GREENSBORO (North Carolina), Oct 2: South Korea’s K.J. Choi and American D.J. Trahan enjoyed flawless afternoons to grab a share of the third round lead at the Greensboro Classic on Saturday.
Choi and Trahan will carry a one stroke lead over Japan’s Shigeki Maruyama and American Jason Bohn into Sunday’s final round at the Forest Oaks Country Club.
Lurking two shots back of the co-leaders is Briton Justin Rose who had another consistent afternoon, signing for a four-under 68 to sit alone on 202 one shot clear of American Tim Herron (67).
Robert Gamez maintained his bid for back-to-back wins with a sparkling 63 to lead a group at 12-under 204.
Leading third round scores:
200 — D.J. Trahan (US) 65, 69, 66; K.J. Choi (South Korea) 64, 69, 67.
201 — Jason Bohn (US) 71, 65, 65; Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 70, 65, 66.
202 — Justin Rose (Britain) 69, 65, 68.
203 — Tim Herron (US) 70, 66, 67.
204 — Robert Gamez (US) 72, 69, 63; Sergio Garcia (Spain) 69, 69, 66; Brandt Jobe (US) 72, 65, 67.
205 — Olin Browne (US) 68, 72, 65; Mark Wilson (US) 72, 67, 66; Jerry Kelly (US) 70, 68, 67; Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 69, 67, 69; Tim Clark (South Africa) 66, 69, 70.
206 — Paul Azinger (US) 69, 71, 66; Darron Stiles (US) 69, 69, 68; Charles Warren (US) 62, 74, 70; John Rollins (US) 67, 68, 71; John Huston (US) 66, 66, 74.
207 — Scott Gutschewski (US) 67, 74, 66; J.L. Lewis (US) 72, 68, 67; Duffy Waldorf (US) 69, 71, 67; Wes Short Jr (US) 68, 70, 69; Dudley Hart (US) 70, 67, 70; Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 67, 69, 71.
FERRIE SURGES AHEAD
CARNOUSTIE: Kenneth Ferrie grabbed the initiative at the windswept Links Championship on Saturday as overnight leader Colin Montgomerie’s chances of a first win in over 18 months receded.
While Ferrie shot a five-under-par 67, Montgomerie stalled with a one-over-par 73 falling five strokes off the lead.
Leading third round scores:
203 — Kenneth Ferrie (Britain) 68, 68, 67.
208 — Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 69, 68, 71; Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 69, 74, 65; Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 70, 65, 73.
209 — Pierre Fulke (Sweden) 71, 66, 72.
210 — Paul Casey (Britain) 68, 70, 72.
211 — Martin Doyle (Australia) 73, 72, 66; Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 70, 72, 69; Richard Green (Australia) 70, 71, 70; Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 70, 70, 71; Lee Westwood (Britain) 71, 71, 69.
212 — Carlos Rodiles (Spain) 70, 73, 69; Anders Hansen (Denmark) 69, 71, 72; Peter Gustafsson (Sweden) 73, 68, 71; Alessandro Tadini (Italy) 67, 72, 73; Scott Drummond (Britain) 71, 72, 69; Darren Clarke (Britain) 68, 75, 69.—Reuters