US PGA Tour Scoreboard
FBR OPEN
TPC Scottsdale, Arizona
THIRD ROUND POSITIONS
Par 213 (3 x 72)
-11 after 17 holes Kenny Perry.
-10 after 17 holes Brian Gay.
COMPLETED 54-HOLE TOTALS
202 (-11) Scott Piercy 69 67 66.
203 Kevin Na 67 70 66.
204 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus0 70 69 65, Ted Purdy 71 68 65, Jeff Maggert 70 68 66, David Toms 69 68 67.
Selected score:
209 Luke Donald (Eng) 76 65 68.

Drysdale three behind in Nashua Masters

Dunbar's David Drysdale is in third place - three shots behind leader Marc Cayeux (Zimbabwe) - with one round to go in the Nashua Masters at Wild Sun Coast Country Club, South Africa.
Drysdale has has rounds of 67, 66 and 67 for a 10-under-par total of 200 over the par 70 course.
Cayeux has scored 66, 66 and 65 for 13-under 197 and leads by one shot from South African Darren Fichardt.
THIRD ROUND LEADERS
Par 210 (3 x 70)
Players from South Africa unless stated.
197 Marc Cayeux (Zim) 66 66 65.
198 Darren Fichardt 66 67 65.
200 David Drysdale (Sco) 67 66 67.
201 Jaco Van Zul 68 69 64, Tyrone Van Aswegen 66 70 65.
203 Lindani Ndwandwe 69 69 65, Adilson da Silva (Bra) 69 67 67.
Selected scores:
206 Justin Walters (Eng) 68 71 67, Neil Cheetham (Eng) 67 70 69 (jt 15th).
209 Ricky Lee (Eng) 66 68 75 (jt 34th).
210 Alan McLean (Sco) 66 75 69 (jt 38th).

Rory McIlroy leads by two

For the third day in a row, early-morning fog cut the number of hours when the light was good enough for play in the Dubai Desert Classic today.
The result is that most of the players will have to play something like 25 holes on Sunday - finishing off their third rounds and starting their final rounds.

Belfast boy Rory McIlroy, chasing his first European Tour win at the age of 19, finished his restarted second round in style with an eagle - six-iron for his second shot at a par-5 hole! - to take up the lead and over the holes he managed to play in his third round he consolated that lead to two strokes.
With all players finally having begun their third round by mid-afternoon on the third day at Emirates Golf Club, second-round leader McIlroy picked up a shot over his opening five holes to move onto 13-under-par.
Henrik Stenson and in-form South African Louis Oosthuizen were unable to respond to their playing partners' move and remained at 11 under through six holes.
LEADING POSITIONS DURING SUSPENDED THIRD ROUND
Par 216 (3x72)
-15 after 10 holes Rory McIlroy (NIr).
-13 after 11 holes Richard Green (Aus).
-13 after 10 holes Louis Oosthuizen (SAf).
-11 after 10 holes Justin Rose (Eng)
-10 after 16 holes Scott Strange (Aus).
-10 after 12 holes Paul Casey (Eng).
-10 after 12 holes Martin Kaymer (Ger)
-9 after 10 holes Henrik Stenson (Swe).
-9 after 11 holes Gregory Havret (Fra).
-9 after 14 holes Roberet-Jan Derksen (Net).
Selected scores
-8 after 11 holes Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa).
-7 after 11 holes Sergia Garcia (Spa).
-4 after 11 holes Paul Lawrie (Sco).
COMPLETED THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3 x 72)
206 (-10) Thomas Levet (Fra) 73 67 66.
208 (-8) Ross Fisher (Eng) 72 69 67.
210 (-6) Colin Montgomerie (Sco) 70 70 70, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 69 72 69.
Selected totals
212 Gary Orr (Sco) 71 70 71.
213 Lee Westwood (Eng) 70 70 73.
216 Alastair Forsyth (Sco) 71 70 75.

NON-QUALIFIERS FOR LAST TWO ROUNDS INCLUDED
144 Damien McGrane 73 71, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 72 72, Soren Hansen (Den) 75 69, Oliver Fisher 69 75, Johan Edfors (Swe) 77 67, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 71 73, Jamie Donaldson 72 72, Ernie Els (Rsa) 71 73, Markus Brier (Aut) 73 71, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 74 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 70 74, Paul McGinley 73 71
145 Chris Wood 75 70, Nick Dougherty 74 71, Andrew Coltart 71 74, David Lynn 71 74, David Frost (Rsa) 72 73, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 73 72, Ross Bain 72 73, David Dixon 76 69, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 73 72
146 Erik Compton (USA) 71 75, David Gleeson (Aus) 75 71, Kenneth Ferrie 72 74, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 73 73, Stephen Gallacher 73 73, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 72 74, Ariel Canete (Arg) 74 72, Barry Lane 75 71
147 Robert Dinwiddie 74 73, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 71 76, Miles Tunnicliff 73 74
148 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 74 74, Steve Webster 71 77, Garth Mulroy (Rsa) 72 76, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 74 74, Phillip Archer 77 71, Scott Drummond 73 75, Pablo Martin (Spa) 73 75, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 75 73
149 David Howell 71 78, Jose Coceres (Arg) 78 71, Peter Lawrie 73 76
150 Marcel Siem (Ger) 70 80, John Bickerton 76 74, Ross McGowan 77 73
151 Anton Haig (Rsa) 73 78, Mark O'Meara (USA) 77 74, Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 79, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 75 76
153 Simon Khan 74 79
158 Khalid Yousef (UAE) 77 81
159 Marc Warren 81 78, Wayne Westner (Rsa) 79 80
160 David Horsey 77 83, Jamie Wood 77 83
Retired: Pelle Edberg (Swe), Rafa Echenique (Arg)

