RENO, Aug 3 — Former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy picked up 12 points yesterday to take a three-point lead after three rounds of the US PGA Tour’s Reno tournament.
In the event using the Modified Stableford scoring system Ogilvy—who started the day three points behind overnight leader Nick Watney—took his total to 35 points.
Watney notched six points yesterday to fall into a tie for second with Jason Allred, who nabbed 14.
Players gain eight points for double eagles, five for eagles, two for birdies and zero for pars and are docked one point for bogeys and three points for double bogeys or worse.
John Mallinger’s 19 points yesterday set a single-day tournament record and catapulted him into a tie for fifth on 28 points.
Mallinger boosted his tally with a hole-in-one eagle at the par-three 11th and also had seven birdies.
Ogilvy birdied the last, where he got up and down from a greenside bunker.
The Aussie, who won the US Open in 2006, finished the day with seven birdies and two bogeys.
Ogilvy is playing in the tournament at Montreaux Golf and Country Club for just the third time and the first since 2002 after failing to earn a spot in the field for the World Golf Championships Bridgestone Invitational in Akron, Ohio.
In 20 PGA Tour starts before this week, Ogilvy has collected two top-25 finishes in 11 made cuts and remains in search of his season’s first top 10.
He notched the last of his seven US tour wins at in 2010. — AFP
