Great Scott! Drummond only two

shots off Indonesia Open pace

It's a long-time since Anglo-Scot Scott Drummond, pictured on right, strung together three better-than-average rounds, probably not since he was a shock winner of the PGA championship at Wentworth in 2004.

But, here he is, with one round to go in the Enjoy Jakarta Indonesia Open in joint third place with scores of 71, 69 and 69 for seven-under- par 209 - only two shots behind the leader, Thai star Thongchai Jaidee.

In fact Drummond could have been sharing the 54-hole lead but for bogeys at the 17th and 18th. Earlier he got to four-under-par for the day with birdies at the second, fourth, fifth and 11th before he dropped his first shot of the round at the 14th.

Drummond responded to that setback with back-to-back birdies at the15th and 16th before his back-to-back bogeys finish in halves of 33 and 36.

Jaidee birdied the 18th hole for a one-stroke lead from Sweden's Alexander Noren who posted a 66 at the New Kuta Golf Resort, Bali.

Jaidee, a former Asian Tour No 1, nailed six birdies against a lone dropped shot for a nine-under-par 207 total.

England’s Simon Griffiths carded a 69 and was among six players in a tie for third place alongside former winner and compatriot Simon Dyson and Denmark’s Jeppe Huldahl who both shot matching 70s.
India’s Jyoti Randhawa charged up the leaderboard after a 66 to lie in joint ninth place together with England’s Steve Webster who slipped down the ranks after an even-par round.
Thanks to steady putting today, Thongchai will be eager to emulate his performance when he heads out on Sunday.
“My irons were good and consistent except for one hole at the 16th. But the key was my putting today. It was good. I read the lines well. It was a nice finish and I’m enjoying myself,” said Thongchai, who was five under after nine holes before closing in with a bogey on the 16th and birdie on the 18th hole.
“The pin positioning was tough and the wind was strong on the back nine. The green is also very tricky this week. If you hit it more than three feet away from the flagstick, it’s quite tough and difficult to read the lines. But I’m pleased and look forward to Sunday,” added the leader.
Sweden’s Noren shot a 66 and was a stroke behind the Thai golfer in lone second place.
“My wrist was hurting yesterday, which is why I’ve got it strapped up. It’s been troubling me on and off for quite a few weeks now, but never when I’m actually playing. Today, I wasn’t even sure if I would play or not," said Noren.
“But that’s the way it always seems to be, when you’re not focusing on your golf and you don’t have any expectations, you just tend to go out there and play. And that’s what I did today."
England’s Griffiths, with one runner-up finish last season on the Asian Tour, eagled the long 16th hole for a 69 to lie in tied third place.
“I was pretty pleased with how I played today. I didn’t get off to a great start, but I made a few good saves which steadied me. I picked up a couple of birdies and then holes a massive eagle putt on the 16th, which was awesome,” said Griffiths.
Randhawa, with seven wins on the Asian Tour, remained in close contention firing a 66 for a 210 total.
“I’m hitting the ball well. I was even par after two rounds and I looked at the leaderboard and realised that I wasn’t too far away. All I needed to do was to shoot a good number which was what I did today,” said Randhawa, who was Asia’s number one in 2002.

Andrew Coltart parred the last 10 holes after packing three birdies and two bogeys into his first eight holes. He birdied the first, second and seventh and bogeyed the sixth and eighth. His halves were 35 and 36 for 71 and a 54-hole total of one-under-par 215.

Richie Ramsay managed to salvage a par 72 - four shots better than his second round but still four shots worse than his opening 68 - to be on the level par 216 mark. The Aberdonian ran up a double bogey 6 at the 13th (he had a triple bogey 7 in the second round) but, on the credit side, he birdied the first, third, fifth and 16th. In halves of 34 and 38, Ramsay had bogeys at the second and 14th apart from his double bogey.
ALL THE THIRD-ROUND TOTALS

Par 216 (3 x 72)

207 Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 71 69 67
208 Alexander Noren (Swe) 69 73 66
209 Richard Bland 72 71 66, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 73 66 70, Scott Drummond 71 69 69, Simon Dyson 68 71 70, Simon Griffiths 70 70 69, Ross McGowan 69 71 69
210 Steve Webster 69 69 72, Jamie Donaldson 68 71 71, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 74 70 66
211 Anthony Kang (US) 70 71 70
212 Gary Lockerbie 71 72 69, Wei Chih Lu (Tha) 71 70 71, Digvijay Singh (Ind) 69 72 71, Jason Knutzon (US) 72 70 70, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 73 70, Simon Khan 68 76 68
213 Frankie Minoza (Phi) 74 69 70, Gary Murphy 70 72 71, Tony Carolan (Aus) 68 74 71, Ted Oh (Kor) 73 67 73, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 70 72 71, Chinarat Phadungsil (Tha) 70 71 72, Angelo Que (Phi) 64 76 73, James Kamte (Rsa) 72 71 70, Gavin Flint (Aus) 70 72 71
214 Bryan Saltus (US) 70 72 72, Gaurav Ghei (Ind) 72 68 74, Darren Beck (Aus) 71 71 72, Lian-Wei Zhang (Chn) 69 74 71, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 74 71 69, Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 71 74 69, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 73 71 70, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 71 72 71, Sam Little 73 70 71, Rory Hie (Ina) 70 72 72
215 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 69 76 70, Zaw Moe (Kor) 73 71 71, Neven Basic (Aus) 75 70 70, Andrew Coltart 73 71 71, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 70 71 74, Rhys Davies 69 73 73, Kyung-Tae Kim (Kor) 73 68 74
216 Antonio Lascuna (Phi) 68 73 75, Richie Ramsay 68 76 72, Gaganjeet Bhullar (Ind) 74 71 71, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 68 75 73, Chawalit Plaphol (Tha) 71 71 74, Mark Foster 72 71 73
217 Danny Willett 70 74 73, John Bickerton 71 74 72, Seve Benson 70 73 74, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 74 71 72, Oliver Fisher 71 74 72, Brett Rumford (Aus) 70 73 74, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 72 73 72, Miles Tunnicliff 69 71 77, Michael Hoey 71 73 73
218 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 71 74 73, Markus Brier (Aut) 71 74 73, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 74 71 73
219 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 71 74 74, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 74 71 74
220 Taco Remkes (Ned) 70 73 77, Scott Strange (Aus) 73 71 76, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 70 73 77
222 Marcel Siem (Ger) 76 68 78
224 Jean Van de Velde (Fra) 71 72 81