Saturday, August 30, 2008

It's a Young Guns shoot-out at
Gleneagles on Sunday

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Oliver Wilson played like a Ryder Cup player in waiting today - but Nick Dougherty is poised for one last bid to catch him.
The two young guns shot 68 and 69 respectively in the third round of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, and that means the year-long race for places in Nick Faldo's team goes to the final day.
While Frenchman Gregory Havret stayed out in front in the tournament - a closing birdie gave him a 69 and took him to 11 under par 208 over the par-73 PGA Centenary Course - Wilson and Dougherty had their own agendas.
Wilson, who had been on the brink of despair when he stood at six over par after eight holes on Friday, continued a superb comeback to reach three under 216 and joint 25th with a round to go.
But Dougherty, who needs to finish second to have a chance, is tied for 16th on five under 214 and, by his own reckoning, a closing 66 could yet bring him a first Ryder Cup cap just four months after his mother died of a heart attack.
"I'm enjoying the challenge and I'm delighted to still have a sniff," said the 26-year-old Liverpudlian. "Ollie's favourite, but I'll see if I can make him sweat a bit.
"It's a big day. The culmination of a year's worth of golf comes down to one day.
"I played wonderfully (on Saturday) and made nothing. The longest putt was the five-footer on the last."
Kirkcaldy's Peter Whiteford fell back a bit with a 75 for three-under-par 216. Stephen Gallacher moved up to fill the role as leading Scot with a tournament-best round of eight-under-par 65 for 212 - four shots behind all-the-way leader Havret.
Colin Montgomerie is out of it in more ways that one - Ryder Cup hopes, victory hopes, the lot - after a 76 for 220.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 219 (3 x 73)
208 Gregory Havret (Fra) 68 71 69
209 Anthony Wall 71 73 65
210 Soren Hansen (Den) 71 71 68, David Howell 75 67 68, Marcel Siem (Ger) 74 70 66, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 76 67 67, Lee Westwood 72 72 66
211 Justin Rose 73 71 67, Bradley Dredge 71 70 70, Graeme Storm 74 69 68
212 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 73 70 69, Peter Hanson (Swe) 74 72 66, Stephen Gallacher 75 72 65
213 Michael Campbell (Nzl) 73 69 71, Paul Waring 73 71 69
214 Gary Orr 70 72 72, Nick Dougherty 73 72 69, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 76 68 70, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 75 71 68, Simon Dyson 73 72 69
215 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 71 74 70, Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 77 71 67, Benn Barham 77 70 68, Paul McGinley 76 69 70
216 Anton Haig (Rsa) 75 70 71, Peter Whiteford 73 68 75, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 75 68 73, Oliver Wilson 76 72 68, Paul Broadhurst 70 74 72, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 72 73 71, Robert Rock 70 70 76, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 75 70 71
217 Lee S James 72 73 72, Luis Claverie (Spa) 75 72 70, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 75 73 69, Mark Brown (USA) 78 70 69, Johan Edfors (Swe) 73 73 71
218 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 70 75 73, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 74 73 71, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 73 75 70, Darren Clarke 72 73 73, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 73 73 72, Lee Slattery 77 71 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 74 71 73, Mark Foster 73 75 70
219 Chris Wood 75 69 75, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 72 74 73, Ross Fisher 72 74 73, Peter Baker 75 70 74, Gary Murphy 75 73 71, Jonathan Lomas 72 74 73, David Lynn 73 71 75, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 78 69 72
220 Juan Abbate (Arg) 72 76 72, Sam Walker 76 72 72, Colin Montgomerie 74 70 76, Benoit Teilleria (Fra) 71 75 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 75 70 75
221 Robert Dinwiddie 82 66 73, Matthew Millar (Aus) 74 74 73, Peter Fowler (Aus) 75 73 73
222 Jamie Donaldson 75 71 76, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 71 77 74
223 Paul McKechnie 75 73 75, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 78 70 75, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 74 74 75
224 Steven McEwan (Caprington) (am) 78 70 76
225 Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 72 75 78
226 Stephen Gray (Hayston) 75 72 79
236 Robert Arnott (Bishopbriggs) 76 72 88

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