EUROPEAN TOUR
Swede Hed leads by six with a round to go in Turin
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Sweden's Fredrik Andersson Hed, seeking a first European Tour victory at the 245th attempt, will take a commanding six-shot lead into Sunday's final round of the BMW Italian Open in Turin.
Andersson Hed began the day with a one-shot advantage and carded a stunning nine under 63, the lowest score of the week, for a 17 under par total of 199.
Playing partner Miguel Angel Jiménez had been level after 13 holes following five birdies in a row, but the veteran Spaniard bogeyed three of the next four to leave Andersson Hed well clear.
The 38 year old from Halmstad regained his European Tour card after an incredible 14th trip to the Qualifying School last November and has finished fourth in South Africa and seventh in India this season.
"It would mean a lot to get my first win, both for the rankings and for self-confidence," said Andersson Hed, who carded one bogey and ten birdies, including holing a bunker shot on the 17th.
"I have had a couple of chances this year already and hopefully it's third time lucky. Today was fantastic, I don't think I've ever that good in a round of golf before. I don't think I holed more than one putt over ten feet all day."
Jiménez said: "I played well until a very poor second shot for bogey on 14 and then missed the fairway by two inches on the 16th to make another bogey.
"But Fredrik played very well all day and it will be tough to catch him."
Jiménez, winner of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic earlier this season, still carded a 68 to lie second on 11 under, with Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts, Scotland's Peter Whiteford and English duo David Horsey and Chris Wood all a shot further back.
Wood, who finished fifth in The Open Championship as an amateur in 2008 and third as a professional last year at Turnberry - just one shot outside the play-off - was one of four players to card a 65 and said: "I could have shot that score easily on the first two days as well.
"It was very frustrating, I gave myself so many chances and spent a good couple of hours on the putting green after yesterday's round. Today I felt like I could have birdied every hole."
Former Ryder Cup hero Phillip Price, now ranked 1,078th in the world, had earlier admitted he was stunned at how far he had fallen after climbing into a share of tenth place on seven under.
Price made the halfway cut right on the mark of level par, but carded a third round 65, his best score for three years.
The Welshman memorably beat World Number Two Phil Mickelson in the singles at The Belfry in 2002, but has struggled badly recently and recorded just three top-ten finishes in the last five seasons on The European Tour.
The 43 year old from Pontypridd finished 198th on The Race to Dubai last year and has a card courtesy of a place in the top 40 of The European Tour's career money list.
Price, whose last tournament win came in the European Open in 2003, admitted: "I lost the appetite to do the work that you need to do. You think 'Do I really want to make the sacrifices?'
"But I did not expect to pay such a high price for taking my foot off the accelerator."
Teenage prodigy Matteo Manassero, the former amateur star making his professional debut on home soil, was inches away from a hole-in-one on the sixth but eventually had to settle for a round of 72.
That left the 17 year old on four under par, 13 shots off the lead but still inside the top 30 and on course for a healthy first pay cheque.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
199 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 70 66 63
205 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 68 68
206 Chris Wood 71 70 65, Peter Whiteford 69 71 66, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 70 67 69, David Horsey 68 71 67
207 Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 70 67 70
208 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 68 69 71, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 71 68 69
209 Richie Ramsay 73 71 65, Richard McEvoy 72 72 65, Phillip Price 72 72 65, Graeme Storm 67 73 69
210 Andrew McArthur 73 66 71, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 71 69 70
211 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 73 68 70, Anthony Wall 71 71 69, Steve Webster 72 68 71, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 69 73 69, David Drysdale 68 74 69, Stephen Dodd 68 74 69, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 66 74
212 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 71 71, Andrew Coltart 70 70 72, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 70 70 72, Nick Dougherty 70 74 68, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 69 71 72, Steven O'Hara 70 74 68, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 70 73 69, Julien Clement (Swi) 72 70 70, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 72 71 69
213 Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 69 74 70, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 70 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 73 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 76 68 69, Robert Coles 70 71 72, Robert Rock 67 73 73, Paul Lawrie 67 73 73, Alastair Forsyth 71 70 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 74 72
214 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 71 71 72, Gary Boyd 75 69 70, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 70 72 72, George Coetzee (Rsa) 72 71 71
215 Jamie Elson 72 72 71, Scott Hend (Aus) 72 71 72, Gareth Maybin 69 72 74, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 69 74, Michele Reale (Ita) 73 69 73, Bradley Dredge 73 69 73
216 Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 73 70 73, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 69 74 73, Peter Baker 70 74 72, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 72 70 74, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 71 71 74, Mark Brown (Nzl) 72 71 73, Miles Tunnicliff 72 72 72
217 Sven Struver (Ger) 76 68 73, Andrea Pavan (Ita) 76 68 73, Oliver Fisher 69 73 75
218 Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 71 72 75
219 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 73 70 76, Sam Hutsby 71 73 75
220 David Dixon 71 73 76, Stefano Reale (Ita) 72 72 76
221 Barry Lane 71 72 78
226 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 72 72 82
FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
Sweden's Fredrik Andersson Hed, seeking a first European Tour victory at the 245th attempt, will take a commanding six-shot lead into Sunday's final round of the BMW Italian Open in Turin.
