ASSOCIATED PRESSCRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland — Teenager Rory McIlroy shot a 5-under 66 Saturday to take a four-stroke lead after the third round of the European Masters.
The 19-year-old player from Northern Ireland had a 54-hole total of 13-under 200 to lead a group of six players bunched on 204. That group included Robert Dinwiddie, who shot the low round of 64.
McIlroy, who is chasing his first European Tour victory, had a big drive at the 543-yard, par-5 first hole. He followed with a 9-iron second shot to 3 feet to set up an eagle.
“I was a little nervous because I had never set off in the last group before, but that calmed my nerves,” McIlroy said.
Defending champion Brett Rumford, who shared the overnight lead with McIlroy, shot 73 and dropped seven shots behind the leader.
Scores with relation to par from the third round of the Omega European
Masters, played Sept. 6 at the par-71, 6,857-yard Crans-sur-Sierre
(Switzerland) Golf Club (a-amateur):
| 1. Rory McIlroy |
63-71-66--200 |
|
|
-13 |
| 2. Juan Abbate |
68-67-69--204 |
|
|
-9 |
| 2. Alejandro Canizares |
67-68-69--204 |
|
|
-9 |
| 2. Christian Cevaer |
68-71-65--204 |
|
|
-9 |
| 2. Julien Clement |
69-68-67--204 |
|
|
-9 |
| 2. Robert Dinwiddie |
76-64-64--204 |
|
|
-9 |
| 2. Jean-Francois Lucquin |
68-67-69--204 |
|
|
-9 |
| 8. Emanuele Canonica |
67-70-68--205 |
|
|
-8 |
| 8. Rafa Echenique |
69-70-66--205 |
|
|
-8 |
| 8. Miguel Angel Jimenez |
68-69-68--205 |
|
|
-8 |
| 8. Gary Orr |
67-71-67--205 |
|
|
-8 |
| 8. Julio Zapata |
66-72-67--205 |
|
|
-8 |
| 13. Mark Foster |
72-66-68--206 |
|
|
-7 |
| 13. Barry Lane |
71-70-65--206 |
|
|
-7 |
| 13. Ross McGowan |
67-73-66--206 |
|
|
-7 |
| 16. Thomas Aiken |
72-70-65--207 |
|
|
-6 |
| 16. David Griffiths |
70-69-68--207 |
|
|
-6 |
| 16. Mikko Ilonen |
67-70-70--207 |
|
|
-6 |
| 16. Carlos Rodiles |
71-66-70--207 |
|
|
-6 |
| 16. Brett Rumford |
67-67-73--207 |
|
|
-6 |
| 16. Richard Sterne |
69-70-68--207 |
|
|
-6 |
| 16. Sven Struver |
72-69-66--207 |
|
|
-6 |
| 23. Fredrik Andersson Hed |
69-67-72--208 |
|
|
-5 |
| 23. Michael Campbell |
69-71-68--208 |
|
|
-5 |
| 23. Simon Dyson |
69-67-72--208 |
|
|
-5 |
| 23. Peter Lawrie |
67-69-72--208 |
|
|
-5 |
| 23. Francesco Molinari |
69-70-69--208 |
|
|
-5 |
| 23. Louis Oosthuizen |
69-68-71--208 |
|
|
-5 |
| 23. Jarmo Sandelin |
71-66-71--208 |
|
|
-5 |
| 23. Charl Schwartzel |
70-72-66--208 |
|
|
-5 |
| 23. Paul Waring |
71-71-66--208 |
|
|
-5 |
| 23. Tom Whitehouse |
72-68-68--208 |
|
|
-5 |
| 33. Peter Baker |
70-70-69--209 |
|
|
-4 |
| 33. Ignacio Garrido |
70-72-67--209 |
|
|
-4 |
| 33. Garry Houston |
66-73-70--209 |
|
|
-4 |
| 33. Thongchai Jaidee |
70-71-68--209 |
|
|
-4 |
| 33. Jan-Are Larsen |
71-71-67--209 |
|
|
-4 |
| 38. Mattias Eliasson |
70-72-68--210 |
|
|
-3 |
| 38. Peter Hedblom |
70-70-70--210 |
|
|
-3 |
| 38. Michael Lorenzo-Vera |
70-69-71--210 |
|
|
-3 |
| 38. Santiago Luna |
70-71-69--210 |
|
|
-3 |
| 38. Robert Rock |
72-68-70--210 |
|
|
-3 |
| 38. Patrik Sjöland |
69-68-73--210 |
|
|
-3 |
| 44. Felipe Aguilar |
70-69-72--211 |
|
|
-2 |
| 44. Ariel Canete |
69-72-70--211 |
|
|
-2 |
| 44. Bradley Dredge |
69-70-72--211 |
|
|
-2 |
| 44. Martin Erlandsson |
68-72-71--211 |
|
|
-2 |
| 44. Ricardo Gonzalez |
73-68-70--211 |
|
|
-2 |
| 44. Andrew Marshall |
70-70-71--211 |
|
|
-2 |
| 44. Miles Tunnicliff |
71-69-71--211 |
|
|
-2 |
| 44. Fabrizio Zanotti |
71-68-72--211 |
|
|
-2 |
| 52. Steve Alker |
71-70-71--212 |
|
|
-1 |
| 52. Raphaël Jacquelin |
73-69-70--212 |
|
|
-1 |
| 52. Matthew Millar |
70-72-70--212 |
|
|
-1 |
| 52. Daniel Vancsik |
71-71-70--212 |
|
|
-1 |
| 52. Mads Vibe-Hastrup |
72-70-70--212 |
|
|
-1 |
| 57. Scott Barr |
69-68-76--213 |
|
|
E |
| 57. François Delamontagne |
67-72-74--213 |
|
|
E |
| 57. Niclas Fasth |
68-73-72--213 |
|
|
E |
| 57. Simon Griffiths |
76-66-71--213 |
|
|
E |
| 57. Andrew Mclardy |
70-72-71--213 |
|
|
E |
| 57. Lian-Wei Zhang |
71-71-71--213 |
|
|
E |
| 63. Gonzalo Fdez-Castaño |
68-71-75--214 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 63. Michael Jonzon |
71-69-74--214 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 63. Hennie Otto |
69-73-72--214 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 63. Eduardo Romero |
71-68-75--214 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 67. a-Ken Benz |
68-74-73--215 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 67. Robert-Jan Derksen |
69-70-76--215 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 67. Florian Praegant |
72-70-73--215 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 70. Marcus Fraser |
74-68-74--216 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 70. Craig Lee |
73-69-74--216 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 70. Pablo Martin |
71-71-74--216 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 70. Benoit Teilleria |
71-69-76--216 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 74. Francis Valera |
73-67-77--217 |
|
+ |
4 |
| • • • |
|
|
|
|
| Missed the cut |
|
|
|
|
| 75. Benn Barham |
74-69--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Luis Claverie |
72-71--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Raphael Eyraud |
70-73--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Anders Hansen |
71-72--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. David Higgins |
73-70--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Lee S James |
70-73--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Shiv Kapur |
