THE CHAMPIONSHIP AT LAGUNA THIRD ROUND REPORT, SCORES
PANUPHOL, HANSEN SHARE LEAD
Singapore: Thailand’s Panuphol Pittayarat survived a late bogey scare but
continued to take the third-round lead with Denmark’s Anders Hansen
after posting a three-under-par 69 at The Championship at Laguna
National today.
Hansen
denied Panuphol the outright lead by signing for a 67 to share pole
position with the 21-year-old Thai after compiling a three-day total of
16-under-par 200 at the US$1.5 million event sanctioned by the Asian
Tour and European Tour.
South Korean-American
David Lipsky remained in contention for his second win on the Asian
Tour after carding a 70 to share third place with Robert-Jan Derksen of
the Netherlands on 202 at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club.
Panuphol,
nicknamed ‘Coconut,’ enjoyed yet another fruitful day as he continued
his charge towards his maiden win on the region’s premier Tour.
“I’ve
been in contention a couple of times where I got to play with some
great players. I will try not to think about how they are doing and just
do my best. It’s going to be a good Sunday,” said Panuphol.
Playing
in the weekend rounds for the first time on the Asian Tour this season,
Panuphol could only find one birdie, at the fourth, on in his outward-nine.
But
the Thai began to show his title credentials by firing birdies on holes
13, 15 and 16. A bogey-four on 17 however blemished his otherwise
flawless card.
“I
was just pushing every putt I made in the front-nine. But on the back
nine, I kind of gained back my confidence when I managed to roll in the
putts, except for that bogey on 17 where I hit a bad shot.
I
came into this week missing three straight cuts on the Asian Tour this
season. My performance so far this week has definitely given me a huge
confidence boost,” said Panuphol.
Meanwhile a late flurry of birdies in his closing four holes saw Hansen making his move to share the lead with Panuphol.
The
Dane, who started the day two back of Panuphol in tied-fifth, got off
to an encouraging start with an opening birdie on the par-four first.
Another
birdie on eight saw him turn in 34 but it was his hat-trick of birdies
starting from 15 that eventually surged him to the top.
“I’m
very pleased. I didn’t hit the ball that great today but I made a
couple of good putts on the last few holes. It was nice to finish with
those three birdies. It was a little more windy today so it was more
tricky. But it was a great finish,” said Hansen.
“Every
time you are up there you have to be pleased so I’m looking forward to
tomorrow. I love competition and I love playing under the gun as it gets
your attention,” added the Dane.
A round of 70 put the spring back in Lipsky’s step as he moves into contention for his second win on the Asian Tour.
Lipsky
burst into the scene during his rookie year in 2012 where he not only
topped the Asian Tour Qualifying School but also went on to notch his
first victory in Cambodia.
The 25-year-old will go out with all guns blazing in search of those all-important red numbers in his final 18 holes.
“My
target is to go to 20-under-par tomorrow to give myself a good shot at
winning. That means I need another six-under-par tomorrow. I will see
what I can do,” said Lipsky.
“I
am looking forward to the final round tomorrow. With the current greens
condition and how I’ve shot on this course, I will have to try and make
as many birdies as possible tomorrow,” added Lipsky.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72) Yardage 7,071
200 Anders HANSEN (DEN) 67-66-67, Panuphol PITTAYARAT (THA) 63-68-69.
202 Robert-Jan DERKSEN (NED) 68-67-67, David LIPSKY (USA) 64-68-70.
203 Gregory BOURDY (FRA) 66-70-67, Chris WOOD (ENG) 68-67-68.
204 Tommy FLEETWOOD (ENG) 68-67-69, Terry PILKADARIS (AUS) 68-70-66,
Rahil GANGJEE (IND) 66-67-71, Felipe AGUILAR (CHI) 65-67-72.
205 Johan EDFORS (SWE) 70-67-68, Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 67-70-68, Arnond
VONGVANIJ (THA) 65-69-71, BAEK Seuk-hyun (SKOR) 66-67-72, Scott BARR
(AUS) 66-72-67, Scott HEND (AUS) 67-65-73.
206 Craig LEE (SCO) 72-68-66, Antonio LASCUNA (PHI) 68-69-69, Alexander LEVY (FRA) 70-66-70.
207 Brett RUMFORD (AUS) 70-67-70, Peter LAWRIE (IRL) 68-72-67, Raphael
JACQUELIN (FRA) 69-70-68, S.S.P. CHOWRASIA (IND) 68-68-71, Chan KIM
(USA) 67-68-72, Kristoffer BROBERG (SWE) 65-69-73, Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL
(THA) 67-71-69.
SELECTED SCORES
208 David Drysdale (Scotland) 68 70 70, Marc Warren (Scotland) 69 67 72 (T27)
209 Scott Jamieson (Scotland) 64 71 74 (T39)
SELECTED SCORES
208 David Drysdale (Scotland) 68 70 70, Marc Warren (Scotland) 69 67 72 (T27)
209 Scott Jamieson (Scotland) 64 71 74 (T39)
213 Jeev Milkha Sing (India) 67 72 74.
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