Hale Irwin surges forward to share lead with Fardon<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Hale Irwin of the United States justified his
\nworld rated billing with a four-under par 68 for a 138 to surge
\nahead of the field. He shared the lead with Australian Don Fardon
\nat the halfway stage of the Sampoerna Indonesia Open at the
\nPantai Indah Kapuk yesterday.<\/p>\n
The 49-year-old Irwin, three-time winner of the U.S. Open in
\n1974, 1979 and 1990, who had carded no less than 20 PGA champion
\nin his 27 years of professional career, was two strokes ahead of
\nfellow countrymen Danny Ellis and Craig McClellan, who tied for
\nsecond place with six players.<\/p>\n
Irwin, who hit a 2-under 70 on the opening day on Wednesday,
\nopened the round with a 34 and returned to the club with an
\nidentical 34.<\/p>\n
Going into today's third round, the field of 156 golfers was
\nreduced to 72 pros who are eligible to vie for the US$250.000
\ncash prizes.<\/p>\n
The day's best scorer was Wang Ter-Chiang of Chinese Taipei
\nwho fired a brilliant five-under par 67 for a two-day total of
\n144. In the opening round however, he carded a poor five-over
\npar-77.<\/p>\n
Wang shot three birdies in the front nine and birdieing two in
\nthe back nine for a marvelous 67.<\/p>\n
The other player placed second were Singapore's rising star
\nMardan Mamat, who when still playing as amateur helped his
\ncountry in winning the Putra Cup men's team in Hong Kong in 1993.<\/p>\n
Jose Contero of Argentina, Gary Simpson of Australia, veteran
\nChinese Taipei Lu Chin Soon and Roger Wessels of South Africa
\nwere other four players bunched in second place, each with 140.<\/p>\n
Frank Nobilo, winner of last year's event, fulfilled his
\npromise to play better than his opening day, as he managed to
\novercome the heat and humidity and fired magnificent four-under
\npar 68 and was joined in the 17th placed with four golfers. He
\ntumbled to a 74 on Tuesday (rsl).<\/p>\n
Selected results
\n 138 - Hale Irwin (USA) 70 68<\/p>\n
Don Fardon (Aus) 68 70
\n 140 - Roger Wissel (RSA) 68 72<\/p>\n
Jose Cantero (Arg) 69 71<\/p>\n
Mardan Mamat (Sin) 71 69<\/p>\n
Danny Ellis (USA) 70 70<\/p>\n
Craig McClellan (USA) 70 70<\/p>\n
Gary Simpson (Aus) 69 71<\/p>\n
Lu Chen Soon (Tpe) 68 72
\n 141 - Robert Farley (Aus) 68 73<\/p>\n
Kevin Wentworth (USA) 72 69<\/p>\n
Eric Meeks (USA) 72 69<\/p>\n
Todd Hamilton (USA) 70 71<\/p>\n
Dustin Phillips (USA) 70 71<\/p>\n
Gustav Rojas (Arg) 69 72<\/p>\n
Glen Joiner (Aus) 68 73
\n 142 - Frank Nobilo (Nzl) 74 68<\/p>\n
David Podlich (Aus) 69 73<\/p>\n
Andrew Bonhomme (Aus) 73 69<\/p>\n
Greg Lesher (USA) 72 70<\/p>\n
Nico van Rensburg (RSA) 70 72<\/p>\n
Stephen Leaney (Aus) 69 73<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/hale-irwin-surges-forward-to-share-lead-with-fardon-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }