Golf | Dredge leads tight pack at Irish Open

Dredge leads tight pack at Irish Open

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ADARE, Ireland — Bradley Dredge had seven birdies in a 6-under 66 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after the third round of the Irish Open.

Dredge, who lost to Padraig Harrington in a playoff here last year, overcame a slow start by making six birdies over the last 10 holes to sit at 9-under 207. Richard Finch, who won the New Zealand Open in December, was one shot back after a 65.

Lee Westwood had a tournament-best 64 and held third place, one ahead of David Frost (66), Felipe Aguilar (67) and Robert Karlsson (69).

Darren Clarke got into contention by making four birdies in five holes on the back nine, leaving him two off the lead, but ended with a triple-bogey eight on the last hole for a 72. He was tied for 17th with Harrington, who had a 70 to sit six strokes off the lead.

Halfway leader Michael Lorenzo-Vera faded with a 75 and dropped to a tie for 23rd.

Scores with relation to par from the third round of the Irish Open, played May 17 at the par-72, 7,453-yard Adare (Ireland) Manor Hotel and Golf Resort (Note: a-amateur):

1. Bradley Dredge	68-73-66--207		-9
2. Richard Finch	71-72-65--208		-8
3. Lee Westwood	75-70-64--209		-7
4. Felipe Aguilar	71-72-67--210		-6
4. David Frost	74-70-66--210		-6
4. Robert Karlsson	71-70-69--210		-6
7. Ross Fisher	74-68-69--211		-5
7. Mikko Ilonen	77-66-68--211		-5
9. Stephen Gallacher	73-71-68--212		-4
9. Gregory Havret	77-70-65--212		-4
9. Lee S James	69-73-70--212		-4
9. James Kingston	75-68-69--212		-4
9. Rory McIlroy	70-72-70--212		-4
9. Gary Murphy	74-70-68--212		-4
9. Alvaro Quiros Garcia	72-72-68--212		-4
9. Anthony Wall	72-70-70--212		-4
17. Darren Clarke	72-69-72--213		-3
17. Padraig Harrington	72-71-70--213		-3
17. Pablo Larrazabal	70-70-73--213		-3
17. Michael Lorenzo-Vera	68-70-75--213		-3
17. Jarmo Sandelin	76-66-71--213		-3
17. Alvaro Velasco	69-72-72--213		-3
23. Johan Edfors	68-73-73--214		-2
23. Maarten Lafeber	71-71-72--214		-2
23. Steven O'Hara	74-68-72--214		-2
23. Peter O'Malley	70-73-71--214		-2
23. Marcel Siem	68-71-75--214		-2
28. Paul Broadhurst	73-74-68--215		-1
28. Richard Green	66-74-75--215		-1
28. Martin Kaymer	77-68-70--215		-1
28. Paul Mcginley	73-69-73--215		-1
28. Edoardo Molinari	70-73-72--215		-1
33. Martin Erlandsson	73-73-70--216		E
33. Oliver Fisher	72-75-69--216		E
33. Jean Van De Velde	74-70-72--216		E
36. Thomas Aiken	75-69-73--217	+	1
36. Peter Baker	72-69-76--217	+	1
36. Alejandro Canizares	72-72-73--217	+	1
36. François Delamontagne	73-72-72--217	+	1
36. Peter Hedblom	77-69-71--217	+	1
36. Colin Montgomerie	75-69-73--217	+	1
36. Louis Oosthuizen	72-73-72--217	+	1
36. Gary Orr	71-73-73--217	+	1
36. Jeev Milkha Singh	66-76-75--217	+	1
36. Julio Zapata	72-73-72--217	+	1
46. Alastair Forsyth	71-72-75--218	+	2
46. Barry Lane	73-72-73--218	+	2
46. Peter Lawrie	71-75-72--218	+	2
46. Oliver Wilson	74-73-71--218	+	2
50. John Bickerton	72-70-77--219	+	3
50. Luis Claverie	73-73-73--219	+	3
50. Steven Jeppesen	74-72-73--219	+	3
50. Stuart Manley	71-72-76--219	+	3
50. Scott Strange	71-74-74--219	+	3
55. Stephen Dodd	74-71-75--220	+	4
55. Simon Khan	71-74-75--220	+	4
55. Jose Manuel Lara	71-74-75--220	+	4
55. Ross McGowan	74-71-75--220	+	4
59. Soren Kjeldsen	70-77-74--221	+	5
59. Pedro Linhart	71-76-74--221	+	5
