LAURIE CANTERING HOME AT FRILFORD HEATH

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Laurie Canter extended his advantage at First Qualifying Stage Section D thanks to a third round of 66 at Frilford Heath that saw him finish at 15 under par. 

Wales’ Liam Bond is four strokes adrift of Canter in second place, while former Walker Cup star Jack Senior is a shot further back, with those in 24^th place and ties set to advance to the next stage of the qualifying process.

The leading Canter was in fine form once again on Thursday, carding three birdies and a bogey in a front nine of 34 strokes. A further four red figures followed on his back nine, all of which has him in a strong position heading into Friday’s final round. 

Bond carved out his second place thanks to four birdies, a bogey and his second eagle of the week, which on Thursday came at the par four 16^th hole.

A little over a month ago the Welshman had lead the ISPS Handa Wales Open through two rounds after a last minute invite, before eventually finishing in a tie for 43^rd place. 

In third, Senior had a particularly roller coaster round that included six birdies, four bogeys, an eagle and a double bogey. The good just outweighed the bad though for the Englishman, and his third round 70 has him handily placed to advance to stage two.

At the other section D venue, Golf d’Hardelot, Haydn Porteous had lead at ten under par after two rounds, but is yet to complete 54 holes after a suspension late in the day prevented the final group from finishing. 

Of those that have finished, Ben Evans (68) and Wes Homan Jnr (69) are both in a tie for second at seven under par, while Filip Eriksson (69) and Marcos Pastor (70) are a shot further back in a share of fourth place.

 

Scores after round  3 from Frilford Heath:

 

201 L Canter (Eng) 65 70 66,

 205 L Bond (Wal) 71 67 67,

 206 J Senior (Eng) 68 68 70,

 207 J Rutherford (Eng) 71 70 66, C Griffiths (Eng) 69 67 71,

 208 J Abbott (Eng) 75 66 67,

 209 J Banbury (Eng) 73 67 69,

 210 J Watts (Eng) 71 72 67,

 211 D Skinns  (Eng) 70 70 71, D Wood (Eng) 70 69 72, R Evans (am) (Eng) 70 71 70,

 212 O Farr (Wal) 73 67 72, J Day (Eng) 72 71 69, B Stone (RSA) 72 69 71, J Dransfield  (Eng) 72 70 70, R Kellett (Sco) 71 70 71, J Guiney (Irl) 73 72 67, D Whitnell  (Eng) 72 68 72, J Jeong (Kor) 72 70 70, R Brown (Eng) 70 69 73, C Cossins (Eng) 71 70 71, N Kimsey (am) (Eng) 71 71 70,

 213 J Wilkinson (Eng) 72 70 71, M Jager (Aus) 69 72 72, M Wallace (Eng) 70 73 70, S Einhaus (Ger) 66 74 73, K Crossland (Eng) 73 70 70, R Enoch  (Wal) 71 73 69, J Doherty  (Sco) 76 71 66, R Boyns (Eng) 72 71 70, H Casey (am) (Eng) 72 73 68,

 214 G Hawkins (Eng) 73 68 73, A Rai (Eng) 67 72 75, J Colegate (Eng) 69 70 75,

 215 S Davis (Eng) 71 76 68, T Bertoni (USA) 73 74 68, S Garcia (Esp) 77 70 68, L Cornford (Eng) 71 68 76,

 216 G Cowan (Eng) 68 74 74, S Matton (Eng) 72 70 74, J Bryant (USA) 71 73 72, R Harrison (Eng) 73 73 70, J Sloan (Eng) 72 73 71,

 217 J Scade (Eng) 74 71 72, M Mezei (Can) 75 73 69, J Campbell (Eng) 75 70 72, T Burden (Eng) 75 69 73, Z Ouyang (Chn) 74 70 73, A Kirakossian (USA) 74 71 72,

 218 G Fairfax (Aus) 72 72 74, J Kaske (Fin) 71 74 73, J Clarke (Eng) 73 72 73, C Harrison (USA) 72 72 74, N McCarthy  (Eng) 71 75 72, R Laino (Eng) 70 75 73,

 219 P Newman (Eng) 75 69 75, N Flynn (Eng) 72 73 74,

 220 M McCormack (Eng) 73 74 73, D Salisbury (Eng) 75 73 72, C Ford (Eng) 75 72 73, C Lidyard (Eng) 75 69 76, T Wilde (Eng) 74 76 70, J Zhao (Chn) 72 72 76, L Joy (Eng) 71 75 74, E Wainwright (USA) 72 75 73, N Raymond (Eng) 73 73 74, B Briscoe (Wal) 69 71 80,

 221 O Tite (Eng) 72 76 73, P Shields (Sco) 72 74 75, D James (Eng) 75 76 70, D Jin (Chn) 75 73 73, M Kelly (Irl) 75 71 75, J Harrison (Eng) 77 75 69, R Fieldhouse (Wal) 73 75 73, B Casey (Irl) 76 70 75,

 222 R Mestre (Esp) 78 74 70, L O'Neill (Eng) 77 74 71, N Roche (Fra) 77 73 72, M Smith (Eng) 74 74 74,

 223 R McGhee (Eng) 74 77 72, W Wray (Eng) 76 71 76,

 224 D Timms (Eng) 78 72 74, C Simpson (Eng) 73 74 77,

 225 J Findlay (Sco) 80 72 73,

 226 P Spraggs (Eng) 76 75 75,

 227 G Gancedo Onieva (Esp) 81 71 75, J Winer (Eng) 77 76 74, B Storey (Eng) 75 76 76, S Franklin (Irl) 74 80 73,

 229   Campbell (Eng) 77 75 77, A Mansell (Eng) 77 73 79,

 232 J Mumford (Eng) 77 76 79, B Khor (Eng) 68 81 83, M Okon (Pol) 76 79 77,

 233 B O'Dell (Eng) 80 75 78, G Guerin (Nzl) 73 77 83, D Rickwood (Eng) 77 81 75,

 234 R Gurney  (Eng) 79 76 79, A Forster (Eng) 77 78 79,

 238 T Conran (Nir) 81 78 79,

 ** G Payne (Eng) 72 77 WD,

 ** P Woodbury (USA) 76 DQ  0,

 

 

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