JACQUELIN BECOMES SIXTH PLAYER TO MAKE 12 BIRDIES IN ONE ROUND

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Raphael Jacquelin became only the sixth player to make 12 birdies in one round as he set a new course record for the Montgomerie Maxx Royal with his third round 62 earlier today.
“It was a crazy round for a crazy game,” said the 39-year-old Frenchman after his ten under par 62, which included a double bogey on the fifth in addition to his dozen birdies. It was a round that lifted him right into contention heading into the final round of the Turkish Airlines Open by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The last player to make 12 birdies in a round was Dane Jeppe Huldahl in the 2010 Portugal Masters at Oceanico Victoria Golf Course while the four other members of the ‘12 birdie club’ – Fred Couples, Ernie Ells, Russell Claydon and Darren Clarke – all achieved the feat before the turn of the century.
“I'm proud of the record,” admitted Jacquelin.  “I have a few records on Tour.  I made eight birdies in a row a long time ago.  I know I can score a little bit.  I don't know where was it, but it is back, so I'm very pleased with it.”
“I've been struggling with my game the last two months.  Didn't feel really well, and had no confidence, nothing.  So it was not easy to start this Final Series with no confidence.
“But starting on this week, I was feeling a bit better, the rhythm was back,  and that was my key.  I hit some better shots and more on line, so I hit more fairways and more greens, and today everything was together I would say.
“So even with a double bogey on 5, the rest was incredible and I had a lot of chances and I made them.  So it's happy days.”

 

12	Fred Couples	Scandinavian Masters	Drottningholm GC	1991
12	Ernie Els	Dubai Desert Classic	Emirates GC (Majlis)	1994
12	Russell Claydon	Mercedes German Masters	Berliner G&CC	1995
12	Darren Clarke	Smurfit European Open	The K Club (Palmer)	1999
12	Jeppe Huldahl	Portugal Masters	Oceanico Victoria Golf Course	2010
12	Raphael Jacquelin	Turkish Airlines Open	Montgomerie Maxx Royal	2013

PRESIDENT OBAMA PLAYS AT THE CADDYSHACK COURSE IN FLORIDA

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida -- Despite sporadic showers and the muggy Florida sun, President Barack Obama hit the greens Saturday with a former NBA star at the ritzy golf club where "Caddyshack" was filmed.
In South Florida for a trio of fundraisers the night before, Obama traveled north from Miami to Fort Lauderdale, where he joined former basketball player Alonzo Mourning at the Grande Oaks Golf Club.
The name of the private, 18-hole course has changed over the years, but "Caddyshack" fans will remember it as the site where Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield and a rambunctious gopher got into all kinds of antics in the 1980 comedy flick.
Nearly three hours after he arrived, Obama was spotted behind the wheel of a golf cart, with Mourning in the passenger's seat, cruising along near the ninth hole. The White House said former U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, a frequent Obama golf partner, and Cyrus Walker, the cousin of senior presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett, rounded out the weekend foursome.
An avid golfer, Obama rarely goes a weekend without teeing off, occasionally inviting big-name celebrities to join. Earlier this year, Obama caused a stir when he golfed at another exclusive Florida sport club with Tiger Woods.

PAUL LAWRIE'S 66 GIVES HIM AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF QUALIFYING FOR RACE TO DUBAI GRAND FINAL

