The wind was howling in the middle east desert surrounding the Doha GC on this penultimate Friday as Aberdeen's Paul Lawrie who rarely played a day without wind on Scotland's NE coast growing up, has a two-shot lead to close in on an unprecedented third Qatar Masters title.
Today he started the third round with 13 straight pars before making his first birdie on the 14th hole, then picked up another shot on the par-5 18th to finish at 2-under-par 70 -13 total while all the rest around him could not close the gap in these conditions.
He will start Saturday two ahead of Branden Grace (68) -11 with Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen (69). Sergio Garcia in his first start of the year, missed a bunch of short putts after great approach play, made a 50-foot putt for an eagle on the 18th hole to finish a disappointing of +2 74 -6..
Bryan Angus
Bryan Angus
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