BARRY HUME DROPS OUT OF PICTURE
WITH A THIRD-ROUND 74 IN
HONG KONG OPEN

Former Scottish amateur champion Barry Hume from Glasgow dropped out of the picture with a third-round 74 to be lying joint 46th on three-under-par 207 with one round to go in the Hong Kong Open.
Hume had earlier rounds of 65 and 68 but that kind of form deserted him today when he had bogeys at the fifth, sixth, ninth, 14th and 18th in halves of 37 (three over par) and 37 (two over). His solitary birdie came at the 16th.
Robert Karlsson of Sweden maintained his excellent form with a four-under-par 66 to carry a four-stroke lead from Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez into Sunday's final round. Karlsson is on 16 under par 194.
Karlsson, 38, was three under the card after only four holes as he shot a total of five birdies against a lone bogey.
“I am very happy with the way I played today and that is the most important thing. Both me and Miguel had a fantastic start and if you play well the first few holes, you get into the rhythm of the round and we made the most of it,” said the leader.
“You’d take a four-shot lead on any course but it is definitely a tricky course to try and pick up a lot of shots on. But at the same time there are low scores out there and so for me tomorrow it is all about focusing on putting another low score together. If someone beats me then I can’t do anything about that but my focus is on another good solid round tomorrow,” admitted Karlsson.
After a similar run with five birdies against a lone bogey, the 2004 champion Jimenez will be determined to pile on the pressure and close the gap heading into the final round.
“We both played well, especially on the front nine. I hope to take advantage of my chances in the early stages tomorrow. Robert is playing fantastic. He is playing solid in every aspect of his game. But I want to put some pressure on him with some birdies," said Jimenez.

THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 210 (3 x 70)
194 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 64 64 66.
198 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 65 67 66.
199 Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 68 64, K J Choi (Kor) 62 72 65, Peter Hanson(Swe) 68 66 65, Shiv Kapur (India) 67 67 75.
200 Scott Strange (Aus) 66 68 66, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 66 68 66, Mike Weir (Can) 69 64 67.
201 Gary Simpson (Aus) 69 67 65. Thongchai Jaidee (Thai) 66 67 68, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 69 64 68, Graeme McDowell (NIr) 67 66 68.
202 Peter Hedblom (Swe) 71 67 64, Gary Murphy 66 70 66, Charlie Wi (Kor) 67 68 67, Damien McGrane 69 66 67, Liang Wen-chong (China) 68 66 68.
203 Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 69 68 66, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 68 67 68, Christian Cevaer (Fra) 70 65 68, Keith Horne (Rsa) 67 68 68, Retief Goosen (Rsa) 69 66 68, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 70 65 68, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 71 62 70, Simon Dyson (Eng) 68 65 70, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 68 65 70.
204 Mahal Pearce (Nzl) 68 70 66
205 Michael Jonzon (Swe) 70 68 67, Prom Meesawat (Tha) 68 70 67, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 66 71 68, Anders Hansen (Den) 67 70 68, Jamie Donaldson 69 68 68, Tony Lascuna (Phi) 68 69 68, Marcus Brier (Aut) 68 69 69, Gary Orr 67 68 70
206 Adam Groom (Aus) 70 69 67, Lu Wei Chih (Tpe) 68 71 67, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 69 69, SSP Chowrasia (Ind) 69 67 70, Kang Wook-soon (Kor) 65 70 71, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 64 71 71, Chawalit Plaphol (Tha) 67 68 71
207 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 72 67 68, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 67 70 70, Panuwat Muenlek (Tha) 68 67 72, Barry Hume (Sco) 65 68 74.
208 Rahil Gangjee (Ind) 71 68 69, Frankie Minoza (Phi) 69 69 70, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 69 68 71, Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 70 67 71
209 Bae Sang Moon (Kor) 71 68 70, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 72 67 70, Wang Ter-chang (Tpe) 70 68 71, Zhang Lianwei (Chn) 70 68 71
210 Geralrd Rosales (Phi) 73 66 71, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 68 71 71, Paul McGinley 68 70 72, Suk Jong Yul (Kor) 71 67 72, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 66 71 73, Lee Sung (Kor) 66 71 73, Jason Knutzon (USA) 67 69 74, Anthony Kang (USA) 66 70 74
211 Nick Faldo 68 71 72, Clay Devers (USA) 70 68 73, Gregory Havret (Fra) 66 73 72
212 David Howell 72 66 74
214 Marc Warren 67 71 76
215 Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 66 73 76, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 68 69 78