Northern Ireland golfers Graeme McDowell and Gareth Maybin share a four-shot lead going into the final round of the Andalucia Masters.
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SOTOGRANDE, Spain (AP) — Graeme McDowell and Gareth Maybin of Northern Ireland took a four-stroke lead at the Andalucia Masters on Saturday after a windy third round sent scores soaring.
Graeme McDowell and Gareth Maybin of Northern Ireland took a four-stroke lead at the Andalucia Masters on Saturday after a windy third round sent scores soaring.
Graeme McDowell and Gareth Maybin of Northern Ireland have a four-shot lead after a windy third round at the Andalucia Masters sent scores soaring upward.
Northern Ireland golfers Graeme McDowell and Gareth Maybin share a four-shot lead going into the final round of the Andalucia Masters. McDowell, the U.S. Open champion, shot a 1-over 72 and Maybin, ranked 165th in the world, a 1-under 70 to reach 6 under after the third round at Valderrama. McDowell knew he squandered a good opportunity to go into the fourth round with a big advantage as he seeks…
Graeme McDowell and Gareth Maybin of Northern Ireland took a four-stroke lead at the Andalucia Masters on Saturday after a windy third round sent scores soaring. McDowell, the U.S. Open champion, shot a 1-over 72, while Maybin had a 70 to reach 6 under. Conditions were so difficult at Valderrama that only six players were under par at the end of a day that began with 13 in minus territory.
• German cut adrift despite two early birdies
• McDowell’s 67 courtesy of a back nine of 32
Martin Kaymer’s hopes of becoming the world No1 suffered a major blow after he fell 11 shots off the pace in the Andalucia Valderrama Masters today. Kaymer needs to win or share second place with no more than one other player if he, rather than the absent Lee Westwood, is to succeed Tiger Woods when the American’s 281-week reign ends on Monday.
But the 25-year-old German could add only a second-round 74 to his opening 72 to lie four over par, well adrift of the halfway leader Graeme McDowell. Kaymer was one under for his round after seven holes after chipping in for a second birdie of the day on the 7th. But he dropped shots at the 9th, 14th, 16th and 18th.
McDowell added a 67 to his opening 68 courtesy of a superb back nine of 32. At seven under par, the US Open champion is two shots clear of his fellow Northern Irishman Gareth Maybin, with Sweden’s Niclas Fasth a further two shots back after a 66.
Fasth, who is seeking his first European Tour title since 2007, said: “It is a lovely score. I am very pleased and somewhat surprised because my game is not so solid, but my putting and my short game were sensational. On this course you need to have a good short game even if you are in great form.
“I have had another tough season this year, but it’s getting better at the end and here I have found a bit of spark, a bit of energy,” Fasth told www.europeantour.com.
Scores
135 Graeme McDowell (NI) 68 67
137 Gareth Maybin (NI) 69 68
139 Niclas Fasth (Swe) 73 66
140 Gary Boyd (Eng) 71 69, Miguel Angel Jiménez (Sp) 70 70
141 Robert Jan Derksen (Neth) 70 71, Damien McGrane (Ire) 68 73, James Kingston (SA) 71 70, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 69, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 71 70, Raphael Jacquelin (Fr) 71 70
142 Rafael Echenique (Arg) 71 71, Darren Clarke (NI) 72 70, Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño (Sp) 71 71, Michael Hoey (NI) 70 72
143 Francesco Molinari (It) 70 73, Joost Luiten (Neth) 74 69, Sergio García (Sp) 70 73, Richard Green (Aus) 72 71, Pablo Larrazábal (Sp) 66 77
144 Ross Fisher (Eng) 71 73, Shane Lowry (Ire) 73 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 74 70, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 71 73, Gregory Havret (Fr) 74 70
145 José María Olazábal (Sp) 73 72, Anthony Wall (Eng) 72 73, Anthony Kang (USA) 73 72, Robert Rock (Eng) 71 74, David Drysdale (Sco) 73 72, Soren Hansen (Den) 70 75, Jamie Donaldson (Wal) 72 73
146 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 75, Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 74, Stephen Gallacher 75 71, Oliver Wilson 74 72, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 75, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 72 74, Santiago Luna (Spa) 72 74, Peter Lawrie 72 74
147 Martin Wiegele (Aut) 73 74, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 72 75, Steve Webster (Eng) 73 74, Marc Warren (Eng) 75 72, David Howell (Eng) 76 71, Ignacio Garrido (Sp) 71 76
148 Ricardo González (Arg) 71 77, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 74 74, John Parry (Eng) 70 78, Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Sp) 71 77, Alvaro Quirós (Sp) 77 71, Ross McGowan (Eng) 70 78
149 Niklas Lemke (Swe) 74 75, Richard Finch (Eng) 72 77, Pablo Martín (Sp) 77 72, Paul McGinley (Ire) 74 75, Edoardo Molinari (It) 76 73
150 Johan Edfors (Swe) 73 77, Bradley Dredge (Wal) 73 77, Graeme Storm (Eng) 76 74, José Manuel Lara (Sp) 73 77
151 Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 74 77, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 76 75, Alexander Noren (Swe) 77 74, Paul Lawrie (Sco) 72 79, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 75 76
152 Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 76 76, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 75 77, Nick Dougherty (Eng) 76 76
153 James Morrison (Eng) 75 78
154 Carl Suneson (Sp) 80 74
155 Gabriel Canizares (Sp) 75 80, Moises Cobo (Sp) 77 78, Simon Dyson 74 81
157 Raul Quiros (Sp) 78 79
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