Saturday, June 27, 2009

Goosen holds two-shot Munich lead

THIRD ROUND LEADERBOARD: (GB & Ire unless stated)
-17 R Goosen (SA) -15 B Langer (Ger) -12 D Drysdale, N Dougherty -13 S Kjeldsen (Den), J Kingston (SA) -12 G Storm, P Broadhurst
Selected others: -10 D Willett -9 B Dredge, R McIlroy -3 C Montgomerie

Retief Goosen
Goosen has led the Munich event since an opening round of 64

Retief Goosen holds a two-shot lead going into the final round of the BMW International Open in Munich after carding a five-under 67 on Saturday.

The South African's closest challenger is German Bernhard Langer, whose seven-under 65 took him to 15 under overall.

Also in close contention are British duo Nick Dougherty and David Drysdale on 14 under after rounds of 68.

England's Graeme Storm carded the round of the day with an eight-under 64 to leave him joint-seventh on 12 under.

Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy, 10th in the US Open on Monday, will enter the final day joint 15th on nine under following a 69.

This is as close as I could get to winning at home and it would mean a lot

Bernhard Langer

Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie fired a hole-in-one on the par-three 8th - a record ninth Tour ace for the Scotsman - but it was not enough to prevent him dropping two places on the leaderboard to joint 58th after a round of 72.

"It was the only good shot I hit all day," said Montgomerie. "It looked good all the way, but I played rubbish apart from that. I never made a birdie, which is terrible."

Goosen, who has led since his opening 64 on Thursday, should probably be going into the final round holding an greater lead.

He missed a putt of barely a foot on the long sixth and drove into water for a closing bogey six.

"The ball went straight right off the club face," said Goosen. "The greens are pretty soft and there are a lot of footprints around."

In contrast, 51-year-old Langer barely put a foot wrong in his first event in Europe for over nine months, hitting seven birdies.

606: DEBATE
Can Goosen be caught?

The only worrying moment of his round came on the 16th where he drove into the trees on the reachable par four and then chipped far too strongly but salvaged a birdie courtesy of a stunning 70-foot putt.

If Langer does succeed he will become the oldest winner in European Tour history.

"This is as close as I could get to winning at home and it would mean a lot," said Langer.

"I'm at a stage where I just want to enjoy my golf. I don't want to grind any more and I don't have anything to prove - I've been very blessed."

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