FOUR NORTH-EAST STARS FLY OUT


TO DUBAI FOR MONTH'S TRAINING


By COLIN FARQUHARSON
Four of the North-east's leading amateur golfers - David Law, Jordan Findlay, Kris Nicol and Philip McLean - will miss Wednesday's North-east Alliance competition at Edzell.
They are members of the Scottish Golf Union Elite Squad who fly out this week for two weeks' hot weather training at Dubai followed by two weeks at Abu Dhabi.
Their flight from Glasgow has been brought forward from Thursday to Wednesday.
They fly back to Scotland on December 12.
+Kris Nicol is pictured by Cal Carson Golf Agency,  at Saturday night's NE District annual dinner

Garrigus catches Thatcher to win Disney finale

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) -- Robert Garrigus shot an 8-under 64 to win the Children's Miracle Network Classic on Sunday, allowing him to keep his US PGA Tour card and atoning for his colossal collapse earlier this year at Memphis.
Garrigus finished three shots clear of Roland Thatcher for his first Tour victory.
"It's an unbelievable feeling," he said simply.
Garrigus began the week 122nd in earnings and needed a solid finish to stay inside the top 125 -- the cutoff for full US PGA Tour status. Thatcher shot a final-round 70 and jumped from 179th to 122nd to keep his playing privileges, blowing a four-stroke lead but keeping his job.
The victory was sweet redemption for Garrigus.
He made triple-bogey with a three-shot lead on the final hole at Memphis, allowing Lee Westwood to win his only event this year -- a win that allowed him to earn the No. 1 ranking.
The anxiety was on dozens of others to keep their cards, but no more than at the top.
Garrigus began the final round five strokes behind Thatcher -- who led everyone by at least four -- and put pressure on a player who needed an even stronger finish. Thatcher had to have at least a solo second place or he was heading to qualifying school next week.
That won't be necessary for either of them now.
Thatcher imploded with three bogeys on the back nine, including back-to-back at 16 and 17, when he badly misread putts. But he saved his card with a pressure-packed par putt from 5-feet on No. 18, barely pumping his fist while taking a huge sigh in relief.
"You'll never see a happier guy who just vomited away a tournament," Thatcher said.
In Memphis earlier this year,  Garrigus knocked his tee shot into the woods, then hit one off a tree and eventually settled for triple-bogey. Then he bogeyed the first playoff hole.
It was a similar scenario this time around.
Garrigus had a two-stroke lead before he teed off on 18, but the shot found a patch of rough far left. Fortunately, the ball kicked back right, rolled onto the fringe and eventually had an easier approach to save par.
Thatcher joined Mark Wilson (123) and Michael Connell (115) as the only players this week to jump inside the top 125 after starting the week outside of it.
Meanwhile, Troy Merritt defeated Rickie Fowler and Aaron Baddeley in a play-off to win the $1 million Kodak Challenge.
FINAL TOTALS Par 288 (4x72)
267 Robert Garrigus 68 65 70 64
270 Roland Thatcher 65 63 70 72
271 Spencer Levin 68 68 67 68, Johnson Wagner 70 65 69 67, Rickie Fowler 66 70 69 66
272 Mark Wilson 69 66 69 68
273 Chris Stroud 62 70 70 71, Michael Connell 71 68 67 67
274 Charles Warren 67 70 69 68, Steve Marino 72 68 65 69, Charles Howell III 68 69 69 68
275 Jerry Kelly 66 69 70 70, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 67 71 66 71, Vijay Singh (Fij) 69 71 68 67, Brian Gay 67 65 71 72, John Senden (Aus) 69 69 67 70
276 Paul Stankowski 72 67 71 66, Brett Wetterich 68 67 68 73
277 Davis Love III 71 70 70 66, Ryan Palmer 72 68 70 67, Tom Lehman 67 70 69 71, Stewart Cink 71 68 69 69
278 John Merrick 71 66 70 71, Justin Bolli 68 73 68 69, Cliff Kresge 70 66 68 74, Briny Baird 70 67 72 69
279 Jeff Quinney 67 68 71 73, Tim Petrovic 71 67 71 70, Cameron Percy (Aus) 66 71 69 73
280 Michael Letzig 69 70 71 70, Brendon De Jonge 72 65 71 72, Pat Perez 69 69 69 73, Ted Purdy 68 71 72 69, John Mallinger 70 68 72 70, Tom Pernice Jnr. 68 70 68 74, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 66 71 70 73, Chris Tidland 67 70 72 71, Sean O'Hair 70 70 70 70, Troy Merritt 69 71 73 67
281 Joe Durant 72 69 67 73, Brett Quigley 69 66 71 75, Matthew Every 68 73 70 70, John Huston 69 71 69 72, Webb Simpson 71 69 72 69
282 David Lutterus (Rsa) 68 70 73 71, Tim Herron 66 75 72 69, Heath Slocum 71 68 73 70, Fred Funk 68 72 70 72, Derek Lamely 70 70 70 72, J.B. Holmes 68 69 73 72, Troy Matteson 70 69 72 71, Jason Bohn 68 70 71 73, D.J. Trahan 68 68 72 74
283 Mathew Goggin (Aus) 70 68 73 72, Steve Flesch 72 69 73 69, Joe Ogilvie 71 69 71 72, Lee Janzen 69 69 70 75, Ben Curtis 69 70 70 74, Tom Gillis 71 66 72 74
284 Greg Owen (Eng) 69 68 75 72
285 Charlie Wi (Kor) 72 68 70 75, Jeff Maggert 71 69 72 73, Roger Tambellini 69 72 72 72, Blake Adams 73 68 71 73
286 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 70 71 74 71, Aron Price (Aus) 69 71 72 74, Martin Flores 73 66 76 71, Mike Small 70 71 71 74, Scott Piercy 70 70 73 73, Matt Bettencourt 71 68 71 76
287 Jay Williamson 69 72 73 73
288 Chris DiMarco 68 73 75 72, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 74 66 73 75
295 Nicholas Thompson 71 69 74 81

