Golf
Jimenez leads despite lapse
2010-09-04 17:33
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Miguel Angel Jimenez (AFP)
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Crans-Sur-Sierre - Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez stretched his lead to four shots after he produced a 4-under third round 67 to reach 18-under in the European Masters on Saturday.
However, his advantage over the Italian Edoardo Molinari, in second place after a 68, could have been five shots but for a momentary lapse of concentration in the thin mountain air of the Swiss Alps.
Standing on the 10th fairway, Jimenez bent down and marked his ball thinking preferred lies were in operation, and when he realised his mistake he had to call a one-shot penalty on himself.
At the time Jimenez was four under par for his round and two more bogeys followed in the next three holes, but he regained his composure to pick up two birdies in the closing three holes.
Leading third round scores:
196 Miguel Angel
Jimenez (Spain) 67 61 68
199 Edoardo Molinari (Italy) 66 65 68
200
Steve Webster (Britain) 66 70 64
Matteo Manassero (Italy) 64 67 69
203 Rafael Echenique (Argentina) 69 69 65
Oliver Wilson (Britain) 68 68 67
204 Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 72 69 63
Nino Bertasio (Italy) 70 68 66
Thomas Aiken (South Africa) 70 68 66
Robert Coles (Britain) 66 71 67
Noh Seung-Yul (South Korea) 71 66 67
Pablo Martin (Spain) 70 67 67
Anthony Wall (Britain) 67 68 69
Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 68 66 70
205 John Parry (Britain) 70 68 67
Darren Clarke (Britain) 67 70 68
David Dixon (Britain) 67 69 69
Robert-Jan Derksen (Netherlands) 67 68 70
206 Marc Warren (Britain) 69 69 68
Marcus Fraser (Australia) 69 69 68
Chris Wood (Britain) 69 69 68
Rick Kulacz (Australia) 66 72 68
Rafael Cabrera (Spain) 72 66 68
Phillip Price (Britain) 68 68 70
David Drysdale (Britain) 66 70 70
207 Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 71 70 66
Adam Blyth (Australia) 71 70 66
Mikko Ilonen (Finland) 65 67 75
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