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MELBOURNE, Australia – Robert Allenby holed a 3-wood shot for a double eagle on the par-5 seventh and finished with a 5-under 67 on Saturday for a share of the third-round lead in the Australian Masters with playing partner Michael Sim.

Sim shot a 68 to match Allenby at 10-under 206 on the Huntingdale course.

Ashley Hall (68) was two strokes back, and Rod Pampling (70), Anthony Summers (71) and England’s Webster (70) were another shot behind at 7 under. Australian players held five of the top six positions on the leaderboard.

Allenby’s 3-wood shot on the 535-yard seventh landed on the front of the green and ran about 25 feet direct before it hit the flagstick and droped in.

“It’s a good way to kick-start the round,” Allenby said. “To hole a 3-wood was pretty awesome. Michael and I both played pretty well.”

As the gallery cheered, Allenby raised his arms, blew a kiss and pumped his fists.

“It was about as pure as it looked,” Allenby said. “The wind was just off the right. I knew I didn’t have to smash it. I knew I just needed to hit it solid.

“I was just going straight at (the hole) and it did exactly that. It went straight at it. It landed perfect.”

With the green slightly above where Allenby was standing on the fairway, he could not see the ball roll in. But the crowd’s reaction let him know.

“I saw it land and I saw it track towards the flag and it just sort of disappeared and then I heard the roar and obviously it had gone in,” he said.

Allenby said he had to alter his club selection to counteract his pumping adrenaline on the following hole.

“If I win tomorrow, I can say that that shot won me this tournament,” Allenby said.

Second-round leader Tim Clark was seven strokes back after a 76.

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Scores with relation to par from the second round of the Australian Masters, played Nov. 29 at the par-72 Huntingdale Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia (Note: a-amateur):

