McLEARY LEADING SCOT IN CHALLENGE TOUR EVENT

EUROPEAN CHALLENGE TOUR REPORT

FROM MICHAEL GIBBONS

Jamie McLeary continues to lead the Scottish challenge at the Kärnten Golf Open presented by Mazda after a one under par 71 in round three took him to nine under par for the tournament – seven strokes behind leaders Daniel Brooks of England and Frenchman Gary Stal.

McLeary is just one stroke ahead of a trio of his countrymen - Gavin Dear, Scott Henry and Callum Macaulay – going into the final round. Of that quartet, Dear produced the lowest third round of the day, a fine six under par 66, to join Henry (70) and Macaulay (68) on eight under.
It could have been so much better for Henry, however, who had played himself into contention with an outstanding first 15 holes before a combination of torrential downpours and a couple of bad swings robbed the 24 year old of three shots in his closing holes.
“I actually can’t believe that score given how well I played,” said Henry. “My iron play was outstanding for most of the round and then I got caught in that downpour on the par five and all of a sudden I make double and then drop another one coming in. To go from five under to two was so frustrating– I should have been close to the lead but now it is a long way to go to win.”
The other two Scots surviving the halfway cut, Scott Drummond and David Law, carded 73 and 71 respectively to end the day on four under and in a tie for 34^th place.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) Yardage 7,053
200 G Stal (Fra) 65 67 68; D Brooks (Eng) 70 65 65;
202 G Lockerbie (Eng) 67 66 69;
204 J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 66 69 69;
205 J Huldahl (Den) 64 71 70;
206 T Hatton (Eng) 66 73 67;
207 J McLeary (Sco) 68 68 71; J Busby (Eng) 67 70 70; M Glauert (Ger) 66 69 72; J Wahlqvist (Swe) 69 71 67; P Uihlein (USA) 74 67 66;
208 M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 66 73 69; S Henry (Sco) 70 68 70; M Korhonen (Fin) 68 69 71; C Macaulay (Sco) 70 70 68; E Pepperell (Eng) 70 69 69; G Dear (Sco) 66 76 66; J Walters (RSA) 67 72 69;
209 J Abbott (Eng) 70 70 69; P Richardson (Eng) 70 71 68; A Hartø (Den) 67 72 70;
210 C Paisley (Eng) 69 72 69; J Maurer (Aut) 71 71 68; R Dinwiddie (Eng) 68 72 70; M Cryer (Eng) 66 72 72; P Relecom (Bel) 68 73 69; N Meitinger (Ger) 68 73 69; R Steiner (Aut) 70 69 71; F De Vries (Ned) 68 70 72; L Jensen (Den) 68 70 72;
211 M Delpodio (Ita) 75 66 70; D Geminiani (Ita) 71 70 70; J Bragulat (Esp) 71 69 71;
212 D Law (Sco) 67 74 71; D Smith (Eng) 70 69 73; P Erofejeff (Fin) 72 69 71; F Calmels (Fra) 68 71 73; B An (Kor) 73 69 70; S Drummond (Sco) 66 73 73; B Parker (Eng) 71 70 71; M Kieffer (Ger) 71 64 77; A Kaleka (Fra) 71 68 73; S Piaget (Mon) 73 68 71;
213 S Kim (Kor) 68 74 71; A Perrino (Ita) 69 72 72; L Astl (Aut) 69 73 71; A Högberg (Swe) 72 70 71; A Ahokas (Fin) 70 71 72; A Bossert (Sui) 72 69 72; L Nemecz (am) (Aut) 68 72 73;
214 C Aguilar (Esp) 71 69 74; F Praegant (Aut) 73 69 72; J Van Der Vaart (Ned) 71 71 72; P Gal (Cze) 71 69 74;
215 C Günther (Ger) 70 71 74; I Elvira (Esp) 74 68 73; B Pastore (Ita) 74 68 73; M Tullo (Chi) 70 70 75;
216 V Almstrom (Swe) 74 68 74; D Ulrich (Sui) 67 73 76; A Tampion (Aus) 71 71 74;
217 B Chapellan (Fra) 72 69 76;