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Ishikawa (19) wins third title in Japan this year

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
GOTEMBA, Japan (AP) — Japanese teenager Ryo Ishikawa won the Taiheiyo Masters today, shooting a five-under 67 to hold off Australian Brendan Jones for his third title of the year on the Japanese Tour.
The 19-year-old Ishikawa had seven birdies and two bogeys at the Taiheiyo Club's Gotemba Course to finish at 14-under 274.
Jones, who won this event in 2007, also closed with a 67, pulling within a stroke of Ishikawa when he made a 30ft eagle putt on the par-5 18th. Ishikawa responded with a birdie on the last hole to secure the win.

Peter Smith, Fraser Mann among

Scots at Senior Q School

By STEVE TODD
European Senior Tour Press OfficerA place on the 2011 European Senior Tour alongside some of golf’s greatest names will be the target when 76 players contest this year Senior Tour Qualifying School Final on Portugal’s Algarve.
Joining the 13 players who were exempt for Final Stage are the 63 players who made it through First Stage last Thursday and Friday – 33 from Silves, led by Venezuela’s Luis Soto, and 30 from Gramacho led by American Tim Thelen.
Starting on Monday, they will battle it out over a third course at Pestana Golf Resort, Vale da Pinta, which has hosted Final Stage since 2001.
There will be a minimum of 14 cards available for the 2011 Senior Tour, with positions 1-6 earning full playing privileges for the new season in category six.
Among those targeting a return to the Senior Tour are 2008 winner Jimmy Heggarty, former European Tour Champion Stephen Bennett, World Cup winner Torsten Giedeon and 2004 Senior Open Champion Pete Oakley.
Oakley was one of the 20 players to gain playing privileges 12 months ago when he finished eighth.
Previous winners of the Senior Tour Qualifying School include Argentine Horacio Carbonetti (2002), winner of the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open in 2003 and 2004 who finished runner up in the Sicilian Senior Open last month, and Stewart Ginn (2005), winner of the 2008 Azores Senior Open. Last year it was Englishman John Harrison who topped the class of graduates.
SCOTSWATCH: There are eight Scots in the field including two former Northern Open champions in former Ballater club pro Fraser Mann, who made it to the over-50s tour through the qualifying process 12 months ago, and Udy-born Peter Smith, son of a former Highland League footballer, who came through Stage 1 qualifying last week.
Terry Burgoyne, Alabert Mackenzie, Alan Hemsley and Ian Dougan also won their places in this coming week's field via last week's Stage 1 process.
Then there is former Scotland amateur international Mike Miller and Austria-based Gordon Manson who were excempt from Stage 1.




