WARING IN FRONT AS JAMIESON FLIRTS WITH 59, SCORES 60

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Paul Waring edged ahead of a tightly packed leaderboard in the third round of the Portugal Masters, on a day when Scott Jamieson came agonisingly close to the first 59 on The European Tour.

Waring signed for a four under par 67 to move to 16 under par, but before he had even teed off at Oceânico Victoria Golf Course Jamieson was completing a sublime 60 which took him to 14 under overall.

Having reached the turn in 29, the Scot continued his charge on the back nine, and gains at the 16^th and 17^th holes left him needing a birdie on the tricky par four 18^th. From the middle of the fairway his approach just ran off the back of the green, and his return chip grazed the right edge of the hole.

“I birdied the 13^th to be eight under for the round, and I turned and said to my caddie, ‘let’s make history’,” said Jamieson. “To hit one down the middle on 18 was a relief and I hit a great shot into the last, but it just pitched on a downslope and ran on.

“The chip looked awfully good, and a foot out I thought it still looked good, but it wasn’t to be. My nerves level was right up there with the play-off in South Africa, when I managed to win.  I’m just delighted that I could keep making birdies coming down the stretch when I knew what was on the line.”

Waring is seeking his first win on The European Tour, and victory in Vilamoura would be the perfect way to put his recent injury woes firmly behind him.

“I had a lot of time to almost start again with my swing,” said the 28 year old of his year-long lay-off following wrist surgery. “I’ve also worked so hard on the scoring side of things - chipping and putting and especially pitching with the wedges.  It's been long and hard but it's worth it.

“I don't know what's going to happen tomorrow, and you don't know what happens with the other lads or what anyone else is going to score. All I can do is control what I can control and do what I can do.”

Alongside Jamieson on 14 under are South African Hennie Otto (69), Welshman Jamie Donaldson (66) and Irishman Simon Thornton (65). Three more players – Spaniards Pablo Larrazábal and Alvaro Quiros and Scot Chris Doak – are another shot back at 13 under par heading into the final round.

 

THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 213 (3x71)

197 P Waring  (Eng) 67 63 67

199 S Jamieson  (Sco) 66 73 60, S Thornton (Irl) 65 69 65, H Otto (RSA) 66 64 69, J Donaldson (Wal) 65 68 66

200 P Larrazábal (Esp) 69 67 64, A Quiros  (Esp) 65 67 68, C Doak (Sco) 67 64 69

201 J Walters (RSA) 69 63 69, B Wiesberger  (Aut) 66 65 70

202 S Gallacher (Sco) 70 67 65, M Baldwin (Eng) 67 66 69, N Colsaerts  (Bel) 68 67 67, R Coles (Eng) 67 71 64, J Lara (Esp) 67 69 66

203 F Molinari (Ita) 68 72 63, D Lynn (Eng) 65 65 73,

204 R Fisher (Eng) 67 66 71, C Wood  (Eng) 66 71 67, M Kaymer (Ger) 68 68 68, R Jacquelin (Fra) 71 66 67, R Derksen (Ned) 69 68 67

205 F Aguilar (Chi) 65 70 70, T Lewis (Eng) 70 67 68, D Willett  (Eng) 69 67 69, R Gonzalez (Arg) 72 68 65, R Wattel  (Fra) 71 67 67, A Wall (Eng) 68 68 69, A Kaleka  (Fra) 72 65 68, S Kjeldsen (Den) 69 65 71

206 A Sullivan (Eng) 66 74 66, M Madsen  (Den) 71 68 67, V Dubuisson  (Fra) 67 67 72, F Andersson Hed (Swe) 67 71 68, A Cañizares  (Esp) 67 68 71, E De La Riva  (Esp) 69 71 66, J Campillo (Esp) 69 68 69, R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 71 66 69, J Quesne  (Fra) 66 69 71

207 T Fleetwood  (Eng) 67 69 71, G Mulroy (RSA) 70 69 68, A Noren  (Swe) 70 68 69, M Siem  (Ger) 66 72 69, M Tullo (Chi) 66 70 71, L Slattery (Eng) 71 66 70, A Dodt (Aus) 72 66 69, G Fernandez-Castaño  (Esp) 69 67 71

208 D Higgins (Irl) 71 68 69, M Kieffer (Ger) 65 71 72, D Drysdale (Sco) 71 68 69, P Lawrie (Sco) 69 66 73, D Howell (Eng) 69 68 71, S Hansen (Den) 66 72 70, P McGinley (Irl) 71 66 71, R Green (Aus) 71 69 68

209 T Björn (Den) 74 63 72, S Benson (Eng) 67 72 70, G Storm  (Eng) 65 72 72, G Havret  (Fra) 70 70 69, E Kofstad (Nor) 72 67 70, D Horsey (Eng) 67 69 73, M Jiménez (Esp) 71 69 69

210 R Ramsay  (Sco) 70 70 70, R Bland (Eng) 69 71 70, J Van Zyl (RSA) 69 67 74, J Luiten (Ned) 68 69 73, T Aiken (RSA) 71 69 70

211 E Pepperell (Eng) 67 72 72, A Hartø  (Den) 69 71 71, R Rock (Eng) 71 68 72, C Paisley  (Eng) 71 69 71

213 J Sjöholm (Swe) 71 67 75

 

 

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