Ernie Els misses cut by one with 144 halfway total

McIlroy's eagle at the 18th gives

him halfway lead in Dubai

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy eagled the final hole of his second round to take a one-stroke lead at the halfway point of the delayed Dubai Desert Classic today.
The 19-year-old first-round leader holed a 25ft putt at the par-5 last hole after safely playing his approach to the left of the flag with a precise six-iron to move a shot clear of in-form South African Louis Oosthuizen and Dubai-based Henrik Stenson at 12-under-par 132.
Abu Dhabi and Qatar runner-up Oosthuizen picked up seven shots on the back nine which included a hole-in-one to card a seven under 65 to move alongside Stenson.
After the second rounds were finally completed today after six hours' play were lost to fog over the last two days, the third round will be played from two tees and in a three-ball format in an attempt to finish as many rounds as possible by end of play today.
But the likes of McIlroy and Stenson are expected to have to still play around 25 holes on Sunday.
World No 39 McIlroy, who is still searching for his maiden tour win after two play-off defeats last year, had started his second round on Friday evening and briefly dropped back to seven under after dropping a shot over three holes before bad light stopped play.
But he returned this morning to follow up his first-round eight under 64 with three birdies in seven holes around the turn before his final hole heroics.
Justin Rose joined Australian Richard Green tied for fourth at 10 under after carding a second round 66.
On Friday 1997 champion Green leapt up the leaderboard with a bogey-free nine-under-par 63.
Frenchman Gregory Havret (68) sits alone at nine under, with Robert Karlsson (71), world number two Sergio Garcia (66), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (70) and Abu Dhabi winner Paul Casey (68) a shot further off the pace.
Halfway totals of 143 or better were necessary to survive the halfway cut.
Biggest name casualty was South African Ernie Els with 71 and 73 for 144.
Andrew Coltart (71-174) missed out on 145 and American Mark O'Meara failed to qualify with 77 and 74 for 151.
LEADING HALFWAY TOTALS
132 Rory McIlroy 64 68.
133 Louis Oosthuizen (SAf) 78 65, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 65.
134 Richard Green (Aus) 71 63, Justin Rose 68 65,
135 Gregory Havret (Fra) 67 68.
136 Robert Karlsson (Swe), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa), Paul Casey (Eng).
+Paul Lawrie made the cut with nothing to spare on 143 (68-75).

Ross Kellett matches par of 72 in NSW Medal

Ross Kellett (Colville Park) had a par-matching 72, Fraser Fotheringham from Nairn a 74 and Gordon Yates (Hilton Park) a 75 in the first round of the New South Wales Medal over the Bonnie Doon and Twin Creek courses today.

Area team championship fixtures for 2009


Scottish men's area team championship this for 2009.


ROUND ONE - SUNDAY, MAY 17


GROUP A
North-east v Borders (at Newburgh on Ythan tbc).
Stirlingshire v Ayrshire.
GROUP B
Angus v Lothians.
Lanarkshire v Perth & Kinross.
GROUP C
Clackmannanshire v Fife (at Braehead).
Renfrewshire v Argyll & Bute (at Renfrew).
GROUP D
North v Dunbartonshire.
South v Glasgow


ROUND TWO - SUNDAY, AUGUST 2


GROUP A
Ayrshire v North-east (at Largs Kelburn).
Borders v Stirlingshire (at Hawick).
GROUP B
Lothians v Lanarkshire (Mortonhall).
Perth & Kinross v Angus.
GROUP C
Argyll & Bute v Clackmannanshire (at Millport).
Fife v Renfrewshire (at Thornton).
GROUP D
Dunbartonshire v South.
Glasgow v North


ROUND THREE - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

GROUP A
Borders v Ayrshire (at Peebles).
North-east v Stirlingshire (at Murcar Links tbc).
GROUP B
Lanarkshire v Angus.
Perth & Kinross v Lothians.
GROUP C
Argyll & Bute v Fife.
Renfrewshire v Clackmannanshire (at Erksine).
GROUP D
Dunbartonshire v Glasgow.
North v South

SEMI-FINALS & FINAL
October 3-4 at Crail Golfing Society.