Steve Todd

Press Officer

Left to right: David Law (Hazlehead), Bryan McInnes (Murcar Links), Philip McLean (Peterhead), Scott Larkin (Royal Aberdeen), Kris Nicol (Fraserburgh), Anthony Bews (Murcar Links). Image by Cal Carson Golf Agency.

NE District medals for winners of Scottish team championship

The winning North-east team in this year's SGU area team championship were presented with medals at last night's North-east District Association annual dinner at The Marcliffe Hotel and  Spa, Pitfodels, Aberdeen, writes Colin Farquharson.
The presentations to David Law, Kris Nicol, Bryan Innes, Anthony Bews, Philip McLean and Scott Larkin were made by district vice-president Mike Pocock following the recent death of president Ron Menzies.
It is 18 years since the North-east won the Scottish team championship and it is remarkable to think that the winning six-man line-up did not include another two outstanding players from the district - Banchory's James Byrne, who had not finished the 2009-2010 term at Arizona State University in time to play in the mid-May event at Kinross, and Fraserburgh's Jordan Findlay whose excellent run of form which took him to the final of the Scottish amateur championship at Gullane, earned him a first cap in the Home Internationals and latterly won the Scottish Alliance championship by five strokes, did not start until later in the summer.

At the Saturday night function, attended by close on 50 players, professionals, officials, sponsors and invited guests, David Law finally received an inscribed trophy from the NE District to commemorate his outstanding achievement in winning the Scottish boys' and men's match-play titles at Royal Aberdeen and Royal Troon respectively in 2009.
The talented Hazlehead teenager was to have been presented with the award at last year's annual district dinner but was unable to appear due to the injuries received in an unprovoked assault in Aberdeen city centre a few days earlier.

Clark Brechin (Portlethen), winner of the District's men's Order of Merit for a second year in a row, and Alexander Wiseman, who also repeated his 2009 success in the District's boys' Order of Merit, also received trophies to mark their success (they are pictured on right).

Roy Donald retires after more than two decades

A presentation was also made last night to Roy Donald (Oldmeldrum), pictured left, who is retiring from the NE District committee after serving in every capacity from president down, except secretary and treasurer, over the past two decades and some.