69-74--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Simon Khan |
73-70--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Chao Li |
69-74--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Chapchai Nirat |
71-72--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Henrik Nystrom |
70-73--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Phillip Price |
72-71--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Kyron Sullivan |
66-77--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Nicolas Sulzer |
70-73--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Jean Van De Velde |
70-73--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Simon Wakefield |
70-73--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 75. Marc Warren |
74-69--143 |
|
+ |
1 |
| 92. Sion E Bebb |
78-66--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 92. Andre Bossert |
72-72--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 92. Markus Brier |
77-67--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 92. Jamie Donaldson |
70-74--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 92. Sam Little |
77-67--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 92. John Mellor |
72-72--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 92. Alexander Noren |
74-70--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 92. Alvaro Quiros |
73-71--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 92. Lee Slattery |
76-68--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 92. Fredrik Svanberg |
72-72--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 92. Martin Wiegele |
72-72--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 92. Chris Wood |
73-71--144 |
|
+ |
2 |
| 104. Paul Broadhurst |
71-74--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 104. Magnus A Carlsson |
73-72--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 104. David Drysdale |
71-74--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 104. Richard Finch |
72-73--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 104. Tadd Fujikawa |
73-72--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 104. Gregory Havret |
70-75--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 104. Jose Manuel Lara |
70-75--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 104. Stuart Manley |
73-72--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 104. Gary Murphy |
73-72--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 104. Kane Webber |
75-70--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 104. Peter Whiteford |
75-70--145 |
|
+ |
3 |
| 115. Darren Fichardt |
72-74--146 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 115. Edoardo Molinari |
72-74--146 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 115. Carl Suneson |
71-75--146 |
|
+ |
4 |
| 118. Phillip Archer |
73-74--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 118. Jonas Blixt |
77-70--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 118. a-Marc Dobias |
75-72--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 118. Per-Ulrik Johansson |
73-74--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 118. Gareth Paddison |
71-76--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 118. Manuel Quiros |
74-73--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 118. Jean-Francois Remesy |
72-75--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 118. Marco Soffietti |
73-74--147 |
|
+ |
5 |
| 126. Alan Bihan |
73-75--148 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 126. Pelle Edberg |
70-78--148 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 126. Philip Golding |
71-77--148 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 126. Pedro Linhart |
72-76--148 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 126. Mardan Mamat |
72-76--148 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 126. Jamie McLeary |
75-73--148 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 126. Marcel Siem |
77-71--148 |
|
+ |
6 |
| 133. Peter Fowler |
74-75--149 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 133. David Frost |
75-74--149 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 133. Jose-Filipe Lima |
74-75--149 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 133. Digvijay Singh |
73-76--149 |
|
+ |
7 |
| 137. Jean-Baptiste Gonnet |
77-73--150 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 137. Anton Haig |
69-81--150 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 137. Pablo Larrazabal |
75-75--150 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 137. Doug McGuigan |
78-72--150 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 137. Sam Walker |
72-78--150 |
|
+ |
8 |
| 142. Alessio Bruschi |
71-80--151 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 142. Johan Edfors |
72-79--151 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 142. Gaurav Ghei |
73-78--151 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 142. Terry Pilkadaris |
72-79--151 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 142. Martin Rominger |
77-74--151 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 142. Alvaro Velasco |
77-74--151 |
|
+ |
9 |
| 148. Tino Weiss |
75-77--152 |
|
+ |
10 |
| 149. Ivo Giner |
81-73--154 |
|
+ |
12 |
| 149. Paolo Terreni |
82-72--154 |
|
+ |
12 |
| 151. a-Vincent Cachera |
75-80--155 |
|
+ |
13 |
| 152. a-Moritz Lampert |
79-77--156 |
|
+ |
14 |
| 152. a-Nicolas Thommen |
74-82--156 |
|
+ |
14 |
| 154. Joakim Backstrom |
77-80--157 |
|
+ |
15 |
| 154. James Kamte |
78-79--157 |
|
+ |
15 |
Posted: 9/6/2008