Jakarta: Padraig Harrington of Ireland held a commanding five-shot lead at the weather interrupted BANK BRI Indonesia Open before the third round was abandoned on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The three-time Major winner was 16-under through 13 holes before play was called off at the Damai Indah Golf, PIK course. He will return on Sunday at 6.40am alongside 44 other players to complete the round.<\/p>\n
Playing in the same group as Harrington, Australia\u2019s Nathan Holman was a distant five shots back while co-overnight leader Thanyakon Khrongpha of Thailand struggled with his driver and was 10-under through 13 holes.<\/p>\n
Local hope George Gandranata continued his fine run at the US$750,000 Asian Tour event where he sits on eight-under after playing 16 holes.<\/p>\n
Harrington, who is aiming to win his first title since 2012, hopes to stay positive as he prepares for a 23-hole marathon finale on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was doing nicely. I got a good start and holed a couple of putts at the right time. I didn\u2019t do too many mistakes but it is always difficult when you have the lead. You are a little bit cautious and it is something which I have to deal with.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe last thing I want to do is go out there and be negative because that gives the rest of the field a chance. It is an awkward position to be in. It is never easy to lead. It is always easy to chase,\u201d said Harrington, who marked his card with four birdies.<\/p>\n
Holman struggled to repeat his second round heroics where he posted a brilliant 63. The Australian needs a huge result this week to have a chance of retaining his Asian Tour card for the 2015 season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t have real momentum going. The suspension didn\u2019t really affect anything. Obviously you can learn quite a bit from Padraig Harrington and it has been really nice playing with him. Hope to get a good night\u2019s sleep and see what happens tomorrow,\u201d said Holman, ranked 95th on the Merit list.<\/p>\n
Thanyakon, who is chasing for a first Asian Tour win, rued poor tee shots as he stumbled to four bogeys against two birdies. He gave himself a lifeline when he birdied the 13th hole before play was called off for the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was hitting my driver to the left today. It was very disappointing and I couldn\u2019t recover from that. It really hurt my score. I was also struggling to judge the speed of the greens. Hopefully I can bounce back,\u201d said the 24-year-old Thai.<\/p>\n
Scores after round 3 of the Bank BRI Indonesia Open being played at the par 71, 7100 Yards Damai Indah GC course (a- denotes amateur):<\/strong><\/p>\n Padraig HARRINGTON (IRE) \u2013 16-under Through 13 holes. Completed scores:<\/strong><\/p>\n 206 – David LIPSKY (USA) 72-68-66, Anirban LAHIRI (IND) 74-66-66. Jakarta: Padraig Harrington of Ireland held a commanding five-shot lead at the weather interrupted BANK BRI Indonesia Open before the third round was abandoned on Saturday.<\/p>\n The three-time Major winner was 16-under through 13 holes before play was called off at the Damai Indah Golf, PIK course. He will return on Sunday at 6.40am alongside 44 other players to complete the round.<\/p>\n Playing in the same group as Harrington, Australia\u2019s Nathan Holman was a distant five shots back while co-overnight leader Thanyakon Khrongpha of Thailand struggled with his driver and was 10-under through 13 holes.<\/p>\n Local hope George Gandranata continued his fine run at the US$750,000 Asian Tour event where he sits on eight-under after playing 16 holes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
Nathan HOLMAN (AUS) \u2013 11-under Through 13 holes.
Thanyakon KHRONGPHA (THA) \u2013 10-under Through 13 holes.
George Gandranata (INA) \u2013 8-under Through 16 holes
Scott BARR (AUS) – 8-under Through 15 holes<\/p>\n
207 – Sattaya SUPUPRAMAI (THA) 73-67-67, S.S.P CHOWRASIA (IND) 68-71-68.
208 – Andrew DODT (AUS) 70-69-69.
209 – Chinnarat PHADUNGSIL (THA) 73-68-68.
210 – Chapchai NIRAT (THA) 72-69-69.
211 – Berry HENSON (USA) 72-69-70, Mithun PERERA (SRI) 69-71-71, Chiragh KUMAR (IND) 71-70-70, MO Joong-kyung (KOR) 69-70-72.
212 – Jake HIGGINBOTTOM (AUS) 71-69-72, Panuwat MUENLEK (THA) 71-69-72, Unho PARK (AUS) 71-70-71, Tirawat KAEWSIRIBANDIT (THA) 73-66-73, Masahiro KAWAMURA (JPN) 70-71-71, Chawalit PLAPHOL (THA) 72-69-71, Arjun ATWAL (IND) 67-72-73.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"