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Frenchman Victor Dubuisson upstaged some of the world’s leading players to establish a five-stroke advantage over Ian Poulter going into the final round of the Turkish Airlines Open by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Paul Lawrie, pictured, shot a 66 - one of the best scores of the day - but the Aberdonian reckons he will have to shoot even lower than that in Sunday's final round to make it to the Final Stage of the Race to Dubai.
Dubuisson, who was one of four players in a share of the lead at the start of play, fired nine birdies in a flawless third round of 63 to move to 21 under par and pull clear of the field at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal, Antalya in southern Turkey.
Playing alongside Ryder Cup star Poulter and with World Number One Tiger Woods and Race to Dubai leader Henrik Stenson in the group ahead, the 23 year old showed no signs of being overawed by the big occasion, starting his round with four straight birdies.
He picked up a further shot on the eighth hole before another fruitful run from the 13th yielded three more birdies in succession.
The former World Amateur Number One, who has three top five finishes already this season, then rounded off a fine day with a birdie on the last to put himself in pole position for a maiden European Tour title.
“I’m looking forward to tomorrow but there are so many great guys right now in the field, that I’m just going to try not to think about it, and to play my game,” he said. “I played with Ian Poulter in Korea last year, and he's a very, very good player.
“I try to not think about it because if I think about it, I will put too much pressure on myself.  I know tomorrow Tiger and Henrik will shoot very low scores, so I have to keep the same strategy and be aggressive.  I know I have a five‑shot lead, but with all these great players, tomorrow will be a very tough day.”
Dubuisson can indeed expect a final round onslaught from the in-form Poulter, the runner-up in last week’s WGC-HSBC Champions, with the Englishman determined to chase down Stenson in The Race to Duabi going into next week’s season finale, the DP World Tour Championship, Dubai.
Poulter also birdied the 18th hole for a round of 68 and will start the final round also knowing that Stenson is one shot behind him on 15 under par, but his main focus will be on catching Dubuisson as he tries to claim his first victory in 12 months.
“I was a little disappointed I couldn't hold on to Victor's tail a bit more around the back nine,” said Poulter. “He got off to a lovely start and he's played some great golf today. It was a nice birdie at the last to make sure I'm in the final group with him tomorrow.
"He's got a five‑shot lead and if he makes half the birdies he had today, then he's going to be tough to beat obviously, so I'm figuring I'm going to have to go and shoot pretty low.”
Despite finishing with a bogey on the last for a round of 69, Stenson is also confident about his chances of catching the runaway leader heading into the final round.
“I'm in a good position,” he said. “I got off to a good start and I'm up there, so I’m happy with that.  I'm feeling pretty good about my game.  It's the best it's felt over these three weeks of The Final Series, so I’m positive still for tomorrow.”
Stenson is in a four-way share of third place alongside Spaniard Alejandro Cañizares (66), Frenchman Raphaël Jacquelin, who surged through the field with a course record 62, and 14-time Major Champion Woods, who sank a 20 foot birdie putt on the last after stuttering on the back nine in his round of 68.
“Yesterday I had it dialed in, and it's always hard to follow up a great round with another low one, but somehow I posted four under par today,” said Woods.
”I’m within six now with that putt on the last there.  We knew going into the tournament it was going to be 20‑plus‑under par, so I need to go and get there.”

THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
195 V Dubuisson  (Fra) 67 65 63
200 I Poulter (Eng) 66 66 68
201 R Jacquelin (Fra) 67 72 62; H Stenson (Swe) 64 68 69; T Woods (USA) 70 63 68; A Cañizares  (Esp) 67 68 66
202 J Walters (RSA) 66 66 70
203 J Rose (Eng) 70 66 67; J Donaldson (Wal) 68 67 68
204 J Quesne  (Fra) 67 69 68; D Lynn (Eng) 68 68 68; C Wood  (Eng) 69 70 65; T Aiken (RSA) 71 67 66
205 R Derksen (Ned) 67 69 69; M Warren (Sco) 69 70 66; G Mulroy (RSA) 70 69 66; B Grace  (RSA) 69 69 67; M Kaymer (Ger) 69 68 68; G Coetzee (RSA) 66 71 68; R Sterne  (RSA) 69 65 71
206 C Lee (Sco) 69 68 69; R Fisher (Eng) 68 68 70; P Casey  (Eng) 66 73 67; C Schwartzel  (RSA) 68 70 68; B Wiesberger  (Aut) 68 72 66
207 P Waring  (Eng) 68 68 71; F Aguilar (Chi) 69 68 70; L Wen-Chong (Chn) 71 66 70; M Kieffer (Ger) 66 73 68; T Jaidee (Tha) 69 68 70; T Björn (Den) 64 72 71; S Gallacher (Sco) 68 71 68; G Bourdy (Fra) 69 72 66; J Luiten (Ned) 72 70 65
208 E Pepperell (Eng) 69 74 65; D Fichardt (RSA) 64 73 71; F Molinari (Ita) 69 68 71; J Blixt  (Swe) 68 74 66
209 G Havret  (Fra) 72 69 68; L Westwood (Eng) 70 66 73; D Howell (Eng) 70 72 67; T Fleetwood  (Eng) 69 71 69; R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 67 73 69; P Harrington (Irl) 68 70 71; T Olesen (Den) 66 72 71; M Fraser (Aus) 67 71 71
210 P Lawrie (Sco) 74 70 66; M Manassero (Ita) 70 70 70; P Uihlein  (USA) 67 72 71; P Larrazábal (Esp) 68 70 72; R Ramsay  (Sco) 70 69 71
211 K Aphibarnrat (Tha) 66 73 72
212 R Gonzalez (Arg) 66 75 71; M Siem  (Ger) 69 71 72; S Lowry  (Irl) 72 75 65; J Hansen  (Den) 72 71 69
213 D Horsey (Eng) 69 71 73; E De La Riva  (Esp) 70 73 70; N Colsaerts  (Bel) 73 68 72
214 R Santos  (Por) 68 75 71; D Drysdale (Sco) 70 73 71
215 S Webster (Eng) 65 75 75; L Oosthuizen  (RSA) 72 74 69; D McGrane (Irl) 70 73 72
216 M Madsen  (Den) 73 71 72
217 J Parry (Eng) 78 67 72; M Jiménez (Esp) 73 71 73
218 C Montgomerie  (Sco) 72 72 74; S Khan (Eng) 73 73 72
220 D Willett  (Eng) 75 71 74
221 B Rumford (Aus) 72 71 78; G Storm  (Eng) 70 79 72; S Jamieson  (Sco) 74 69 78
222 S Kjeldsen (Den) 69 77 76
224 E Kemaloglu (am) (Tur) 76 74 74
230 H Sayin (Tur) 75 79 76

