Saturday, July 24, 2010

Last-hole bogey costs Oosthuizen share of lead in Stockholm

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Open champion Louis Oosthuizen blamed a "stupid" shot for dropping one off the lead with a round to go at the Nordea Scandinavian Masters in Stockholm.
Oosthuizen, trying to become the first player ever to follow a Claret Jug victory with another European Tour win a week later, was tied with Swede Richard Johnson and Korean KJ Choi when he pulled his approach to the last into sand.
Splashing out to 18 feet and missing the putt dropped the 27-year-old South African to nine under par and it means Johnson and Choi go head-to-head in the final group again on Sunday.
Johnson matched Oosthuizen's two under 70, while halfway leader Choi managed only a 71 after experiencing what he called "all four seasons in one day".
It was windy, it was wet and for one stroke it was very cold too for the 40-year-old, whose only European success was the 2003 German Masters.
Choi hit his second to the long 13th into the edge of the lake and chose to take his shoes and socks off and wade in to try to splash the ball out.
He went over the green with it before salvaging his par, but found himself in a three-way tie when Johnson and Oosthuizen birdied the 622-yard 15th and he missed from five feet.
Johnson has a friend - a local restauranteur, radio host and someone he describes as "kind of a comedian" - acting as his caddie this week.
His regular in the States, where the 33-year-old is based, is Lance Ten Broeck, but he was playing in the British Senior Open at Carnoustie this week.
New Zealander Mark Brown, with a best-of-the-day 67, and Argentina's Rafa Echenique (72) are joint fourth on seven under, while Italian Edoardo Molinari, who could force himself into the all-important top nine on the European Ryder Cup table with a top two finish, is one further back.
THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
:206 Richard S Johnson (Swe) 70 66 70, K J Choi (Kor) 68 67 71
207 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 67 70 70
209 Rafael Echenique (Arg) 68 69 72, Mark Brown (Nzl) 73 69 67
210 Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 68 71 71
211 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 71 67 73, Brett Rumford (Aus) 71 70 70, Richard Green (Aus) 67 71 73, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 73 70 68
212 Michael Hoey 70 70 72
213 Damien McGrane 73 71 69, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 72 70 71, Nick Dougherty 73 69 71, Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 73 69 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 73 70 70, Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 76 68 69, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 71 72 70
214 Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 71 71 72, Joost Luiten (Ned) 73 70 71, George Coetzee (Rsa) 71 69 74, Graeme Storm 75 67 72, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 73 72 69, Dustin Johnson (USA) 67 73 74, Jamie Donaldson 72 68 74, Simon Thornton 73 67 74
215 Anders Sjostrand (Swe) 75 67 73, James Morrison 71 72 72
216 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 73 72 71, Gary Boyd 69 76 71, Wilhelm Schauman (Swe) 73 66 77, Phillip Price 70 75 71, Troy Matteson (USA) 73 70 73, Sam Little 70 73 73, Oliver Fisher 72 73 71
217 Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 68 77, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 69 75 73, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 73 71 73, Scott Drummond 70 75 72, Kenneth Ferrie 74 70 73, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 72 73 72
218 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 72 72 74, David Howell 71 72 75, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 69 71 78, Ariel Canete (Arg) 73 72 73, Steven O'Hara 69 74 75, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 71 73 74
219 Sam Hutsby 70 72 77, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 73 72 74, Marco Ruiz (Par) 70 74 75, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 71 74 74, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 73 71 75
220 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 72 72 76, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 74 70 76, Anthony Wall 72 72 76, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 72 72 76, David Dixon 69 76 75
221 Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 70 73 78
222 Scott Hend (Aus) 73 69 80
223 Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 68 74 81, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 73 78, Pablo Martin (Spa) 72 73 78
224 David Lynn 73 70 81
225 James Ruth 75 70 80, Miles Tunnicliff 73 72 80

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