PADDY HARRINGTON LEADS IRISH OPEN
BY THREE STROKES GOING INTO
SUNDAY'S FINAL ROUND

Begorrah - an Irishman winning the Irish Open? Well, it looks like happening for the first time since the Old King died because Padraig Harrington leads by three shots going into the final round of the European Tour event at Adare Manor, Limerick.
Harrington has had rounds of 73, 68 and 71 in sometimes wild weather to be four under par on 212 and clear of Bradley Dredge and Simon Wakefield.
Leading Scot, six behind Harrington, is Alastair Forsyth. But what about veteran Sandy Lyle?
Is he doing well - for his age - on 222, the second best placed Scot in the field.

THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
212 Padraig Harrington 73 68 71
215 Bradley Dredge 75 71 69, Simon Wakefield 70 72 73
216 Richard Green (Aus) 71 73 72, Louis Oosthuizen (SAf) 69 74 73
217 Damien McGrane 75 72 70, Andres Romero (Arg) 68 74 75
218 Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 74 72 72, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 71 74 73, Alastair Forsyth 72 72 74, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 71 71 76
219 Peter Hanson (Swe) 68 78 73, Gary Murphy 74 72 73, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 76 70 73, Phillip Price 72 73 74, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 69 74 76
220 YE Yang (Kor) 72 77 71, Lee Westwood 71 77 72, Andrew Marshall 76 72 72
221 Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 77 71 73, Simon Dyson 68 78 75, David Higgins 75 70 76, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 72 72 77, James Heath 74 70 77, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 68 75 78
222 Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 75 75 72, Marc Warren 76 73 73, Oliver Wilson 73 75 74, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 74 74 74, Sandy Lyle 72 74 76, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 73 72 77
223 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 75 75 73, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 75 74 74, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 75 73 75, James Kingston (SAf) 69 78 76, David Lynn 72 75 76, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 72 74 77
224 Brett Rumford (Aus) 80 71 73, David Park 72 78 74, Edward Rush 77 73 74, John Bickerton 75 74 75, Alexander Noren (Swe) 74 75 75, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 76 72 76, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 74 73 77
225 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 76 75 74, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 75 76 74, Mark Foster 73 77 75, Richard Sterne (SAf) 71 79 75, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 72 78 75, Mark Pilkington 73 76 76, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 74 74 77, Paul McGinley 72 76 77, Graeme McDowell 74 74 77, Ariel Canete (Arg) 72 75 78
226 Chris Gane 76 75 75, Stephen Gallacher 76 73 77, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 74 75 77, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 79 69 78, Sven Struver (Ger) 73 74 79
227 Simon Khan 71 79 77, Thomas Levet (Fra) 74 76 77, Steven O'Hara 73 76 78, Pat Murray (am) 76 72 79, Soren Hansen (Den) 73 72 82
228 Gary Lockerbie 76 75 77, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 74 77 77, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 70 81 77
229 Matthew Zions (Aus) 71 78 80, Kenneth Ferrie 74 75 80
230 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 77 74 79, Gary Orr 76 75 79, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 74 77 79, Matthew Richardson 79 72 79
231 Peter Hedblom (Swe) 75 74 82
Disq: Sam Little