236 A Altuntas (am) (Tur) 80 77 79

 ** A Noren  (Swe) 73 70 Retired

EUROPEAN TOUR FINAL QUALIFYING SCHOOL SIX--ROUNDER STARTS SUNDAY

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Johan Edfors returns to The European Tour’s Qualifying School 

Final Stage for the first time since 2005 this week hoping to recreate 

the incredible rise to prominence his promotion sparked last time 

around, when the Swede claimed three victories the following 

season.

Among the Scots in the field of 156 chasing the 25 (and ties) 

places  in next season's European Tour are: Scott Drummond, 

Alastair Forsyth, Andrew McArthur, Jack Doherty, Raymond 

Russell,  Duncan Stewart, Neil Fenwick, George Murray and 

Scott Henry.

West Linton Welshman Gareth Wright is also in the field.

Edfors has only once come through Qualifying School to earn a 

European Tour card, eight years ago, after he had struggled to 

maintain his playing status on the top tier having graduated from the 

Challenge Tour in 2003.

It was in 2006, the year following his sole School success, in which 

Edfors truly found his feet, as he stormed to three victories en route 

to a tenth place finish in the Order of Merit.

It remains the most successful of his eight seasons on The 

European Tour, and he is hoping the fond memories of his last 

trip to Qualifying School, and the rewards it yielded the 

following year, will give him the positivity he needs to get 

through the six-round marathon at PGA Catalunya Resort.

“The last time I was at Qualifying School it definitely gave me a 

boost,” said the 28 year old. “I have some nice memories from that 

so I’d like to build on that and I feel like if I can squeeze through 

this week it’s going to give me some momentum for next year.

“I definitely feel like I have quite a few more years to perform even 

if the last two years I haven’t done myself justice. Hopefully things 

will settle down now and I can get back to the level where I want to 

be.

“There are a lot of good players here but I feel that if I get close to 

the level I can play at I should be able to come through it so I just 

have to find a bit of form and consistency.

“I don’t think I have played that badly this year but I just haven’t 

been able to put all the pieces together and my scoring hasn’t been 

good. Let’s hope I can get a good six rounds and see how far that 

will take me.”

Played over the two stunning Neil Coles and Angel Gallardo-

designed layouts at the PGA Catalunya Resort outside the Spanish 

town of Girona, Qualifying School Final Stage provides an 

examination of stamina and mental fortitude like no other, and 

Edfors is relishing the challenge.

“It is so different to anything else,” he said. “It’s been a long 

time since I have played it but I played it a few times so I hope I 

can bring some of that experience out to the course this week.

“The good thing is that because it is six rounds, if you have one bad 

round you can still get through. In a four day tournament it’s really 

costly to have one bad day but here you can have one bad day and 

you can make up for it.”

Hearts will be broken and dreams will be made over the coming 

week when one of golf’s most fabled marathons reaches a thrilling 

climax.

Since September, 968 players will have participated in Qualifying 

School, all chasing one goal – a European Tour card for the 2014 

season.

By the end of this week’s six-round examination only a select few 

will realise those dreams, though, as the top 25 and ties come next 

Friday evening will claim playing rights for the top tier of European 

golf.

The field this weekend includes 39 European Tour winners and 

three former Ryder Cup players, while a host of young up and 

coming stars including three players from Great Britain and 

Ireland’s 2013 Walker Cup team players (Max Orrin, Kevin Phelan 

and Callum Shinkwin) also arrive hoping to fulfil their amateur 

promise by making their first big steps on the professional scene.

