IRISHMAN SLEEPS IN BUT GIVES WIDE-AWAKE ROUND 3 DISPLAY
TERRIFIC TURNER GRABS FIVE-SHOT
LEAD AT JAKARTA CLASSIC
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Jakarta: Niall Turner of Ireland fired an impressive five-under-par 67
to seize a commendable five-shot lead without a proper warm-up session
in the third round of the Linc Group Jakarta Classic on Thursday.
The
towering Irishman woke up an hour before his tee time and dashed to the
Imperial Klub Golf, located 10 minutes from his hotel, just in time to
hit some balls before heading out for the penultimate round in the
US$60,000 Asian Development Tour (ADT) event.
The
morning rush worked wonders for Turner as he returned with a flawless
round for an 11-under-par 205 total to put himself in prime position to
win his first ADT title. Englishman Peter Richardson was in second
following a 68 while overnight leader Brett Munson of the United States
slipped to third with a 75.
The
30-year-old Turner jolted straight into action when he opened with a
chip-in birdie from 20 feet before going on to add two more birdies in
each half.
“I
was lucky today! Waking up at 6.55am (local time) and I had a tee time
at 8. Thankfully the golf course was close to my hotel or I would have
been in trouble,” he laughed.
“I
got off to a perfect start and that got me on the right foot. From
there I played really good and I’m in a great position. It will take
something special to beat me so I’m going out there to play like how
I’ve been playing,” said Turner.
Richardson
birdied the last hole to cap a solid bogey-free round. The Englishman,
who finished third on the 2012 Order of Merit, is aiming to claim his
second ADT title since 2012.
“It
was a good round. It is nice to have a bogey-free round. A lot my
rounds have been with a lot of birdies and bogeys. If Niall keeps
playing the way he has then he has a good chance to win. I can only
control my game but I hope to shoot a good score and put some pressure
on him,” said Richardson.
Leading third round scores:
Par 216 (3x72)
205 Niall TURNER (IRL) 70 68 67
210 Peter RICHARDSON (ENG) 72 70 68
211 Brett MUNSON (USA) 67 69 75
212 Konosuke NAKAZATO (JPN) 71 70 71
213 Unho PARK (AUS) 72 71 70, Annop TANGKAMOLPRASERT (THA) 69 73 71, Grant JACKSON (ENG) 69 68 76
214 Mitchell SLORACH (SIN) 71 71 72
215 Jordan SHERRATT (AUS) 71 74 70
216 Arie IRAWAN (MAS) 77 69 70, Jordan IRAWAN (INA) 75 72 69, CHOO Tze
Huang (SIN) 73 70 73, Paul HARRIS (USA) 75 73 68, Pavit TANGKAMOLPRASERT
(THA) 71 72 73
217 Nabil ABDUL (AUS) 73 74 70, Kurnia Herisiandy SANTOSO (INA) 71 75 71,
YE Jian-feng (CHN) 74 71 72, Benny KASIADI (INA) 70 77 70, Jack MUNRO
(AUS) 71 72 74, Rizal AMIN (MAS) 75 73 69, I Ketut SUGIARTA (INA) 71 70
76, Mathiam KEYSER (RSA) 70 68 79
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