Thatcher leads by four at Disney

FROM THE GOLF.COM WEBSITE
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida (AP) — Roland Thatcher was at home a year ago after missing the cut at Disney, stressfully updating the live money list on his computer to see if he would finish high enough to keep his PGA Tour card.
Things will be up to him Sunday.
Thatcher is on his way to an improbable bid to keep his card, shooting a 2-under 70 on Saturday in the Children's Miracle Network Classic to take a four-stroke lead over Chris Stroud into the final round. Five others are within five strokes of Thatcher.
"In a way, I'm in a much better situation this year because I control my own destiny, and that's a quality thing," Thatcher said. "And I have a chance to win a tournament, which is huge."
No pressure or anything: Thatcher will only be playing for his job.
He needs a victory or solo second-place finish to vault into the top 125 - the cut-off for full status - to retain his card. Nos. 126-150 will get partial status.
Quite a different scenario to last year.
Thatcher began a year ago at Disney at 119th in earnings. He missed the cut and couldn't stop watching the tour's website at home, with his name bouncing in and out of the top 125 several times during the live projections.
An anxiety-filled day, for sure.
"My wife left the house. She actually called my best friend at the time to come over and basically baby-sit me," said Thatcher, who eventually finished 121st to keep his card. "She couldn't deal with it anymore. I didn't blame her either. That was probably not the best way to handle it."
Only a disastrous finish kept him from being able to relax more this Sunday.
Thatcher had a six-shot lead when hit his approach on the 17th hole way right of the green, the ball landed just short of the water and was stuck in the mud. His right foot almost knee-high in the water, Thatcher chipped out and the ball caromed off a camera tower. He two-putted for a double-bogey, then bogeyed No. 18 to finish at 18 under.
"It's nice to be closer than I was," said Stroud, who also shot a 70. "I was trying to not pay too much attention to it, but he was running away with the tournament."
Thatcher isn't the only one fighting for a tour card.
Three others who began barely inside the top 125 - Joe Durant (120), Woody Austin (123) and Michael Allen (124) - missed the cut. Durant should be safe, but Austin and Allen are projected to fall out.
It will be an anxiety-filled day for a handful of others still playing Sunday. The projected money list can fluctuate by the second, and there are countless scenarios for some to keep their cards.
"Third or better by myself, obviously in any of those orders, and that'll get me to next year," said Brett Wetterich, who shot a 68 and was tied for third - five strokes back. Wetterich began the week 159th on the money list but also has a medical exemption that could get him into the first tournament next year and give another chance to earn enough.
For everyone in the field, Thatcher's history should at least provide some comfort.
He only needed to make par on the final hole in the final round of qualifying school in 2001 in West Palm Beach. Instead, his approach shot bounced off the cart path and onto the clubhouse roof and missed out.
Even in the big leagues, Thatcher has often been disappointing.
He has missed far more cuts (64) than he's made (45) on the PGA Tour. Thatcher's only top-10 finish this year came in New Orleans, and he would have needed an outright win this week to retain his card if it wasn't for that.
Thatcher was such a long shot at Disney he already signed up for the second stage of qualifying school near Houston next week. All Disney was supposed to provide was some momentum.
Now it might deliver a tour card.
"At least this week, regardless of what happens Sunday, I'm in charge of it," Thrasher said. "I don't need to be sitting there. It's a very uncomfortable situation to be really rooting against your friends is what it really comes down to. As crass as that sounds, that's what I was doing last year.
"And this year all I need to be doing is rooting for me."

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Scott leads by three as Singapore Open spills

over into a Monday finish

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Adam Scott holds a three-shot lead going into the last ten holes of the Barclays Singapore Open after thunderstorms in Singapore forced the final round to carry over to Monday.
The Australian, who led by one overnight, had been joined on 14 under par by Kang Kyung-nam and defending champion Ian Poulter after three holes when the weather at Sentosa Golf Club forced a delay of five and a half hours.
On the resumption of play, 30 year old Scott was in magnificent form and was able to build a healthy advantage.
All three players hit their approaches to the par five fourth within six feet after the restart, but Kang’s putt slid past while his playing partners birdied to go 15 under.
Scott – a winner on the Serapong Course in 2005 and 2006 - was back in front with a birdie at the sixth, and he could have enjoyed a two shot swing at the next.
Poulter was in trouble of the tee and in the greenside bunker in three, while Scott pitched to eight feet.
And even though Ryder Cup star Poulter failed to get up and down after splashing out eight feet past, Scott failed to take full advantage as he missed his birdie putt.
Scott showed why he is considered one of the world’s best long iron players with his tee shot to the 227 yard eighth, which pulled up three feet short of the hole.
And although Poulter struck a good shot of his own to seven feet, it was the Australian who birdied to lead by three on 17 under par.
Kang was a shot behind World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play winner Poulter on 13 under, with Graeme McDowell and Anders Hansen a shot further back.