59. Ulrich Van Den Berg	71-75-75--221	+	5
59. Paul Waring	76-70-75--221	+	5
63. Peter Hanson	74-73-75--222	+	6
64. Emanuele Canonica	72-74-77--223	+	7
64. Mikael Lundberg	73-74-76--223	+	7
66. Benoit Teilleria	75-72-77--224	+	8
67. David Drysdale	74-72-79--225	+	9
67. Matthew Millar	73-73-79--225	+	9
• • •
Missed the cut
69. Magnus A. Carlsson	73-75--148	+	4
69. Christian Cevaer	75-73--148	+	4
69. S.S.P. Chowrasia	69-79--148	+	4
69. Scott Drummond	74-74--148	+	4
69. David Howell	75-73--148	+	4
69. Shiv Kapur	72-76--148	+	4
69. Damien McGrane	76-72--148	+	4
69. Robert Rock	77-71--148	+	4
69. Daniel Vancsik	74-74--148	+	4
69. Peter Whiteford	75-73--148	+	4
79. Phillip Archer	78-71--149	+	5
79. David Carter	76-73--149	+	5
79. David Dixon	79-70--149	+	5
79. Rafa Echenique	74-75--149	+	5
79. Pelle Edberg	75-74--149	+	5
79. Anton Haig	73-76--149	+	5
79. Jean-Francois Lucquin	76-73--149	+	5
79. Graeme Mcdowell	74-75--149	+	5
79. Francesco Molinari	74-75--149	+	5
79. Charl Schwartzel	78-71--149	+	5
79. Carl Suneson	71-78--149	+	5
79. Paolo Terreni	74-75--149	+	5
91. Fredrik Andersson Hed	77-73--150	+	6
91. Sion E. Bebb	75-75--150	+	6
91. Mark Brown	74-76--150	+	6
91. Jamie Donaldson	72-78--150	+	6
91. Simon Dyson	76-74--150	+	6
91. Marcus Fraser	70-80--150	+	6
91. Robert Giles	78-72--150	+	6
91. Sam Little	74-76--150	+	6
91. Damian Mooney	75-75--150	+	6
91. a-Pat Murray	76-74--150	+	6
91. Sven Struver	76-74--150	+	6
91. Mads Vibe-Hastrup	74-76--150	+	6
91. Leif Westerberg	75-75--150	+	6
104. Joakim Backstrom	79-72--151	+	7
104. Benn Barham	77-74--151	+	7
104. Richard Bland	80-71--151	+	7
104. Ariel Canete	76-75--151	+	7
104. Mark Foster	73-78--151	+	7
104. David Griffiths	81-70--151	+	7
104. Michael Hoey	74-77--151	+	7
104. Garry Houston	75-76--151	+	7
104. Jyoti Randhawa	76-75--151	+	7
104. Zane Scotland	77-74--151	+	7
104. Mark Staunton	77-74--151	+	7
104. Martin Wiegele	84-67--151	+	7
116. Jean-Baptiste Gonnet	74-78--152	+	8
116. James Kamte	78-74--152	+	8
116. Jan-Are Larsen	76-76--152	+	8
116. Colm Moriarty	72-80--152	+	8
116. Christian Nilsson	76-76--152	+	8
116. Iain Pyman	81-71--152	+	8
116. Marc Warren	78-74--152	+	8
116. Fabrizio Zanotti	78-74--152	+	8
124. Juan Abbate	78-75--153	+	9
124. Ian Garbutt	77-76--153	+	9
124. Paul Lawrie	76-77--153	+	9
124. Jose-Filipe Lima	76-77--153	+	9
124. Andrew McLardy	75-78--153	+	9
124. Alan McLean	74-79--153	+	9
124. David Park	74-79--153	+	9
124. Patrik Sjoland	78-75--153	+	9
124. Sam Walker	79-74--153	+	9
133. Ricardo Gonzalez	80-74--154	+	10
133. Pablo Martin	80-74--154	+	10
133. Florian Praegant	78-76--154	+	10
133. Phillip Price	78-76--154	+	10
133. Carlos Rodiles	78-76--154	+	10
133. Simon Wakefield	75-79--154	+	10
139. Lee Slattery	81-74--155	+	11
140. Robert Dinwiddie	76-80--156	+	12
140. Peter Fowler	81-75--156	+	12
140. David Higgins	80-76--156	+	12
140. Craig Lee	77-79--156	+	12
140. Brendan McGovern	79-77--156	+	12
145. Peter Martin	76-81--157	+	13
145. Gareth Paddison	83-74--157	+	13
147. David Horsey	81-77--158	+	14
147. Peter O'Keeffe	79-79--158	+	14
147. Marco Soffietti	80-78--158	+	14
150. Glen Robinson	80-79--159	+	15
150. Leslie Walker	80-79--159	+	15
152. Philip Golding	78-83--161	+	17
153. Michael Lavelle	81-81--162	+	18
154. Tom Whitehouse	84-80--164	+	20
155. Eamonn Brady	85-80--165	+	21
155. Kyron Sullivan	80-85--165	+	21

Posted: 5/17/2008

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