Third round still not completed
Updated: March 26, 2005, 9:00 PM ET
Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Frankie Minoza was 8 under through 14 holes Saturday in the rain-suspended third round of the Indonesia Open, leaving the 45-year-old Filipino star just a stroke out of the lead and in position to take a run at a 59.
Minoza, the 1986 and 1990 winner, needs to play the final four holes in 3 under Sunday morning to become the first player to break 60 on the PGA European Tour and Asian Tour. However, a sub-60 round would not count in the record books because players were allowed to lift, clean and place their balls in the fairways.
Minoza chipped in from 30 yards for an eagle on the par-5 ninth and also had eight birdies and a bogey to reach 14 under. Thailand's Thaworn Wiratchant was the leader at 15 under with nine holes remaining in his third round.
Minoza will resume play Sunday with a 15-foot birdie putt on the 15th green.
"This place seems to like me. I'm surprised," Minoza said. "My putter was good. One more day to go and anything can happen. The delays are making all of us very tired though. I was up before 5am today to complete six holes of round two. Then there the long delays but I just kept busy by practicing my short game when possible."
Thaworn waited nearly six hours before teeing off Saturday.
"The weather delays are not good at all," he said. "Now, I'll have to prepare myself for a 27-hole session, but it's good to still be leading."
Thailand's Jaidee Thongchai, Belgium's Nicolas Colsaerts and Singapore's Mardan Mamat joined Minoza at 14 under. Jaidee finished 11 holes, and Colsaerts and Mamat played nine. Scotland's Colin Montgomerie was nine strokes out of the lead at 6 under with four holes left in the round.
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press
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