1. Robert Allenby	73-66-67--206		-10
1. Michael Sim	72-66-68--206		-10
3. Ashley Hall	73-67-68--208		-8
4. Rod Pampling	71-68-70--209		-7
4. Anthony Summers	70-68-71--209		-7
4. Steve Webster	71-68-70--209		-7
7. Nathan Green	72-68-70--210		-6
7. David Horsey	71-68-71--210		-6
7. Aaron Townsend	75-64-71--210		-6
10. Marcus Fraser	73-67-71--211		-5
10. Scott Hend	67-73-71--211		-5
10. a-Danny Lee	71-69-71--211		-5
10. Craig Scott	72-72-67--211		-5
10. Daniel Wardrop	69-71-71--211		-5
10. Michael Wright	69-70-72--211		-5
16. Jamie Donaldson	72-67-73--212		-4
16. Scott Laycock	73-67-72--212		-4
16. Alexander Noren	73-71-68--212		-4
16. Peter Senior	70-72-70--212		-4
16. Tim Wilkinson	72-72-68--212		-4
21. Steve Alker	75-68-70--213		-3
21. Greg Chalmers	72-70-71--213		-3
21. Tim Clark	67-70-76--213		-3
21. Adam Crawford	71-71-71--213		-3
21. Simon Griffiths	70-74-69--213		-3
21. Brad Lamb	73-72-68--213		-3
21. David Mckenzie	72-70-71--213		-3
21. Johan Skold	72-68-73--213		-3
29. Phillip Archer	73-71-70--214		-2
29. Daniel Chopra	70-72-72--214		-2
29. Michael Curtain	72-71-71--214		-2
29. Marcus Higley	72-71-71--214		-2
29. Peter Lonard	72-71-71--214		-2
29. Brett Rumford	71-70-73--214		-2
29. Andre Stolz	73-70-71--214		-2
36. Steven Bowditch	72-70-73--215		-1
36. Martin Erlandsson	74-71-70--215		-1
36. Steven Jeppesen	74-70-71--215		-1
36. Marc Leishman	71-70-74--215		-1
36. Michael Long	72-71-72--215		-1
36. Alexandre Rocha	77-68-70--215		-1
36. Andrew Tschudin	74-70-71--215		-1
43. Antti Ahokas	74-71-71--216		E
43. Tony Carolan	74-68-74--216		E
43. Dale Marmion	76-69-71--216		E
43. James Mclean	75-69-72--216		E
43. James Morrison	73-69-74--216		E
43. Wade Ormsby	72-71-73--216		E
43. Martin Rominger	76-68-72--216		E
43. Craig Spence	72-72-72--216		E
51. Aaron Black	70-74-73--217	+	1
51. Scott Draper	73-71-73--217	+	1
51. Ryan Haller	76-69-72--217	+	1
51. Rob Harris	72-72-73--217	+	1
51. Bradley Hughes	72-71-74--217	+	1
51. Cameron Percy	74-71-72--217	+	1
51. Lee Slattery	78-67-72--217	+	1
58. Matthew Griffin	74-71-73--218	+	2
58. Ewan Porter	70-71-77--218	+	2
58. Wilhelm Schauman	76-69-73--218	+	2
58. Vernon Sexton-Finck	70-74-74--218	+	2
58. Martin Wiegele	73-71-74--218	+	2
63. Steven Jones	74-70-75--219	+	3
63. Mahal Pearce	75-70-74--219	+	3
63. Joel Sjoholm	74-68-77--219	+	3
66. Anthony Brown	69-76-75--220	+	4
66. Oliver Fisher	72-73-75--220	+	4
68. Scott Strange	75-68-78--221	+	5
69. Tim Wise	71-73-78--222	+	6
70. Daniel Vancsik	74-70-80--224	+	8
• • •
Missed the cut
71. Kurt Barnes	73-73--146	+	2
71. Scott Barr	75-71--146	+	2
71. Adam Blyth	75-71--146	+	2
71. Steve Collins	78-68--146	+	2
71. Carlos Del Moral	76-70--146	+	2
71. Chris Downes	68-78--146	+	2
71. Adam Groom	73-73--146	+	2
71. Ryan Howison	72-74--146	+	2
71. a-Jin Jeong	75-71--146	+	2
71. Brad Kennedy	72-74--146	+	2
71. Jochen Lupprian	76-70--146	+	2
71. Aron Price	75-71--146	+	2
71. Heath Reed	74-72--146	+	2
71. Jarmo Sandelin	73-73--146	+	2
71. Paul Sheehan	70-76--146	+	2
71. Nigel Stivala	71-75--146	+	2
71. Sam Walker	77-69--146	+	2
88. Shane Baxter	74-73--147	+	3
88. Stuart Davis	76-71--147	+	3
88. Andrew Dodt	71-76--147	+	3
88. Martin Doyle	71-76--147	+	3
88. Kim Felton	77-70--147	+	3
88. Chris Gaunt	80-67--147	+	3
88. Mark Laskey	75-72--147	+	3
88. Jarrod Moseley	72-75--147	+	3
88. Paul Nilbrink	73-74--147	+	3
88. Peter O’Malley	77-70--147	+	3
88. Craig Parry	76-71--147	+	3
88. John Senden	75-72--147	+	3
100. Stuart Appleby	74-74--148	+	4
100. Birgir Hafthorsson	75-73--148	+	4
100. Lasse Jensen	75-73--148	+	4
100. Jarrod Lyle	76-72--148	+	4
100. Matthew Mills	75-73--148	+	4
105. John Daly	76-73--149	+	5
105. Gary Emerson	73-76--149	+	5
105. Rory Hie	76-73--149	+	5
105. Mikko Ilonen	75-74--149	+	5
105. Ross B Jones	75-74--149	+	5
105. Bronson La'Cassie	77-72--149	+	5
105. Gareth Paddison	75-74--149	+	5
105. Alistair Presnell	75-74--149	+	5
105. Nathan Smith	75-74--149	+	5
105. Peter Wilson	78-71--149	+	5
115. Mitchell Brown	77-73--150	+	6
115. Ryan C Carter	77-73--150	+	6
115. Sebastian Gracia-Grout	79-71--150	+	6
115. Ryan Haywood	77-73--150	+	6
115. Gareth Maybin	77-73--150	+	6
115. Andrew Tampion	78-72--150	+	6
115. Manny Villegas	75-75--150	+	6
115. Euan Walters	78-72--150	+	6
123. Matthew Ballard	78-73--151	+	7
123. Steven Jeffress	77-74--151	+	7
123. Soren Juul	80-71--151	+	7
123. Simon Khan	75-76--151	+	7
123. Jason Norris	82-69--151	+	7
123. Terry Pilkadaris	78-73--151	+	7
123. Mark Purser	78-73--151	+	7
123. Richie Ramsay	82-69--151	+	7
123. Gary Simpson	76-75--151	+	7
132. Michael Brennan	75-77--152	+	8
132. Peter Fowler	81-71--152	+	8
132. Doug Holloway	83-69--152	+	8
132. Lee James	78-74--152	+	8
132. Josh Lane	75-77--152	+	8
132. Andrew Martin	77-75--152	+	8
138. Lee Corfield	79-74--153	+	9
138. Henrik Engvall	76-77--153	+	9
138. Rick Kulacz	79-74--153	+	9
141. David Diaz	78-76--154	+	10
141. Nicky Harris	79-75--154	+	10
141. Matthew Millar	78-76--154	+	10
144. Darren Beck	75-80--155	+	11
144. Marcus Cain	79-76--155	+	11
144. Michael Harwood	77-78--155	+	11
144. Shiv Kapur	78-77--155	+	11
144. Richard Lee	76-79--155	+	11
149. Mathew Holten	74-82--156	+	12
149. Brett A Taylor	79-77--156	+	12
151. Josh Geary	81-77--158	+	14
152. Paul Donahoo	78-81--159	+	15
152. Terry Price	80-79--159	+	15
154. David Lutterus	80-80--160	+	16
155. Charles Kares	89-76--165	+	21

Posted: 11/29/2008

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