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Australians share top of busy leaderboard as stars play away
Australians Gavin Coles and Nick Flanagan, both gunning for a first US PGA Tour win, shared the lead going into today's final round of the US Bank Championship.
- Reuters
- Published: 00:05 July 21, 2008
Chicago & Los Angeles: Australians Gavin Coles and Nick Flanagan, both gunning for a first US PGA Tour win, shared the lead going into today's final round of the US Bank Championship.
Coles shot 68 and Flanagan registered a one-under-par 69 in yesterday's third round to stand on 11-under-par 199 for a one-stroke lead over four players on a tightly-bunched leaderboard.
Canadian Jon Mills fired a 64 for 200, a total he shared with Sweden's Richard Johnson (70), the overnight co-leader, and Americans George McNeill (66) and Ken Duke (68).
Twenty-one players were within three shots of the lead, leading to a wide-open race for the title at a tournament missing most of golf's stars who are at the British Open.
Seven players among the top 10 were looking for their first Tour wins, including Mills, Duke and Johnson.
Coles, 39, bounced back after bogeys on the first two holes, parring out the rest of the front nine and posting four birdies on the homeward half to grab a share of the lead.
Frustrating mistake
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Michelle Wie was disqualified following yesterday's third round of the LPGA State Farm Classic due to an infraction in signing her scorecard for the second round on Friday.
Wie had just carded a third round of 67 that left her a shot off the lead when she was notified of the error. "It's really unfortunate. I don't know what happened ...but I forgot to sign the scorecard," Wie said.
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