Harrington extends lead to 5 strokes
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October 17, 2010, Sunday
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PADRAIG Harrington of Ireland raced to a commanding five-shot lead despite playing with a neck injury in the third round of the US$1.25 million Iskandar Johor Open in Johor Baru, Malaysia, yesterday.
The three-time major winner, a member of the victorious European team at the Ryder Cup two weeks ago, pulled off a four-under-par 68.
Harrington's three-day total of 17-under 199 put him well clear of Chinese Taipei's Lin Wen-tang, who needed two late birdies for an even-par 72 at the Asian Tour event.
Singaporean Mardan Mamat fired a 70 for third place, six shots back, while South Korea's Noh Seung-yul, the Asian Tour Order of Merit leader, and Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand shared fourth place on 206 after a 71 and 69, respectively.
Harrington, who is looking for his first victory since the 2008 PGA Championship, tweaked a muscle in his neck during warm-up but showed no signs of his troubles as he charged into an eight-shot lead through 12 holes when he got to five under for the day. He missed a short birdie chance on 16 and then three putted for bogey on 17 as Lin chipped away at the lead.
"If I wasn't leading, I would have definitely pulled out. It's still a problem. It was a bit better at the end but it was a substantial problem," he said.
Defending champion K.J. Choi of South Korea shot a 69 to move up to a share of seventh place on 209 with Europe's victorious Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie, who equaled his year's best round of 68.
In Shunde, south China's Guangdong Province, Australian Stephen Dartnall, a former world No. 1 amateur, shot a three-under 68 to move to 10-under and hold a two-stroke lead after the third round of the US$1 million Midea China Classic, OneAsia's eighth event of the year.
Dartnall, 26, will again play in the last group with good friend Mitchell Brown, who carded a 69 to share second place at eight-under with Stephen Allan (67).
Big-hitting South Korean Bang Doo-hwan blasted a best-of-day 66 to lie at six-under and share fourth spot with Scotland's Simon Yates (68) and Australians Kim Felton (66) and Andre Stolz (70).
Defending champion Liang Wenchong bogeyed three of the first five holes on his way to a second successive 71 that left him seven shots off the pace and in a share of 12th.
The three-time major winner, a member of the victorious European team at the Ryder Cup two weeks ago, pulled off a four-under-par 68.
Harrington's three-day total of 17-under 199 put him well clear of Chinese Taipei's Lin Wen-tang, who needed two late birdies for an even-par 72 at the Asian Tour event.
Singaporean Mardan Mamat fired a 70 for third place, six shots back, while South Korea's Noh Seung-yul, the Asian Tour Order of Merit leader, and Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand shared fourth place on 206 after a 71 and 69, respectively.
Harrington, who is looking for his first victory since the 2008 PGA Championship, tweaked a muscle in his neck during warm-up but showed no signs of his troubles as he charged into an eight-shot lead through 12 holes when he got to five under for the day. He missed a short birdie chance on 16 and then three putted for bogey on 17 as Lin chipped away at the lead.
"If I wasn't leading, I would have definitely pulled out. It's still a problem. It was a bit better at the end but it was a substantial problem," he said.
Defending champion K.J. Choi of South Korea shot a 69 to move up to a share of seventh place on 209 with Europe's victorious Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie, who equaled his year's best round of 68.
In Shunde, south China's Guangdong Province, Australian Stephen Dartnall, a former world No. 1 amateur, shot a three-under 68 to move to 10-under and hold a two-stroke lead after the third round of the US$1 million Midea China Classic, OneAsia's eighth event of the year.
Dartnall, 26, will again play in the last group with good friend Mitchell Brown, who carded a 69 to share second place at eight-under with Stephen Allan (67).
Big-hitting South Korean Bang Doo-hwan blasted a best-of-day 66 to lie at six-under and share fourth spot with Scotland's Simon Yates (68) and Australians Kim Felton (66) and Andre Stolz (70).
Defending champion Liang Wenchong bogeyed three of the first five holes on his way to a second successive 71 that left him seven shots off the pace and in a share of 12th.
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