OLLY FIGHTS STIFF NECK TO STAY IN TOUCH
AT OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS WEBSITE

England's Oliver Wilson remains in contention for a first tour victory in the Omega European Masters despite almost pulling out before the start of today's fog-delayed third round.
Wilson held a one-shot lead at the halfway stage in Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland but woke with a stiff neck and required an hour of physio treatment before starting play.
The former Walker Cup star was unable to swing the club properly but struggled to a 70 to finish the day on 12 under par 201, one shot behind defending champion Bradley Dredge and Australian Brett Rumford.
"I was really excited about today, I had a chance to build a lead and separate myself from the field but the injury really deflated me," the 26-year-old said.
"I could not hit my irons properly and hit some horrendous shots because I just couldn't get through the ball. Even when it didn't hurt I knew it was there and you can't commit to the shot.
"It got a little better later in the day but I was walking round very rigid all day. The physios worked on it for an hour but I still don't have full movement."
Wilson, who has had several chances to claim his maiden European Tour title - losing a play-off to Paul Casey in the Volvo China Open in November 2005 and another in the Johnnie Walker Classic in Thailand in March - added: "I'm actually quite pleased to still be in with a chance.
"I could have shot one or two over and been out of it."
Dredge won by eight shots here last year and threatened to go clear of the field once more when he eagled the opening hole for the second day in succession.
But the 2005 World Cup winner dropped shots at the fifth and ninth and ran up a double-bogey 6 on the 12th after driving into trees and, despite birdies on the 14th and 15th, was unable to shake off Rumford.
EUROPEAN TOUR SCOREBOARD
OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS
Crans-sur-Sierre GC, Switzerland
Par 213 (3 x 71)
200 Brett Rumford (Aus) 68 66 66, Bradley Dredge 66 66 68
201 Oliver Wilson 65 66 70
202 Sion Bebb 71 68 63, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 70 67 65
203 Phillip Archer 69 66 68, Lee Westwood 71 67 65
205 Anthony Wall 69 68 68
206 Richard Finch 70 72 64, Miles Tunnicliff 71 65 70
207 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 69 69 69
208 Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 71 68 69, Richard Bland 73 68 67, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 72 69 67, Edward Rush 72 72 64
209 Zane Scotland (Gb) 69 69 71, Graeme McDowell 73 69 67, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 72 69 68, Ariel Canete (Arg) 72 69 68, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 68 69 72, Graeme Storm 69 69 71
210 Tino Schuster (Ger) 71 65 74, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 69 70 71, David Frost (Rsa) 72 70 68, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 69 75 66
211 Paul Casey 71 68 72, Juan Parron (Spa) 72 71 68, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 74 69 68, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 70 70, Kyron Sullivan 73 69 69, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 73 70 68
212 David Carter 73 69 70, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 75 69 68, Richard McEvoy 71 70 71, Tom Whitehouse 73 71 68, Oscar null Floren (Swe) 69 67 76, Johan Edfors (Swe) 73 70 69
213 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 68 75 70, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 76 68 69, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 71 73 69, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 75 69 69, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 71 70 72, Carl Suneson (Spa) 74 70 69, Jamie Spence 70 71 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 68 71 74, Barry Lane 78 65 70
214 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 74 68 72, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 74 70 70, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 70 72 72, Andrew Coltart 70 72 72, Steven O'Hara 74 70 70, Alexandre Rocha (Bra) 71 70 73, Andrew Marshall 74 68 72, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 77 67 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 69 71, Ian Garbutt 70 72 72, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 74 70 70
215 Steve Alker (Nzl) 75 66 74, Garry Houston 72 70 73, Sven Struver (Ger) 74 68 73, Pierre Relecom (Bel) 70 74 71, Pablo Martin (Spa) 71 73 71
216 Julien Clement (Swi) 74 70 72, Simon Wakefield 74 69 73
217 Terry Price (Aus) 75 68 74, Sam Little 78 66 73, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 71 71 75
218 Alessandro Napoleoni (Ita) 71 69 78, Jonathan Lomas 74 70 74
219 Lee Slattery 72 72 75, Alexander Noren (Swe) 72 71 76
220 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 72 76