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Sentosa, Singapore: China’s Liang Wen-chong broke through the fatigue barrier by carding a four-under-par 67 to snatch the clubhouse lead before the third round of the SMBC Singapore Open was suspended due to darkness on Saturday.<\/p>\nSentosa, Singapore: China’s Liang Wen-chong broke through the fatigue barrier by carding a four-under-par 67 to snatch the clubhouse lead before the third round of the SMBC Singapore Open was suspended due to darkness on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Liang played a marathon 31 holes at the Serapong Course, Sentosa Golf Club after inclement weather during the first two rounds had led to lengthy delays at the US$1 million event which is sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO).<\/p>\n
Second round leader Song Younghan of Korea mixed two birdies against two bogey to be on nine-under through 13 holes while world number Jordan Spieth remained in contention at six-under with two holes left to play.<\/p>\n
A total of 15 players will return at 7.30am to complete their third round with the final round scheduled to commence at 8.20am with no re-draw.<\/p>\n
Liang, the 2007 Asian Tour Order of Merit champion, returned early in the morning to complete 13 holes from his second round where he signed for a flawless 67.<\/p>\n
After a quick lunch break, the Chinese was back at the starting tee again.<\/p>\n
He charged out of the blocks quickly with three birdies in his opening four holes but dropped a shot on the fifth.<\/p>\n
Liang then struggled to keep his focus but was eventually rewarded with two more birdies in his last three holes.<\/p>\n
“I played 31 holes today and to be honest, I was feeling tired towards the end of the round. I’m happy I managed to birdie 16 and 18 coming in as those birdies gave me that much-needed confidence boost for tomorrow,” said Liang, who signed for a three-day total of eight-under-par 205.<\/p>\n
“I started off really well with three birdies in first four holes but dropped a bogey on the fifth. After that, I couldn’t find those birdie opportunities and was glad they finally came again on 16 and 18. I’ll try my best tomorrow,” added Liang.<\/p>\n
Despite having to endure a long wait, Song believes he can still surmount a challenge to win the SMBC Singapore Open title.<\/p>\n
“It did not help me that much not having played this morning as I had to wait about a long time for my tee off. I have had many second place finishes in Japan and Korea but I do not think that will affect me (mentally) tomorrow. It would be great to win here and that’s my aim.”<\/p>\n
Leading scores after round 3 of the SMBC Singapore Open being played at the par 71, 7398 Yards Sentosa GC course (am – denotes amateur): <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Liang played a marathon 31 holes at the Serapong Course, Sentosa Golf Club after inclement weather during the first two rounds had led to lengthy delays at the US$1 million event which is sanctioned by the Asian Tour and Japan Golf Tour Organisation (JGTO).<\/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":[12943,12187,3481,13065,14167],"class_list":["post-25421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world-golf-news","tag-golf-news","tag-jordan-spieth","tag-liang-wen-chong","tag-smbc-singapore-open","tag-song-younghan"],"yoast_head":"\n
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205 – LIANG Wen-chong (CHN) 71-67-67.
207 – Jeunghun WANG (KOR) 73-67-67, LEE Won-joon (AUS) 71-69-67, Akio SADAKATA (JPN) 70-71-66.
208 – Berry HENSON (USA) 66-73-69, Jinho CHOI (KOR) 69-69-70, Brett MUNSON (USA) 71-67-70.
209 – Sam BRAZEL (AUS) 72-67-70.
210 – Daisuke KATAOKA (JPN) 72-68-70, Soomin LEE (KOR) 70-70-70, Masahiro KAWAMURA (JPN) 70-70-70, Yoshinori FUJIMOTO (JPN) 74-68-68, Chapchai NIRAT (THA) 69-70-71, Yuta IKEDA (JPN) 70-69-71, Yusaku MIYAZATO (JPN) 71-68-71.<\/p>\nSentosa, Singapore: China’s Liang Wen-chong broke through the fatigue barrier by carding a four-under-par 67 to snatch the clubhouse lead before the third round of the SMBC Singapore Open was suspended due to darkness on Saturday.<\/p>\n