Richie Ramsay escapes one penalty ...

then gets another for 18th hole

lift-and-drop blunder

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Robert Rock moved to within two shots of the lead at The Celtic Manor Wales Open after completing his third round on this morning.
Rock, who is currently ninth in the Race to Dubai, returned to the course at 8:45am with playing partners Richie Ramsay and Oliver Fisher.
The trio had two holes of their third round to play after being forced off by bad light at around 9pm last night.
A birdie at the 18th ensured Rock carded a 74 and moved the Englishman to three under for the tournament, two behind leaders Nick Dougherty, Ignacio Garrido and Jeppe Huldahl.
Fisher responded to a bogey at 17 by also birdieing the last, leaving him a shot further back on two under overall.
Ramsay, pictured above, who led after two rounds, was alongside Fisher on two under after bogeying his final two holes for a 76.
The Aberdeen golfer three-putted for a 4 on the par-3 17th and was forced to incur a one-stroke penalty on the 18th for taking the wrong action after finding himself in casual water.
Under the watchful eye of European Tour chief referee John Paramor, Ramsay took relief and dropped the ball, but then picked it up without marking it first, meaning his par 5 became a bogey 6 for a round of 76.
That dropped him to joint 14th on 211, three shots behind the leaders.
Ramsay had earlier been boosted by news that he had escaped punishment for an incident on the eighth hole yesterday, where he was seen on television pressing down the ground behind from where he was going to play his next shot.
Placing of the ball was allowed because of the wet conditions and Ramsay told officials he was testing for casual water, but Paramor said last night after talks that went on until 10.40pm: "He now knows that's not the way to go about it. Obviously it's something Richie is concerned about. If he's absolutely positive he did not improve his area of swing then I can't impose a penalty on him based on what I've seen, but it's been left with Richie to come back to us in the morning.”
After completing his third round, Ramsay said: “I didn't sleep because I was concerned about what people might think and my head was in a bit of a spin. A lot of things go through your head, but all I can do is tell the truth.
“That's what golf is about - honesty and etiquette. I just need to sit down now and have a rest before going out again.”
COMPLETED THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)

208 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 69 71 68, Nick Dougherty 66 72 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 68 69 71
209 Paul Waring 71 68 70, Simon Dyson 74 65 70
210 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 69 68 73, Robert Rock 68 68 74, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 68 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 67 71 72, Richard Green (Aus) 68 71 71, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 70 70 70, Mark Foster 69 69 72, Paul McGinley 68 71 71
211 Richie Ramsay 68 67 76, Chris Wood 72 69 70, Ross Fisher 70 66 75, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 69 72, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 70 72 69, Danny Willett 73 66 72, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 67 73 71
212 Richard Finch 71 68 73, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 70 70 72, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 70 67 75, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 69 70 73, Oliver Fisher 72 69 71
213 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 69 68 76, Gary Lockerbie 69 70 74, Gary Orr 68 73 72, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 66 73 74, Rhys Davies 73 69 71, Santiago Luna (Spa) 73 69 71, Simon Khan 69 73 71
214 Shiv Kapur (Ind) 73 67 74, David Lynn 69 73 72, John Bickerton 69 70 75
215 Alan McLean 66 73 76, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 67 76, Peter Lawrie 69 72 74, Lee Slattery 68 73 74, Callum Macaulay 68 71 76, Stephen Dodd 72 67 76, Corey Pavin (USA) 72 72 71, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 69 72 74, Chris Doak 72 69 74, Bradley Dredge 74 70 71
216 Iain Pyman 72 72 72, Colin Montgomerie 69 69 78, Branden Grace (Rsa) 70 72 74, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 70 72 74, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 72 70 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 69 72 75, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 70 69 77
217 Marcus Higley 72 72 73, Andrew Oldcorn 76 68 73, Robert Dinwiddie 71 71 75, Michael Curtain (Aus) 71 72 74, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 73 69 75, David Frost (Rsa) 66 76 75
218 Jonathan Caldwell 72 72 74, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 75 69 74, Sion Bebb 75 69 74, Scott Drummond 74 70 74, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 72 72 74, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 74 70 74
219 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 72 72 75, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 71 71 77, Benn Barham 69 72 78, Marcel Siem (Ger) 74 68 77
220 Taco Remkes (Ned) 67 75 78, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 68 76 76
221 Scott Strange (Aus) 72 72 77, Tim Dykes 68 75 78, Birgir Hafthorsson (Ice) 69 73 79
224 Mark Brown (Nzl) 70 73 81
227 Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 72 71 84