HUTCH'S WINTER IN THE SUN
PAYS OFF IN KENYA OPEN
Banchory's Greig Hutcheon spent the winter on Portugal's Algarve, well away from the chills of his native North-east. The tactic has paid off so far for the 1999 winner of the Gleneagles Scottish professional championship in this week's European Challenge Tour event, the Kenya Open at Karen Golf Club, Nairobi.
Hutcheon took over the mantle of the leading Scot with a third-round 68 for a 54-hole tally of two-over-par 210 over the par-70 lay-out. Greig (pictured right) birdied the first, eighth, 12th, 16th and 18th in halves of 35 and 33 with bogeys at the third, fourth and 13th preventing him from taking closer order on the leader, Edoardo Molinari, the Italian who won the United States amateur championship in 2005.
Molinari has shot 68, 69 and 67 for 204 and a three-stroke lead with one round to go.
"I've got into a routine of taking off for the Algarve every winter now. I find it's cheaper to get by than living at home and I know that I will be able to go out and hit shots every day I am there ... which is more than I could say if I stayed at home near Banchory," said Greig.
Hutcheon is in joint 24th place, two shots ahead of compatriots Graeme Brown from Montrose and Carnoustie's Eric Ramsay on 214. Brown's 71 had biredies at the eighth and 12th but bogeys at the third, fourth and 154th in halves of 36 and 35.
For Ramsay it was "a game of two halves." He bogeyed the third, fifth, sixth and eighth to be out in four over par. But grabbed an eagle 2 at the 12th and a birdie at the 17th in a bogey-free inward half of 31 for a 71.
Scott Henderson from Aberdeen is back in a share of 54th place on 216 after a 71 which had birdies at the 10th, 12th and 16th. He bogeyed the fourth, 14th, 15th and 17th in halves of 36 and 35.
LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 210 (3 x 70)
204 E Molinari (Ita) 68 68 67.
207 M Lundberg (Swe) 70 69 68, S Fernandez (Arg) 70 71 66.
208 Julien Grillon (Fra) 70 67 71, James Kamte (SAf) 69 73 66, Liam Bond (Wal) 68 67 73.
Other scores:
212 G Hutcheon (Sco) 72 72 68 (jt 24th).
214 G Brown (Sco) 74 69 71, E Ramsay (Sco) 70 73 71, P Whiteford (Sco) 70 72 72 (jt 38th). 216 S Henderson (Sco) 68 77 71.
Scottish non-qualifiers:
147 P Doherty. 149 G Murray, J Doherty. 152 A McArthur. 166 M Urquhart.
Banchory's Greig Hutcheon spent the winter on Portugal's Algarve, well away from the chills of his native North-east. The tactic has paid off so far for the 1999 winner of the Gleneagles Scottish professional championship in this week's European Challenge Tour event, the Kenya Open at Karen Golf Club, Nairobi.
Hutcheon took over the mantle of the leading Scot with a third-round 68 for a 54-hole tally of two-over-par 210 over the par-70 lay-out. Greig (pictured right) birdied the first, eighth, 12th, 16th and 18th in halves of 35 and 33 with bogeys at the third, fourth and 13th preventing him from taking closer order on the leader, Edoardo Molinari, the Italian who won the United States amateur championship in 2005.
Molinari has shot 68, 69 and 67 for 204 and a three-stroke lead with one round to go.
"I've got into a routine of taking off for the Algarve every winter now. I find it's cheaper to get by than living at home and I know that I will be able to go out and hit shots every day I am there ... which is more than I could say if I stayed at home near Banchory," said Greig.
Hutcheon is in joint 24th place, two shots ahead of compatriots Graeme Brown from Montrose and Carnoustie's Eric Ramsay on 214. Brown's 71 had biredies at the eighth and 12th but bogeys at the third, fourth and 154th in halves of 36 and 35.
For Ramsay it was "a game of two halves." He bogeyed the third, fifth, sixth and eighth to be out in four over par. But grabbed an eagle 2 at the 12th and a birdie at the 17th in a bogey-free inward half of 31 for a 71.
Scott Henderson from Aberdeen is back in a share of 54th place on 216 after a 71 which had birdies at the 10th, 12th and 16th. He bogeyed the fourth, 14th, 15th and 17th in halves of 36 and 35.
LEADING THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 210 (3 x 70)
204 E Molinari (Ita) 68 68 67.
207 M Lundberg (Swe) 70 69 68, S Fernandez (Arg) 70 71 66.
208 Julien Grillon (Fra) 70 67 71, James Kamte (SAf) 69 73 66, Liam Bond (Wal) 68 67 73.
Other scores:
212 G Hutcheon (Sco) 72 72 68 (jt 24th).
214 G Brown (Sco) 74 69 71, E Ramsay (Sco) 70 73 71, P Whiteford (Sco) 70 72 72 (jt 38th). 216 S Henderson (Sco) 68 77 71.
Scottish non-qualifiers:
147 P Doherty. 149 G Murray, J Doherty. 152 A McArthur. 166 M Urquhart.
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