Francesco’s lead in the third round of the WGC-HSBC Champions
Francesco Molinari took the lead in the third round of the WGC-HSBC Champions, which took place at the Sheshan Golf Club, Shanghai on November 6, 2010.
The man who lost the singles to Tiger Woods in the Ryder Cup, which was staged at Celtic Manor, seemed to be on fire. The Italian was not letting anyone on the field to pass him and carded 67 in the penultimate round of the tournament.
The player picked up five birdies and one eagle against two bogeys. Despite this, no harm came to his lead and he stood firm on par-71 course. He was chased by Lee Westwood, but the Englishman got successful in matching the score. Westy was only one stroke
behind the leader, owing to the early one stroke margin, which he attained in the first round. The world number one picked up five birdies without dropping a single shot and drafted 5-under-par.
Three strokes below was Luke Donald. The player could not match the birdie record of Westwood and was only one birdie behind in the third round. Lagging behind was Ross Fisher, Ernie Els and Richie Ramsay with a score of eight-under. Out of the trio, Fisher
made the lowest score; 69. The other two drafted 71 each.
Jaco Van Zyl, who entered the round in the third place slipped and fell to the seventh place. The South African could not match his own score of 66 and picked a single birdie in the front nine. He par the scorecard after giving away the single point earned
to a bogey.
The order of merit leader, Noh Seung-Yul once again failed to surge up and remained at the eight- place with Padraig Harrington.
The world number two, Tiger Woods gave a terrible performance and crossed the realms of par to record a round of 73. Woods bid to win the title was under threat, as with a performance like that signalled losing the title. Stroke below were Ryo Ishikawa,
Nick Watney, Hunter Mahan and KJ Choi.
Martin Kaymer and Phil Mickelson who were other contenders for the number one spot faltered terribly in the third round. The German carded two-over to take a share in the 27th place, whereas, Phil Mickelson fell from the 25th place
to 34th with a score of 76.
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