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ADAM SCOTT LEADS AUSSIE PGA BY THREE FROM RICKIE FOWLER

Masters champion Adam Scott looks to be returning home Down Under from his American base in great style - he leads by three shots with one round to go in the Australian PGA Championship on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Scott is on 10 under par 203 (its a par-71 course) with scores of 65, 67 and 71.
Second is the first-round leader, American Rickie Fowler. He is on 206 after scores of 63, 72 and 71.
Also on 206 is Australian David McKenzie (65-69-72)

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BANGLADESHI LEADS BY FOUR IN HERO INDIAN OPEN

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Delhi, November 9: Siddikur continued to dominate the Hero Indian Open when he shot a flawless third round five-under-par 67 to extend his lead by four shots over local hope S.S.P. Chowrasia on Saturday.
The Bangladeshi hit a sublime chip from the greenside bunker on hole 18 for an easy tap-in birdie to put himself in prime position to win his second Asian Tour title since 2010 at the US$1.25 million Asian Tour event.
Chowrasia, a two-time Asian Tour winner, closed with two birdies for a 66 while Rashid Khan of India, who grew up at the Delhi Golf Club, and Filipino Angelo Que shot a 65 and 67 respectively to share third on 204.
Siddikur, who has only dropped two shots in 54 holes, said that he is playing his best golf since turning professional in 2007.
"It has been a great week. This is the best I've played in my career. I'm putting and hitting the ball so well. Mentally I'm strong and I'm very focussed," said the Bangladeshi, who leads with a three-day total of 17-under-par 199.
"When I won in Brunei, I had to play safe because I wanted to save my Asian Tour card and make some money to survive on the Tour. Now, I'm not playing for money. I'm hungry for achievements so that's my target."
The straight-hitting Siddikur, the first Bangladeshi to play and win on the Asian Tour, will continue playing aggressively after trading his safe approach game with more attacking flair.
"I didn't read the lines properly or my score would have been lower. It is a big advantage for me now. If I can play like how I've been playing, then I think I can easily win," said Siddikur, who started playing golf with a makeshift seven iron head attached to a metal rod.
Chowrasia, who finished second at the Indian Open in 1999 and 2006, struggled with wayward tee shots early in his round but bounced back with four birdies in his closing five holes.
"My hitting wasn't very accurate to begin with as I kept hitting it left and right. I feel I really got going from the 14th hole onwards as I started finding the centre of the fairway. I have very good memories on this course and I would like to use that to my advantage in the final round," said Chowrasia.
"Siddikur has been playing some top quality golf. He has also done well at this venue in the past. I'll have to shoot somewhere in the region of seven-under to put up a stiff challenge on the final day," he added.
A rejuvenated Que charged into contention for his fourth Asian Tour win with six birdies against one bogey and credited his solid round to a two-week break which he spent with his family in the Philippines.
"My game has always been there. Those weeks that I missed the cut is usually because of the way I'm putting and thinking on the golf course. I'm thinking clearly this week. The two weeks off that I took have really helped me," said the Filipino.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS

Par 216 (3x72) Yardage 6,983

199 SIDDIKUR (BAN) 66-66-67. 
203 S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND) 69-68-66. 
204 Rashid KHAN (IND) 69-70-65, Angelo QUE (PHI) 69-68-67. 205 Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 71-67-67. 
206 Unho PARK (AUS) 68-73-65, Adam GROOM (AUS) 69-67-70. 
208 Chiragh KUMAR (IND) 69-70-69, BAEK Seuk-hyun (SKOR) 69-69-70, Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 66-69-73. 
209 Antonio LASCUNA (PHI) 71-70-68. 
210 Mithun PERERA (LKA) 70-72-68, Jake HIGGINBOTTOM (AUS) 72-70-68, Anthony KANG (USA) 70-73-67, Scott BARR (AUS) 71-70-69, LEE Sung (SKOR) 70-70-70, Sanjay KUMAR (IND) 70-68-72, Shankar DAS (IND) 67-70-73. 
211 CHAN Yih-shin (TPE) 70-72-69, Manav JAINI (IND) 72-69-70, Mardan MAMAT (SIN) 66-73-72, Chawalit PLAPHOL (THA) 70-68-73, Chapchai NIRAT (THA) 66-68-77.

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PHIL MICKELSON WANTS TO PLAY IN OLYMPICS GOLF REVIVAL IN 2016

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Phil Mickelson could be excused for having a one-track mind set squarely on Pinehurst, site of next year's U.S. Open. But in a recent video interview with Callaway, Mickelson revealed that he has his eye on another long-term goal.
"Heading into 2014, I'm excited, but the thing I'm working for is 2016. I want to be an Olympic athlete," said Mickelson, who will be 46 when golf is reintroduced into the Olympics in 2016.