OOSTHUIZEN AND BRIER SHARE AFRICA OPEN ROUND 3 LEAD
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South African Louis Oosthuizen shares the lead with Markus Brier from Austria heading into the final round of the Africa Open after a four under par round of 69 on Day 3 earned him a 13 under total of 206 over the par-73 course at East London Golf Club.The pair are a shot clear of a quartet of players on 12 under 207.
Among them are Manuel Quiros (68), defending champion Charl Schwartzel (68) as well as South Africans Jaco van Zyl (70) and Jbe' Kruger (67).
Promising Englishman Chris Wood also carded a six under 67 in the third round, an effort that saw him climb to 11 under, alongside Branden Grace (72) and fellow countrymen Ross McGowan (71) and Miles Tunnicliff (72).
THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 219 (3x73)
Players from S Africa unless stated.
206 Louis Oosthuizen 70 67 69, Markus Brier (Austria) 70 66 70.
207 Jbe Kruger 68 72 67, Manuel Quiros (Spain) 71 68 68, Charl Schwartzel 69 70 68, Jaco Van Zyl 67 70 70.
208 Chris Wood (England) 72 69 67, Ross McGowan (England) 68 69 71, Miles Tunnicliff (England) 67 69 72, Branden Grace 67 69 72.
SCOTS' SCORES
211 Steven O'Hara 72 71 68, Elliot Saltman 67 71 73 (jt 17th).
216 Lloyd Saltman 68 76 72 (jt 42nd)
218 Alastair Forsyth 70 76 72, Marc Warren 71 75 72 (jt 55th).
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Bristol golfer Wood, who shot to fame in 2008 when he was the top amateur at the Open Championship held at Royal Birkdale where he finished fifth, had a wretched start to his round with a bogey on the par five first.
However, the 23 year old was back level on his next hole before four further birdies and an eagle helped him come back in some style.
The round of the day - a bogey-free, seven-under-par 66 was achieved by Robert Dinwiddie.
That put him on ten under 209 overall and kept him in the hunt for the €158,500 top prize at the co-sanctioned European Tour and Sunshine Tour event.
SCOTSWATCH: Elliot Saltman matched the par of 73 in the third round but at this level par rounds lose you ground and so it was with the Lothians rookie. His 54-hole tally of eight-under-par 211 over the generous par-73 course left him in joint 17th position alongside Steven O'Hara from Motherwell.
Saltman bogeyed the first, second, sixth and ninth in an outward 40 which included only one birdie, at the long fourth. But Elliot redeemed himself with an inward half of three-under-par 33. He birdied the 12th and 13th, dropped a shot at the 14th but got an eagle - his second of the tournnament - at the long long 15th.
O'Hara had his best round so far, a five-under 68 which saw him birdied the long first, the fifth, the ninth, 12th, 14th and long 15th in halves of 35 (two under) and 33 (three under). His only bogey came at the 14th.
Lionel Saltman bogeyed the long first hole for the third day in a row on his way to a one-under 72 for three-under 216 and a share of 42nd place. Lionel bounced back from his bogey hole to birdie five out of six holes from the short second. The only one he parred was the sixth.
But a bogey at the ninth saw him turned in three-under 34. The shine disappeared from Lionel's play thereafter ... bogeys at the long 11th and long 15th and no birdies.
Alastair Forsyth and Marc Warren both had 72s to be joint 55th on 218.
Forsyth had an eagle 3 at the long 13th but bogeyed the ninth in turning in 37 (one under). A birdie at the long 11th put him two under for the day but he proceeded to squander shots at the 12th and 14th and needed a 2 at the short 17th - which he got - to come home in 36.
Warren was going along nicely at four under par for the round with three to play. Then he ran up a triple bogey 7 at the 16th for 38 home. Earlier he had birdied the long first and long third, also the fifth, eighth and 15th. A bogey at the second and dragged him down to three-under 34 for the first nine.
SCOTSWATCH: Elliot Saltman matched the par of 73 in the third round but at this level par rounds lose you ground and so it was with the Lothians rookie. His 54-hole tally of eight-under-par 211 over the generous par-73 course left him in joint 17th position alongside Steven O'Hara from Motherwell.
Saltman bogeyed the first, second, sixth and ninth in an outward 40 which included only one birdie, at the long fourth. But Elliot redeemed himself with an inward half of three-under-par 33. He birdied the 12th and 13th, dropped a shot at the 14th but got an eagle - his second of the tournnament - at the long long 15th.
O'Hara had his best round so far, a five-under 68 which saw him birdied the long first, the fifth, the ninth, 12th, 14th and long 15th in halves of 35 (two under) and 33 (three under). His only bogey came at the 14th.
Lionel Saltman bogeyed the long first hole for the third day in a row on his way to a one-under 72 for three-under 216 and a share of 42nd place. Lionel bounced back from his bogey hole to birdie five out of six holes from the short second. The only one he parred was the sixth.
But a bogey at the ninth saw him turned in three-under 34. The shine disappeared from Lionel's play thereafter ... bogeys at the long 11th and long 15th and no birdies.
Alastair Forsyth and Marc Warren both had 72s to be joint 55th on 218.
Forsyth had an eagle 3 at the long 13th but bogeyed the ninth in turning in 37 (one under). A birdie at the long 11th put him two under for the day but he proceeded to squander shots at the 12th and 14th and needed a 2 at the short 17th - which he got - to come home in 36.
Warren was going along nicely at four under par for the round with three to play. Then he ran up a triple bogey 7 at the 16th for 38 home. Earlier he had birdied the long first and long third, also the fifth, eighth and 15th. A bogey at the second and dragged him down to three-under 34 for the first nine.
THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
Par 219 (3x73)
Players from S Africa unless stated.
206 Louis Oosthuizen 70 67 69, Markus Brier (Austria) 70 66 70.
207 Jbe Kruger 68 72 67, Manuel Quiros (Spain) 71 68 68, Charl Schwartzel 69 70 68, Jaco Van Zyl 67 70 70.
208 Chris Wood (England) 72 69 67, Ross McGowan (England) 68 69 71, Miles Tunnicliff (England) 67 69 72, Branden Grace 67 69 72.
SCOTS' SCORES
211 Steven O'Hara 72 71 68, Elliot Saltman 67 71 73 (jt 17th).
216 Lloyd Saltman 68 76 72 (jt 42nd)
218 Alastair Forsyth 70 76 72, Marc Warren 71 75 72 (jt 55th).
TO READ ALL THE SCORES AND HAVE A LOOK AT
THE PLAYERS' SCORECARDS ON THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE,
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