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- De Jonge, Blixt, Moore share Las Vegas lead
- Komalam bags 100m crown in photo-finish
- Bogeys fail to stop Tze Huang from taking the lead in Sarawak Masters
| De Jonge, Blixt, Moore share Las Vegas lead Posted: 06 Oct 2012 06:35 PM PDT LAS VEGAS, Nevada - Zimbabwe's Brendon de Jonge, Sweden's Jonas Blixt and hometown hero Ryan Moore shared the lead after Saturday's third round of the US PGA Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. Blixt birdied six of the last seven holes, including a 28-foot birdie putt at the 18th, to fire a five-under par 66 while de Jonge birdied four of the last five holes to shoot a 66 and Moore matched them with a bogey-free 65. All three stood on 19-under par 194 for 54 holes in the $4.5-million event, the first of four season-ending events aimed at players struggling to keep tour rights for 2013 by finishing in the top 125 on this year's US PGA money list. Americans Jimmy Walker and Tim Herron were five strokes off the pace sharing fourth as the final trio that played together surged away from the pack. "When everyone is playing well you can feed off each other and I think we did a good job of that today, saw a lot of putts go in," de Jonge said. "Everyone played well and hopefully we'll have more of the same tomorrow." Blixt birdied the par-4 second, stumbled back with birdies at the sixth and par-3 eighth, answered with a birdie at the par-5 ninth only to begin the back nine with a bogey. The Swede, in his first PGA season, caught fire with a birdie at the par-4 12th and ran off five birdies in a row before settling for a par at the par-3 17th and grabbing a share of the lead with his impressive closing putt. "Was very relaxed out there and I just had a good time," Blixt said. "They ran away a little bit and then I got lucky. I got hot in the end and made some putts and was able to catch them. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow." De Jonge, like Blixt seeking his first US PGA title, birdied the second and fourth and closed the front nine with another birdie to stay atop the leaderboard but fell back with bogeys at the 10th and par-5 13th. The African then birdied four holes in a row starting at the par-3 14th and ending with the par-3 17th, the streak broken when he missed by inches on a 12-foot birdie effort at 18. "You have got to make a lot of birdies, but in saying that you've kind of got to pick and choose your spots as well," de Jonge said. "If you don't have a great enough (shot), don't go for it just because you can see everyone is making a bunch of birdies around you. It's a matter of being a little bit disciplined as well at times." Las Vegas resident Moore, whose only US PGA crown came in 2009 at Charlotte, opened with a birdie, added others at the par-4 seventh and 11th holes, birdied the par-5 13th and added back-to-back birdies at the 15th and 16th holes. "I didn't do anything amazing," Moore said. "I just did what I've been doing this whole week - put it in play, gave myself a bunch of wedges, 9-irons into greens and was able to convert a bunch of my reasonable birdie chances." US fan favorite John Daly followed a 63, his best round of the year, with an season-worst 86 to stumble back to 72nd on 218. Daly, who stands nine spots outside the top 125, had a quadruple bogey, a triple bogey, two double bogeys, six bogeys and two birdies. "I was just hoping to stop the bleeding," Daly said. "I can't remember when I had such a stretch of bad holes." - AFP |
| Komalam bags 100m crown in photo-finish Posted: 06 Oct 2012 06:07 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The women's 100m final ended in a photo-finish, with Armed Forces' Komalam Shally Selvaratnam and Iran's Maryam Toosi touching the tape at the same time – 12.07. The 23-year-old Malaysian was later declared the winner. Another Iranian, Farzane Fasihi, clocked 12.27 to take the bronze. The Ipoh-born petite Komalam was happy to win the blue riband event in her first Malaysian Open outing but disappointed with her slow time. "It is slower than my personal best of 11.93, which I clocked in the Armed Forces meet last week. I was in high spirit after the Forces meet and was looking forward to improving my time ... but I failed," said Komalam, who hopes to win the 200m event today as well. "I'll have to train harder to qualify for next year's SEA Games in Myanmar." The pint-sized Zaidatul Husnia Zulkifli of Penang ended up fourth after clocking 12.35. The men's 100m dash was also won by Armed Forces' Mohd Noor Imran Hadi, who clocked 10.61 – way off his personal best of 10.40. Terengganu's Harith Ammar Mohd Sobri clocked 10.75 to take silver while S. Kannan of Perak took bronze in 10.78. The Malaysian Open is 27-year-old Imran's second meet of the year as he took a break after featuring in the Jakarta SEA Games last November. "I feel fresh after the long break. I am slowly getting back into shape and hope to start clocking better times in meets next year, said Imran. A. Kavee Alagan, who broke the high jump record in the Pahang Sukma (Malaysia Games) by clearing 2.21m in July, could only manage a dismal 2.10m to finish second. Results MEN 100m: 1. Mohd Noor Imran Hadi (ATM) 10.61, 2. Harith Ammar Mohd Sobri (Ter) 10.75, 3. S. Kannan (Prk) 10.78. 