Grace, Finch atop leaderboard at suspended Joburg Open
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01/14/2012 -
Johannesburg, South Africa (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Branden Grace and Richard Finch
were atop the leaderboard Saturday when the third round of the Joburg Open was
suspended due to dangerous weather.
Each day of this tournament has been marred with inclement weather, though
Saturday proved to be the best of the three days at Royal Johannesburg and
Kensington Golf Club. The event is now almost on track, with the final group
having only four holes to play in the third round, which will resume at 12:30
a.m. (et) on Sunday.
After the first two rounds alternated over the East and West Courses, the
third and final rounds are played solely on the more difficult par-72 East
Course.
Grace and Finch both sit at 15-under, with Grace having three holes and Finch
having four to finish on Sunday before the final round.
George Coetzee is third at 14-under with four holes to play, while Andrew Parr
(64) and Dawie Van Der Walt (67) share the clubhouse lead at 12-under 203.
Parr and Van Der Walt are tied with Jbe Kruger in fourth; Kruger has three
holes to finish in his third round.
After the second round was completed and the cut was made at four-under 141,
it was guaranteed that a new champion would be crowned on Sunday. Charl
Schwartzel, the two-time defending champion, missed by one stroke and will not
become the sixth European Tour player to win three straight titles at the same
event.
Grace, meanwhile, has a good chance at his first European Tour title, while
Finch is gunning for his third.
Finch entered the day with 12 holes to play in his second round, and he added
a hole-in-one on the East Course's par-three 12th. He finished two rounds at
11-under and rode the momentum into the third round.
Finch began his third round with a 20-foot birdie putt at the first, but
stumbled to a bogey at the fourth. After going birdie-bogey from the sixth,
Finch chipped in for an eagle at the par-five eighth to move to 13-under.
He followed the eagle with a birdie at the ninth, and a 15-foot birdie putt at
the 13th made sure he led when play was called.
Grace finished his second round on Friday and was flawless on Saturday,
including a late surge that was halted by the weather. His front nine included
birdies at two of the par-fives, making the turn at 12-under, and he had three
consecutive birdies from the 13th to gain a share of the lead.
NOTES: A cash prize is awarded for a hole-in-one in the final round, so
Finch's ace will go unrewarded...Both of Finch's victories came in
2008...There are still 27 players left to finish the third round.
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