Saturday, December 01, 2007

FINCH SWOOPS WITH A 65 TO TAKE
OVER NEW ZEALAND OPEN LEAD

Englishman Richard Finch has taken over the lead in the New Zealand Open at The Hills Golf Club, Queenstown, after a brilliant third round of eight-under-par 72 for a 54-hole tally of 14-under 202. He leads by three from the halfway leader, Steven Bowditch (Australia).
Peter Whiteford from Kirkcaldy fell back with a 75 to 213.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
202 Richard Finch 73 65 64
205 Steven Bowditch (Aus) 69 65 71
206 Peter Fowler (Aus) 69 75 62
208 Ewan Porter (Aus) 72 66 70, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 71 69 68, Paul Sheehan (Aus) 68 67 73
209 Kyron Sullivan 72 68 69
210 Mahal Pearce (Nzl) 71 70 69, Marc Leishman (Aus) 69 70 71, Robert Dinwiddie 72 72 66
211 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 70 71 70, Matthew Millar (Aus) 72 71 68, Matthew Zions (Aus) 72 73 66, Steven Jeffress (Aus) 71 68 72, Michael Curtain (Aus) 71 70 70, Andrew Tschudin (Aus) 70 71 70, Scott Gardiner (Aus) 72 72 67, Oliver Fisher 70 69 72
212 Aaron Townsend (Aus) 74 71 67, Andrew McKenzie 71 69 72, Brendan Stuart (Nzl) 69 73 70, Michael Wright (Aus) 71 69 72, Josh Geary (Nzl) 75 67 70, Adam Bland (Aus) 71 74 67, Alexander Noren (Swe) 76 69 67, Michael Long (Nzl) 69 67 76, Matt Ballard (Aus) 72 70 70, Craig Parry (Aus) 68 74 70
213 Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 70 72 71, Damien McGrane 72 72 69, Peter Whiteford 70 68 75, Phil Tataurangi (Nzl) 74 71 68, Anthony Brown (Aus) 71 70 72
214 Anthony Summers (Aus) 73 71 70, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 77 68 69, Gary Simpson (Aus) 69 69 76, Josh Carmichael (Aus) 77 67 70, Bob Charles (Nzl) 75 68 71, Terry Price (Aus) 73 71 70, Kim Felton (Aus) 71 73 70, Dave Horsey 74 70 70, Rodney Booth (Aus) 69 73 72
215 Matthew Woods 68 74 73, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 73 70 72, Tony Christie (Nzl) 71 73 71, Craig Scott (Aus) 75 67 73, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 73 69 73, Didier De Vooght (Bel) 73 70 72
216 Ally Mellor 72 73 71, Jamie Little 72 73 71, Paul Spargo (Aus) 75 70 71, Adam Blyth (Aus) 75 68 73
217 Nick Gillespie (Nzl) 78 67 72, Paul Marantz (Aus) 69 76 72, Henry Epstein (Aus) 74 69 74, Michael Sim (Aus) 69 76 72, Shane Baxter (Aus) 71 73 73, Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 72 72 73, David Bransdon (Aus) 69 73 75, Doug Holloway (Nzl) 72 71 74
218 Lucas Parsons (Aus) 73 71 74, Luke Hickmott (Aus) 70 73 75, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 75 70 73, Ben Wharton (Aus) 70 74 74, Scott Strange (Aus) 75 70 73
219 Richard Lee (Nzl) 70 71 78, Danny Lee (Nzl) 73 71 75, Jarrod Moseley (Aus) 73 71 75, Peter Nolan (Aus) 71 74 74, Steve Jones (USA) 70 73 76
220 Ricky Schmidt (Aus) 75 70 75, David Hutton 75 69 76
221 Jamie Donaldson 70 74 77, Martin Doyle (Aus) 71 72 78
224 Lee Hunt (Aus) 76 69 79

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