and just one shot behind Yates, but he bogeyed the 15th and 16th.
Leading scores:
199 - Simon Yates (SCO) 69-69-61
201 - Colin Montgomerie (SCO) 69-66-66, Martin Erlandsson (SWE) 65-68-68, James Kingston (RSA) 68-69-64
202 - Damien McGrane (IRL) 68-71-63, Kang Wook-soon (KOR) 64-70-68, Rick Gibson (CAN) 65-66-71
203 - Andrew Butterfield (ENG) 69-65-69, Lin Keng-chi (TPE) 68-69-66, K.J. Choi (KOR) 67-72-64, Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 68-68-67, Maarten Lafeber (NED) 72-68-63, Oliver Wilson (ENG) 75-64-64, Edward Loar (USA) 68-64-71
Green leads
MELBOURNE: Australia’s Nathan Green holds a two-shot lead over Nick O’Hern and Australian Open champion Robert Allenby in the incomplete third round of the Australian PGA golf tournament at Coolum in Queensland on Saturday.
Badly affected by rain and electrical storms on Thursday and Friday, most players had to finish their second rounds early on Saturday before play was later suspended in the third round.
Green, who teed off at 0540 local, fired five birdies during his second round to take a one-shot lead at nine-under par into the third round.
Leading scores:
135 - Nathan Green (AUS) 68-67
136 - Steven Bowditch (AUS) 70-66
137 - Wade Ormsby (AUS) 71-66
138 - Matthew Keegan (AUS) 69-69, Richard Swift (AUS) 67-71
139 - Pat Giles (AUS) 70-69, Robert Allenby (AUS) 68-71
140 - Michael Campbell (NZL) 71-69, Bradley Iles (NZL) 71-69, Lucas Parsons (AUS) 73-67, Mahal Pearce (NZL) 73-67
141 - Scott Laycock (AUS) 71-70, Rod Pampling (AUS) 70-71, Jens Nilsson (SWE) 73-68, Nick O’Hern (AUS) 74-67.
Sun City scores
SUN CITY: Third round scores from the Nedbank Golf Challenge on Saturday:
209 - Adam Scott (AUS) 72-69-68, Tim Clark (RSA) 70-72-67, Angel Cabrera (ARG) 71-64-74
210 - Retief Goosen (RSA) 70-69-71, Jim Furyk (RSA) 68-70-72
213 - Luke Donald (RNG) 70-68-75, Darren Clarke (NIR) 67-70-76
215 - Ernie Els (RSA) 72-70-73, Chris DiMarco (USA) 72-71-72
218 - Sergio Garcia (ESP) 74-70-74
223 - Kenny Perry (USA) 76-72-75.—Agencies