Andersson Hed began the day with a one-shot advantage and carded a stunning nine under 63, the lowest score of the week, for a 17 under par total of 199.
Playing partner Miguel Angel Jiménez had been level after 13 holes following five birdies in a row, but the veteran Spaniard bogeyed three of the next four to leave Andersson Hed well clear.
The 38 year old from Halmstad regained his European Tour card after an incredible 14th trip to the Qualifying School last November and has finished fourth in South Africa and seventh in India this season.
"It would mean a lot to get my first win, both for the rankings and for self-confidence," said Andersson Hed, who carded one bogey and ten birdies, including holing a bunker shot on the 17th.
"I have had a couple of chances this year already and hopefully it's third time lucky. Today was fantastic, I don't think I've ever that good in a round of golf before. I don't think I holed more than one putt over ten feet all day."
Jiménez said: "I played well until a very poor second shot for bogey on 14 and then missed the fairway by two inches on the 16th to make another bogey.
"But Fredrik played very well all day and it will be tough to catch him."
Jiménez, winner of the Omega Dubai Desert Classic earlier this season, still carded a 68 to lie second on 11 under, with Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts, Scotland's Peter Whiteford and English duo David Horsey and Chris Wood all a shot further back.
Wood, who finished fifth in The Open Championship as an amateur in 2008 and third as a professional last year at Turnberry - just one shot outside the play-off - was one of four players to card a 65 and said: "I could have shot that score easily on the first two days as well.
"It was very frustrating, I gave myself so many chances and spent a good couple of hours on the putting green after yesterday's round. Today I felt like I could have birdied every hole."
Former Ryder Cup hero Phillip Price, now ranked 1,078th in the world, had earlier admitted he was stunned at how far he had fallen after climbing into a share of tenth place on seven under.
Price made the halfway cut right on the mark of level par, but carded a third round 65, his best score for three years.
The Welshman memorably beat World Number Two Phil Mickelson in the singles at The Belfry in 2002, but has struggled badly recently and recorded just three top-ten finishes in the last five seasons on The European Tour.
The 43 year old from Pontypridd finished 198th on The Race to Dubai last year and has a card courtesy of a place in the top 40 of The European Tour's career money list.
Price, whose last tournament win came in the European Open in 2003, admitted: "I lost the appetite to do the work that you need to do. You think 'Do I really want to make the sacrifices?'
"But I did not expect to pay such a high price for taking my foot off the accelerator."
Teenage prodigy Matteo Manassero, the former amateur star making his professional debut on home soil, was inches away from a hole-in-one on the sixth but eventually had to settle for a round of 72.
That left the 17 year old on four under par, 13 shots off the lead but still inside the top 30 and on course for a healthy first pay cheque.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
199 Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 70 66 63
205 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 69 68 68
206 Chris Wood 71 70 65, Peter Whiteford 69 71 66, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 70 67 69, David Horsey 68 71 67
207 Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 70 67 70
208 Hennie Otto (Rsa) 68 69 71, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 71 68 69
209 Richie Ramsay 73 71 65, Richard McEvoy 72 72 65, Phillip Price 72 72 65, Graeme Storm 67 73 69
210 Andrew McArthur 73 66 71, Peter Gustafsson (Swe) 71 69 70
211 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 73 68 70, Anthony Wall 71 71 69, Steve Webster 72 68 71, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 69 73 69, David Drysdale 68 74 69, Stephen Dodd 68 74 69, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 66 74
212 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 70 71 71, Andrew Coltart 70 70 72, Matteo Manassero (Ita) 70 70 72, Nick Dougherty 70 74 68, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 69 71 72, Steven O'Hara 70 74 68, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 70 73 69, Julien Clement (Swi) 72 70 70, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 72 71 69
213 Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 69 74 70, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 70 70, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 73 69, Jose Manuel Lara (Spa) 76 68 69, Robert Coles 70 71 72, Robert Rock 67 73 73, Paul Lawrie 67 73 73, Alastair Forsyth 71 70 72, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 67 74 72
214 Christian Cevaer (Fra) 71 71 72, Gary Boyd 75 69 70, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 70 72 72, George Coetzee (Rsa) 72 71 71
215 Jamie Elson 72 72 71, Scott Hend (Aus) 72 71 72, Gareth Maybin 69 72 74, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 69 74, Michele Reale (Ita) 73 69 73, Bradley Dredge 73 69 73
216 Andrea Maestroni (Ita) 73 70 73, Marco Soffietti (Ita) 69 74 73, Peter Baker 70 74 72, Andrew Dodt (Aus) 72 70 74, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 71 71 74, Mark Brown (Nzl) 72 71 73, Miles Tunnicliff 72 72 72
217 Sven Struver (Ger) 76 68 73, Andrea Pavan (Ita) 76 68 73, Oliver Fisher 69 73 75
218 Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 71 72 75
219 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 73 70 76, Sam Hutsby 71 73 75
220 David Dixon 71 73 76, Stefano Reale (Ita) 72 72 76
221 Barry Lane 71 72 78
226 Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 72 72 82
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