SUTTON COLDFIELD (England), May 12: Britain’s Barry Lane broke the newly-designed Belfry course record with a spectacular seven-under-par 65 Saturday, to lead the Benson and Hedges International by two strokes.
The 41-year-old Englishman fired his record score with a stunning eagle two at the ninth in the third round, to surge to 10-under-par 206, adding six birdies to lead fellow Briton Greg Owen by two shots.
Leading third round scores (par-72, Britain unless stated):
206 — Barry Lane 69, 72, 65.
208 — Greg Owen 66, 72, 70.
209 — Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 68, 73, 68; Peter Baker 71, 68, 70.
210 — Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 70, 69, 71.
211 — David Lynn 73, 70, 68; Phillip Price 71, 70, 70; Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 71, 70, 70; Colin Montgomerie 71, 67, 73; Roger Wessels South Africa) 69, 69, 73.
213 — Nick Faldo 72, 72, 69; Raphael Jacquelin (France) 71, 70, 72; Raphael Jacquelin (France) 71, 70, 72; Peter Fowler (Australia) 71, 69, 73; Peter O’Malley (Australia) 70, 70, 73; John Daly (US) 70, 69, 74.
214 — Peter Senior (Australia) 71, 72, 71; Malcolm MacKenzie 72, 70, 72; Anthony Wall 68, 71, 75.
IRVING (Texas): Shigeki Maruyama, one of only 13 players to break par in Saturday’s third round, extended his overnight lead from two to three shots at the $4.8 million Byron Nelson Classic.
Leading third round scores (US unless stated):
198 — Shigeki Maruyama (Japan) 67, 63, 68.
201 — Cameron Beckman 70, 65, 66.
203 — Ernie Els (South Africa) 69, 70, 64; Ben Crane 68, 67, 68; Loren Roberts 67, 68, 68; Lee Janzen 64, 69, 70; Jim Carter 65, 67, 71.
204 — Duffy Waldorf 71, 67, 66; Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 64, 71, 69; Frank Lickliter II 64, 70, 70; Paul Stankowski 67, 65, 72; Phil Mickelson 69, 64, 71.
205 — Robert Allenby (Australia) 69, 69, 67; Tiger Woods 71, 65, 69; Steve Stricker 69, 66, 70; Bryce Molder 63, 70, 72.
206 — David Frost (South Africa) 66, 72, 68; Craig Perks (New Zealand) 68, 69, 69; David Toms 68, 68, 70; Scott Simpson 71, 65, 70; Fred Funk 67, 69, 70; Franklin Langham 68, 67, 71; Brian Henninger 67, 68, 71; Jeff Maggert 66, 67, 73..—Reuters