Saturday, January 19, 2008

KAYMER LEADS BY SIX WITH ONE ROUND
TO GO IN ABU DHABI CHAMPIONSHIP

Last year's European Tour Rookie of the Year is this year's hot-shot of the moment - Germany's Martin Kaymer leads by SIX shots with one round to play in the Abu Dhabi championship.
Kaymer, five ahead at halfway, extended that with a bogey-free, four-under-par 68 for a 17-under-par three-round total of 199.
Chasing his first win on the Euro Tour, Kaymer has a new "closest" rival - England's Anthony Wall who came to the front of the outpaced pack with a flawless 65 for 11-under 205.
Henrik Stenson's third-round 69 put him level with Lee Westwood, who also had a 65, at nine under 207.
Kaymer, 23, stormed out of the blocks, reeling off back-to-back birdies to extend his cushion over playing partner Stenson to seven, although he could only add two more birdies on the back nine.
"I will just continue to stick to my game plan and see what happens," said Kaymer.
"I felt a little nervous when I started but I had a really good start and that settled me down and gave me a lot of confidence for the next 16 holes."
Anthony Wall said: "If Martin wins he will deserve it as he has led from start to finish, but he has a lot of golf left to play."
Wall, whose only European Tour victory came at the 2000 Alfred Dunhill Championship, knows he has a difficult task in chasing down Kaymer on the final day.
"I knuckled down over the winter and worked hard on the areas of my game that I thought I needed to and I am looking forward to a good season.
Luke Donald improved to five-under-par 211 after a bogey-free 67, a shot clear of Colin Montgomerie and Simon Dyson.
Montgomerie is currently 19 but has targeted a top-10 finish this week to break back into the world's top 50 in order to be able to secure his place at April's Masters.
Paul Lawrie, the only other Scot to beat the halfway cut, had a 71 for two-under 214

THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
199 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 66 65 68
205 Anthony Wall 71 69 65
206 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 67 70 69
207 Lee Westwood 69 73 65
208 Peter Hedblom (Swe) 69 70 69
209 Steve Webster 70 68 71, Scott Strange (Aus) 72 71 66, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 69 70 70, Mark Foster 70 70 69, Paul McGinley 72 71 66
210 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 68 72 70, Richard Finch 71 70 69, Thomas Levet (Fra) 70 72 68, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 73 69 68
211 James Kingston (Rsa) 71 68 72, Alexander Noren (Swe) 70 72 69, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 74 69 68, Luke Donald 71 73 67
212 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 70 70 72, Colin Montgomerie 72 72 68, Nick Dougherty 72 71 69, John Bickerton 71 70 71, Simon Dyson 73 71 68, Oliver Fisher 72 71 69, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 71 72 69, Paul Broadhurst 72 72 68, Phillip Archer 71 68 73, Jamie Donaldson 70 71 71
213 Peter Hanson (Swe) 74 70 69, Rory McIlroy 73 71 69, Adam Scott (Aus) 68 74 71, Ian Poulter 70 70 73, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 71 70 72, Peter Lawrie 73 70 70, Padraig Harrington 72 72 69, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 71 74 68
214 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 70 75 69, Mikko Ilonen (Fij) 70 74 70, Leif Westerberg (Swe) 72 73 69, Paul Lawrie 70 73 71, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 71 72 71, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 70 68 76, Johan Edfors (Swe) 73 71 70
215 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 73 71 71, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 74 71 70, Damien McGrane 70 72 73, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 75 70 70, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 71 71 73, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 73 70 72, Sam Little 75 69 71, Paul Sheehan (Aus) 73 72 70
216 Soren Hansen (Den) 71 71 74, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 74 69 73, Richard Green (Aus) 75 68 73, Rhys Davies 73 71 72, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 71 72 73, Simon Wakefield 72 71 73
217 Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 73 71 73, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 71 73 73, David Lynn 74 70 73.
218 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 71 73 74, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 73 72 73, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 72 73 73, Darren Clarke 72 72 74
219 Phillip Price 73 71 75, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 75 68 76, Matt Weibring (USA) 74 70 75
220 Benn Barham 74 71 75

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