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Stuart Appleby birdie-birdie finish

to win Aussie Masters

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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Stuart Appleby ended a nine-year drought at home by winning the Australian Masters on Sunday, rallying from a seven-shot deficit with birdies on his last two holes for a 6-under 65.
Appleby was as golden as the winner's jacket with his putter down the stretch. He knocked in a 30-foot par putt on the 16th hole to stay in the mix, took the lead with a 25-footer for birdie on the 17th and closed with a two-putt birdie for a one-shot victory.
"I figured I had to win once every 10 years," said Appleby, who last won on home soil in the 2001 Australian Open.
Adam Bland, who began the final round at Victoria Golf Club with a three-shot lead, missed a 10-foot eagle putt on the last hole that would have forced a playoff. He closed with a 73. Daniel Gaunt shot 71 and was alone in third.
Defending champion Tiger Woods completed an entire year without a victory, although he finished in style. Woods made two eagles over the last four holes, played the last six holes in 6 under and matched his best score of the year with a 65.
Woods finished alone in fourth, his highest finish of a forgettable season. He tied for fourth in the Masters and U.S. Open.
About Appleby's only mistake on an overcast Sunday was missing the trophy presentation. Only when he heard his name over the speakers did he make a dash under the grandstands and onto the 18th green.
He won for the second time this year, having shot 59 to win The Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia.
Appleby finished out of the top 125 on the US PGA Tour money list a year ago for the first time since his rookie season in 1996. He had to use a one-time exemption from the top 50 in career money to keep his card and buy some time to find his game.
"This really wraps things up in a nice bow," he said.
Appleby was one shot behind Gaunt on the 16th when he pulled his tee shot into a thin lie in the bunker, tried to play a running shot and saw it come up 30 feet short. To lose a shot on that hole might have been the end of it. But the more he looked at the putt, the better chance he had of holing it, and he did.
Two groups behind him, Gaunt went over the back of the green, and his weak chip rolled back down the hill toward him, leading to a double bogey. On the 17th, his birdie putt from just off the green hit the pin and stayed out.
Appleby won for the 12th time worldwide, and the Australian Masters was the only home event that had eluded him. He finished at 10-under 274 and earned just over $270,000.
What made it most special was winning in front of familiar faces.
"We play around the world for big money in big tournaments with big ratings," he said. "But to come home to Australia, it's for real. I think that hurt me too many times, because I was wanting to win."
Woods started the final round 10 shots behind. With a game reminiscent of his singles match in the Ryder Cup, he played his last six holes in 6 under, including a pair eagles, to get within two shots of the leader. With a final birdie from Appleby, Woods finished three shots behind at 277, as close to the winner as he has been all year.
"It would have been nice if I had gotten off to that start," Woods said of his finish. "It came too little, too late. I still needed some help. Unfortunately, it's not going to happen."
Woods also had a 65 in the first round of The Barclays at the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs on the PGA Tour.
He finished a calendar year without a victory for the first time in his career. He won the Australian Masters a year ago at Kingston Heath for his 82nd title worldwide and a No. 1 ranking that no one could argue.
