THIRD-DAY REPORT, SCORES FROM HONG KONG OPEN
Bjerregaard joins Rose at top of leaderboard
THIRD - ROUND SCOREBOARD
par 210 (3x70) Yardage: 6,710
Hong
Kong: England’s Justin Rose and Denmark’s Lucas Bjerregaard
shared the third-round lead after an enthralling day which saw the duo with matching
three-day totals of 15-under-par 195 at the UBS Hong Kong Open on
Saturday.
India’s
Anirban Lahiri lurked closely in third place after a sparking back-nine
saw the Asian Tour Order of Merit leader surged up the leaderboard with
a five-under-par
65 at the Hong Kong Golf Club.
Compatriot
Jeev Milkha Singh, who will captain Team Asia in the upcoming EurAsia
Cup in January next year, also posted a 65 to share fourth place with
England’s Matthew
Fitzpatrick at the US$2 million event which is sanctioned by the Asian
Tour and European Tour.
Overnight
leader Rose, who held a one shot lead over Bjerregaard coming into the
weekend, marked his card with two eagles and two birdies for a
commanding 64 which edged
him closer to his first UBS Hong Kong Open title.
After
opening with two straight pars, Rose found the green with his second
shot on the third hole. The Major winner made it look all too easy when
he drained home a
monstrous eagle putt to get to 11-under.
Rose
then birdied 10 and showed his masterclass once again on 13 by nailing
another eagle putt before following that up with another birdie on 14.
“What
impressed me today was the couple of par saves that I had to make and
rolled in. Then that eagle on the third hole kind of got me up and
running. There's always
going to be a low score on this golf course and someone in contention
is going to have to go low.
“All
I've done all week is play my game, see my shots, focus and commit to
them. So from my point of view, it's more of the same. I just have to
come out, have a good
process, execute it and hopefully the numbers will follow,” said Rose.
Bjerregaard also stamped his authority by coming out strongly with three birdies for an outward 31.
The
Dane seemed to be running away with the lead when he stormed ahead with
five birdies in seven holes after the turn but was stopped in his
tracks with a bogey on
the last.
“It’s
obviously not fun to finish off any round with a bogey, especially
today. I hit a bad tee shot on 18 there which was pretty much my only
bad shot of the day. So
not the way I wanted to finish, but still, I'm very happy with the
round today,” said Bjerregaard.
Meanwhile
Lahiri, who had a quiet day with a front-nine 34, burst into life by
racing home with five birdies in his inward-nine to move himself into
contention for his
eighth Asian Tour title.
“I
was not very focused on the front nine. But I calmed down a little bit
and by the eighth, ninth hole, I started hitting it a little more solid.
It was good to get
birdies on 10 and 11 as they got me into the right zone mentally. I was
just focusing on giving myself opportunities, and it was good.
“You
want to get as close as possible, because if it gets into a match-play
position, then they can play totally differently and separate themselves
from the field.
But hopefully I can play some good golf, play 18 holes tomorrow like I
did on the back nine and maybe have a sniff,” said Lahiri.
Singh also turned on the afterburners in his back-nine after struggling with an outward 35.
The
Asian Tour honorary member fired three successive birdies from 10
before going on to pick up three more birdies in his last four holes.
“Honestly
it was a shaky start but got my bearings right after I made two
birdies. But what got me going was on the 10th hole, I got very lucky.
It jumped over the water
and stayed up. I chipped it to about two feet and birdied it.
“I'm
in better shape and I'm working a lot on my mental side. I think
everything should fall in place and I’m ready to see what comes my way,”
said Singh.
par 210 (3x70) Yardage: 6,710
195 J Rose (Eng) 65 66 64, L Bjerregaard (Den) 66 66 63,
199 A Lahiri (Ind) 67 67 65,
200 M Fitzpatrick (Eng) 67 67 66, J Singh (Ind) 65 70 65,
201 J Scrivener (Aus) 68 68 65, Y Yang (SKor) 68 66 67, M Ford (Eng) 69 65 67,
202 G Bhullar (Ind) 69 66 67, P Reed (USA) 68 69 65, T Jaidee (Tha) 71 67 64, N Holman (Aus) 68 66 68,
203 L Wen-Tang (Tpe) 67 68 68, O Fisher (Eng) 66 69 68,
204 R Gangjee (Ind) 66 70 68, L Wei-Chih (Tpe) 64 69 71, S Rahman (Ban) 67 71 66, S Brazel (Aus) 69 67 68,
205 J Knutzon (USA) 68 68 69, S Lee (Kor) 70 69 66, S Yates (Sco) 69 68 68, C Pan (Tpe) 65 73 67,
206
G McDowell (Nir) 66 69 71, C Shih-Chang (Tpe) 71 69 66, C Pigem (Esp)
69 71 66, I Poulter (Eng) 67 66 73, P Hanson (Swe) 69 70 67, E Goya
(Arg) 73 66 67, B Evans (Eng) 69 71 66, C Nirat (Tha) 67 72 67, M
Fraser (Aus) 72 66 68, P Uihlein (USA) 70 70 66, A Que (Phi) 72 67 67, M
Kawamura (Jpn) 68 69 69,
207
D Drysdale (Sco) 68 71 68, M Foster (Eng) 69 69 69, A Dodt (Aus) 71 68
68, P Maddy (Eng) 70 70 67, J Janewattananond (Tha) 69 68 70, P
Marksaeng (Tha) 70 67 70, J Kruger (RSA) 71 68 68, D Chia (Mas) 71 66
70, S Chawrasia (Ind) 66 70 71,
208
J Walters (RSA) 71 68 69, A Da Silva (Bra) 71 68 69, R Dinwiddie (Eng)
69 68 71, J Randhawa (Ind) 70 70 68, R McEvoy (Eng) 67 68 73, C Lee
(Sco) 71 67 70, M Nixon (Eng) 70 67 71, V Dubuisson (Fra) 68 70 70,
209
U Park (Aus) 68 70 71, W Ormsby (Aus) 71 69 69, D Gaunt (Aus) 68 71 70,
P Meesawat (Tha) 67 69 73, A Pavan (Ita) 64 71 74, L Jensen (Den) 70
68 71, M Perera (Sri) 71 69 69, J Wang (SKor) 71 69 69, S Jamieson (Sco)
71 67 71, G Havret (Fra) 72 68 69,
210
R Kakko (Fin) 67 73 70, R Wannasrichan (Tha) 69 67 74, C Paisley
(Eng) 70 70 70, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 69 71 70, S Supupramai (Tha) 68 69
73, L Weber (Fra) 73 66 71, M Lundberg (Swe) 71 68 71,
211
N Fung (Mas) 71 67 73, A Groom (Aus) 68 70 73, R Karlberg (Swe) 69 69
73, R Gonzalez (Arg) 69 68 74, D Lipsky (USA) 68 70 73,
212 P Pittayarat (Tha) 70 70 72,
215 P Tangkamolprasert (Tha) 71 69 75,
219 D Van Tonder (RSA) 73 67 79,
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