110m hurdles: 1. Abdul Aziz Al-Mandeel (Kuw) 14.09, 2. Mohd Rohaizad Jamil (ATM) 14.40, 3. Mohd Ajmal Mat Hassan (Ter) 14.60. 400m: 1. P. Yuvaraj (ATM) 48.30, 2. Anchois Aron (Sab) 48.80, 3. Mohd Azam Masri (Mal) 50.00. 800m: 1. Mohd Jironi Ridzuan (Swk) 1:51.81, 2. M. Vadivellan (ATM) 1:52.78, 3. Tseng Chiu-chin (Tpe) 1:53.56. 5000m: 1. Li Han-hsuan (Tpe) 15:33.90, 2. R. Venugopal (FT) 15:58.01, Ruburn Kummar Ramasam (Prk) 16:03.22. 20km walk: 1. G. Ummasuthhan (ATM) 1'38:22, 2. Mohd Khairil Harith (Kel) 1'39:11, 3. M. Satiyaseelan (Pen) 1'45:18. 4x100m: 1. Singapore 40.30, 2. Sabah 41.71, 3. Armed Forces 41.97. Discus: 1. Naarong Benjaroon (Tha) 50.77m, 2. James Wong (Sin) 48.70m, 3. Mohd Irfan Shamshuddin (Nse) 44.97m. High jump: 1. S. Navinraj (Joh) 2.15m, 2. A. Kavee Alagan (ATM) 2.10m, 3. Nauraj Singh (Joh) 2.05m. Javelin: 1. Ali Hamid (Joh) 57.50m, 2. Mohd Akmal Mohd Zain (Ked) 56.91m, Firdaus Jalak (Swk) 56.22m. Long jump: 1. Chan Ming Tai (Hkg) 7.12m, 2. Josbert Tinus (ATM) 6.97m 3. Mohd Faizal Mustafa (ATM) 6.84m. Pole vault: 1. Fahad Al-Mershad (Kuw) 4.80m, 2. Iskandar Alwi (Joh) 4.70m, 3. Saleh Al-Shemali (Kuw) 4.50m. WOMEN 100m: 1. Komalam Shally Selvatram (ATM) 12.08, 2. Maryam Toosi (Irn) 12.08, 3. Farzane Fasihi (Irn) 12.27. 110m hurdles: 1. Raja Norsheena Raja Azhar (ATM) 14.59, 2. Sepideh Tavakolink (Irn) 15.13, 3. Nur Syafiqah Anis Abu Bakar (Joh) 15.44. 400m: 1. Nurul Faezah Asma (ATM) 58.18, 2. Wendy Enn (Sin) 59.17, 3. Chau Yan Ching (Hkg) 59.32. 800m: 1. K. Ghantimathi (ATM) 2:14, 2. Faradilah Raznie (Swk) 2:20.01, 3. Noor Amelia Musa (FT) 2:20.85. 5000m: 1. Noor Amelia Musa (FT) 18:56.67, 2. Nur Aisyah Akmat (Swk) 19:08.07, 3. Iza Maryati Mohd (ATM) 20:04.50. 20km walk: 1. Norliyananan Rusni (ATM) 2'03:54, 2. Loh Chooi Fern (Sel) 2'06:30, 3. Sonaaie Chee (ATM) 2'21:00. 4x100m: 1. Armed Forces 48.18, 2. Iran 49.85, 3. Sabah 50.83. Hammer: 1. Chen Yu-ting (Tpe) 48.38m, 2. Casier Renee Lee (Swk) 46.34m, 3. Partia Pang Mei Chin (ATM) 43.97m. High jump: 1. Kotchakorn Khamrueang (Tha) 1.75m, 2. Sepideh Tavakolink (Irn) 1.70m, 3. Yap Sean Yee (FT) 1.70m. Shot putt: 1. Wan Lay Chi (Sin) 13.51m, 2. Siti Nurain Abdul Hamid (ATM) 13.19m, 3. Casier Renee Lee (Swk) 12.56m. Triple jump: 1. Noor Amira Mohd Nafiah (ATM) 13.90m (national record), 2. Kee Siew Lian (Swak) 11.83m, 3. Merry Gabali (Sab) 11.29m. |
| Bogeys fail to stop Tze Huang from taking the lead in Sarawak Masters Posted: 06 Oct 2012 06:19 PM PDT PETALING JAYA: Not even a bogey and a double bogey over the last three holes could stop Singapore's Choo Tze Huang (pic) from taking a slim one-shot lead over three golfers in the third round of the PGM Sarawak Masters yesterday. The 25-year-old Tze Huang, touted as one of the region's rising stars, seemed to be coasting towards a comfortable lead at the Sarawak Golf Club in Kuching before his late collapse left with two-over 74 for a three-day total of one-under 215 in the RM180,000 Asian Development Tour (ADT) event. He is closely chased by Malaysia's Akhmal Tarmizee and Filipino duo Jhonnel Ababa and Charles Hong. "I was doing well, and putting decently. But in the last three holes, I didn't quite do it. It was a bad finish," said Tze Huang. "The greens are tough to get close to as they are firm and quick. They are really challenging and you really need to be patient out there." With one round to go, the Singaporean is hopeful of securing his maiden title on the ADT, which rewards the top-three finishers on the final Order of Merit with Asian Tour cards for the 2013 season. Ababa, meanwhile shot a solid round of 70, thanks to four birdies against two bogeys, to stay in the title hunt. "I hit it good on the front nine. I'm really happy. This golf course is hard as it's long and the greens are tough," said Ababa, who finished third in the Bii Maybank ADT Challenge in Indonesia in July. "I'm just going to enjoy the day tomorrow (today). I've won three local events on the Philippine Tour last year. But to do it tomorrow, I will need to drive the ball well ... you can't make mistakes here." Overnight leader Hong carded a 76 yesterday while local hope Akhmal returned with 73 for a 216 total. Results Leading third round scores 215: Choo Tze Huang (Sin) 71-70-74; 216: Jhonnel Ababa (Phi) 75-71-70, Akhmal Tarmizee (Mas) 70-73-73, Charles Hong (Phi) 71-69-76; 217: Peter Richardson (Eng) 75-72-70, Mitsuhiko Hashizume (Jpn) 72-74-71, S. Siva Chandhran (Mas) 72-72-73, Jeremiah Kim (Mas) 71-72-74; 218: Kenneth De Silva (Mas) 71-75-72, Sukree Othman (Mas) 72-74-72, Michael Moore (Aus) 71-74-73, Airil Rizman Zahari (Mas) 71-73-74. |
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