Twelve days later, however, he ran his car into a tree outside his Florida home, and that led to revelations that he had been cheating on his wife. Woods spent nearly five months out of golf, including two months in rehab at a Mississippi clinic, returning at Augusta National.
Still, there were ominous signs early that this day would not work in his favour. Woods hit 2-iron on the 257-yard opening hole that he tried to either put in a bunker or on the green. Somehow, it carried the bunker and was nestled on the edge of a grass, a downhill lie so severe that he had no shot but to swat it into the sand. He missed a 4-foot par putt.
Woods also missed a 3-foot par putt on the eighth, and trailed by as many as 12 shots at one point.
Most of that was forgotten by the finish - a short iron to 3 feet on the 13th, a 45-foot eagle putt on the 15th, an up-and-down from just off the 17th green for birdie, and the 15-foot eagle on the final hole.
Woods switched to a Nike putter, the Method 003 with a mallet shape, for the final round. He also changed putters from his Scotty Cameron at the British Open. In both cases, he attributed that to slow greens, on which he struggles.
"It was fun to make a couple of putts," Woods said. "It's amazing what happens when you get a putt to the hole. It actually does go in."
Woods had back-to-back top 10s for the first time all year.
It was the second straight week that he started and finished with good scores, only to fall out of contention in the middle two rounds. A week ago, Woods tied for sixth in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai, 12 shots behind.
"I can do this in streaks," he said. "Unfortunately, I haven't done this for an entire season."
FINAL TOTALS 284 (4x71)
274 Stuart Appleby (Aus) 71 69 69 65
275 Adam Bland (Aus) 65 67 70 73
276 Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 65 72 68 71
277 Tiger Woods (USA) 69 72 71 65
278 Jarrod Lyle (Aus) 69 70 69 70, Andre Stolz (Aus) 67 67 72 72
280 David Mckenzie (Aus) 71 72 68 69
281 Robert Allenby (Aus) 73 72 68 68, Won Joon Lee (Aus) 69 71 71 70, Camilo Villegas (Col) 71 70 70 70, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 70 69 70, Ryan Haller (Aus) 71 72 66 72
282 Michael Hendry (Nzl) 68 73 73 68, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 73 70 71 68, Paul Sheehan (Aus) 71 72 69 70
283 Jim Herman (USA) 69 73 74 67, Peter Senior (Aus) 70 73 72 68, David Bransdon (Aus) 69 71 74 69, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 67 72 74 70, Brad Kennedy (Aus) 68 75 70 70, Steve Jones (Aus) 71 72 68 72
284 Brett Rumford (Aus) 72 72 74 66, Michael Sim (Aus) 73 71 73 67, Ashley Hall (Aus) 71 69 75 69, Kurt Barnes (Aus) 67 76 69 72, Anthony Brown (Aus) 70 69 72 73, Kieran Pratt (Aus) 69 72 70 73
285 Wade Ormsby (Aus) 72 72 72 69, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 73 65 77 70, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 70 73 72 70, Steven Bowditch (Aus) 73 72 70 70
286 Ben Wharton (Aus) 73 71 74 68, Nathan Green (Aus) 68 71 76 71, Matthew Millar (Aus) 67 72 75 72
287 Mitchell Brown (Aus) 68 77 74 68, Anthony Summers (Aus) 70 73 74 70, Steve Collins (Aus) 67 75 74 71, Doug Holloway (Nzl) 71 73 71 72, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 69 70 74 74
288 Luke Bleumink (Aus) 67 74 75 72, Daniel Fox (Aus) 68 75 73 72, Luke Hickmott (Aus) 69 75 72 72
289 Adam Crawford (Aus) 71 72 74 72, Josh Younger (Aus) 74 70 73 72
291 Paul Gow (Aus) 73 72 75 71, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 68 74 76 73, Michael Choi (Aus) 70 70 77 74
292 Scott Arnold (Aus) 69 75 77 71, Ewan Porter (Aus) 69 76 76 71, Alistair Presnell (Aus) 65 80 75 72, Kim Felton (Aus) 72 73 75 72, Craig Hasthorpe (Aus) 67 76 75 74
293 Henry Epstein (Aus) 73 72 76 72, Martin Doyle (Aus) 71 71 76 75, Craig Scott (Aus) 70 73 74 76
294 Mahal Pearce (Nzl) 70 75 77 72, Aaron Townsend (Aus) 73 68 71 82
295 Josh Geary (Nzl) 69 73 76 77, Josh Carmichael (Nzl) 69 73 75 78
296 Scott Laycock (Aus) 70 75 76 75
298 Nathan Uebergang (Aus) 71 74 80 73
299 Leigh Mckechnie (Aus) 71 74 75 79

