BMW ITALIAN OPEN IN TURIN REPORT

Vancsik still leads but 4hr hold-up

leads to two late bogeys

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE

After the best part of a four-hour suspension of play for bad weather, leader Argentina's Daniel Vancsik returned to the course at nearly 8pm this evening ... and bogeyed two of the last three holes to throw the BMW Italian Open in Turin wide open again.
Vancsik, chasing his second European Tour victory, had been two strokes in front when a thunderstorm halted play at 4.10pm.
But when play resumed he failed to get up and down from a bunker at the 16th and three-putted the 17th.
He was in severe danger of dropping another stroke at the last after pulling his drive into thick rough, but got down in a pitch-and-pitch for par.
As a result the 32-year-old Argentine, winner of the 2007 Madeira Island Open, goes into the final round 11 under par, one in front of Finland's Roope Kakko.
The pair ranked 420th and 472nd in the world scored 69 and 68 respectively, little-known Challenge Tour player Kakko also bogeying the 17th on the resumption.
Two behind in joint third are Northern Ireland's Gareth Maybin and South African Thomas Aiken, Maybin making a remarkable birdie on the 17th after double-bogeying the 16th.
From the left-hand rough the Belfast golfer's approach with a fairway wood skipped the bunker in front of the green and rolled up to 15 feet, from where he sank the putt.
Vancsik late this evening: "I was really unlucky with the timing of the break. I was feeling very confident, but lost concentration when we went back. But, having said that, I'm still happy to be leading and confident about tomorrow."

Aberdonian Richie Ramsay, joint 11th after three rounds, is in line for highest European Tour finish. He's scored 67, 70 and 70 for six-under-par 207, the same total as Glasgow-born Canadian Alan McLean. Gary Orr, the only other Scot to make the cut, is a shot behind on 208 after successive rounds of 68.

THIRD ROUND TOTALS

Par 213 (3 x 71)

202 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 68 65 69
203 Roope Kakko (Fin) 71 64 68
204 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 68 70 66, Gareth Maybin 64 70 70
205 Robert Rock 72 65 68, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 67 70 68
206 Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 68 69 69, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 71 67 68, Julien Clement (Swi) 70 67 69, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 74 68 64
207 John Daly (USA) 69 69 69, Richie Ramsay 67 70 70, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 70 67 70, Michael McGeady 71 68 68, Robert Dinwiddie 72 67 68, Alan McLean 71 69 67, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 74 64 69
208 Gary Orr 72 68 68, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 72 69 67, Anders Hansen (Den) 73 65 70, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 70 69 69, Alastair Forsyth 73 68 67, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 70 69 69, Gregory Havret (Fra) 69 70 69
209 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 67 72 70, Chris Gane 71 70 68, Marcus Higley 67 70 72, David Lynn 71 68 70, Mark Foster 70 71 68, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 71 69 69
210 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68 69 73, Gary Lockerbie 69 69 72, Gary Clark 72 70 68, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 69 69 72, Matteo Delpodio (Ita) 68 72 70, David Frost (Rsa) 76 66 68
211 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 68 73 70, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 70 65 76, Branden Grace (Rsa) 69 70 72, Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 71 69 71, Brett Rumford (Aus) 68 69 74, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 70 72 69, Phillip Archer 71 70 70, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 68 70 73
212 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 73 66 73, Garry Houston 68 73 71, John Mellor 69 73 70, Ulrich Van Den Berg (Rsa) 68 74 70, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 70 72 70, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 74 68 70, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 70 69 73, Anthony Wall 68 67 77, Gary Murphy 70 72 70, Lee Slattery 72 69 71, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 73 67 72
213 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 72 65 76, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 72 68 73, Soren Hansen (Den) 74 67 72, Metteo Manassero (Ita) 71 70 72, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 72 70 71
214 Jonathan Caldwell 71 68 75, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 73 69 72, Sion Bebb 73 68 73, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 69 69 76
215 Wil Besseling (Ned) 72 69 74, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 69 71 75, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 70 71 74
216 Marc Warren 74 67 75, Stephen Dodd 70 71 75
218 Benn Barham 73 67 78