FINLAND LEADS COPA TAILHADE IN

ARGENTINA

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Another great day to enjoy the best amateur golf in Los Lagartos Country Club, at the 39th Copa Tailhade. The Finnish team, with a total of 425 strockes, tops the third-round leaderboard, three strokes clear of the Norwegian team, leader after the second round.
Miro Veijalainen ‘s 67 and 69 made Finland move up from the fourth position to lead the tournament, and took advantage of the worst card of the week of the Norwegian Elias Bertheussen, 74.
“Today I hit the ball strongly, I had good birdie chances and made 5 of them. I did only one bogey, a good round, but not extraordinary. All my game was good, even the putting. If tomorrow I manage to play as well as today, we have possibilities. It is not the same to come from behind as to start the round leading the tournament ”, said Veijalainen who did 72 in the first two rounds.
The Argentine team played well the third round, and did not lose any chance, now in the third position, 8 from Finland. Jorge Fernández Valdés finished with 70 (-1), the best score of the team, and Tomás Cocha finished 73 (+2), 3 more than the second round.
This player from Cordoba, with rounds of 74 and 71 the first two days, said: “Today I hit the ball very well, I was comfortable in the course. I was -3 at the tee of the 14th, taking all the chances. In the 15 I managed to make a very good par. And in the 16th, I sliced the tee shot, had to recover, then I hit 2 fat shots, and ended up with a double bogey. Finally I managed to end the last 2 holes in par, those holes are very difficult.”.
In the individual tournament, the Argentinian Martin Kim is still in the pole position, and with a round of 71 was able to maintain the difference of three strokes. He is chased by the Norwegian Espen Kofstad, who did 69.
Kim with a total of 206 said “the course is difficult and the scores were not too good. Today I played well, but I did not finish the best way. I did bogey at the 16 and 17, and needed a long putt to make par in the 18. I feel comfortable and confident for tomorrow.”
In the leaderboard, besides Finland, Norway and Argentina, Spain is fourth, followed by England and Australia. The players who did not have a good round were the Uruguayans, Juan Alvarez did 78, and his partner Agustín Tarigo 77 dropping from the second to the seventh position.


SCORES AFTER THE THIRD ROUND
425 FINLANDIA 142 147 136
MIRO VEIJALAINEN 72 72 67 211
TAPIO PULKKANEN 70 75 69 214
428 NORWAY 143 142 143
ESPEN KOFSTAD 70 70 69 69
ELIAS BERTHEUSSEN 73 72 74 219
433 ARGENTINA 149 141 143
JORGE FERNANDEZ VALDES 74 71 70 215
TOMAS COCHA 75 70 73 218
434 SPAIN 144 144 146
SCOTT FERNANDEZ SALMON 69 69 76
ANTONIO HORTAL 75 75 70 220
435 ENGLAND 140 152 143
ANDREW SULLIVAN 67 76 70 213
NEIL RAYMOND 73 76 73 222
439 AUSTRALIA 150 140 149
IAN McCARTHY 72 68 73 213
NATHAN HOLMAN 78 72 76 226
443 PORTUGAL 152 146 145
GONÇALO PINTO 74 68 71 213
TOMAS SILVA 78 78 74 230
443 URUGUAY 145 143 155
JUAN ALVAREZ 70 70 78 218
AGUSTIN TARIGO 75 73 77 225
444 SOUTH AFRICA 154 147 143
RYAN MATTHEW DREYER 75 75 69 219
DANIEL JONATHON HAMMOND 79 72 74 225
447 COLOMBIA 146 153 148
DANIEL ZULUAGA OCAMPO 74 75 69 218
JUAN SEBASTIAN MUÑOZ AMAYA 72 78 79 229
451 NEW ZEALAND 140 151 151
MATHEW PAUL PERRY 71 72 75 218
GARY-JOHN HILL 78 79 76 233
452 MEXICO 143 159 150
JUAN PABLO HERNANDEZ 69 77 75 221
SANTIAGO GAVIÑO VALLADARES 74 82 75 231
458 CANADA 151 153 154
RICHARD JUNG 74 79 75 228
MITCHELL ROSS EVANECZ 77 74 79 230
NR NETHERLANDS