Leading pair well clear of challengers in Jakarta
Englishman Simon Dyson and Australian Andrew Buckle hold a three-shot lead over the field after round three of the Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open.
The pair ended play on 15 under with clear air between them and their nearest challenger Wang Ter-chang, of Taiwan.
Dyson shot a 67 after striding away from the chasing pack in his first four holes, starting with an eagle and then adding two birdies to his tally.
He dropped only his second shot in three days at the ninth to cut his lead in half as Buckle emerged as the Yorkshireman’s biggest threat, ultimately shooting a skilled 65.
Three straight birdies for Buckle gave him the start he was after and by the time he sank a sixth birdie of the round at the 16th, he was level with Dyson.
A further birdie at 17 pushed him into the outright lead, but his opponent responded with a birdie at the same hole, to tie the scores at the top overnight.
Wang’s round began with an eagle at the first, but he was not to pick up another shot until the 15th, which cancelled out the bogey he recorded at the third hole.
His was a round of missed opportunities, with a number of holes presenting birdie opportunities he was to squander.
Bad light might have stopped play last night, but there was no stopping Stephen Dodd early on and his birdie blitz in the conclusion of round two had given him a two-stroke advantage going into the third day’s play.
But it looked as if he had used all his birdies up en route to that 63 when he failed to have picked up a shot after six holes, dropping two in the process.
Dodd managed to break his duck with a birdie at the seventh, then promptly undid his good work by taking a four at the next to stay at 10 under.
A brilliant 25ft putt ensured the 14th was no worse than a bogey, but the Welshman displayed his anger by hurling the ball into the rough. A birdie at the 17th dragged him back onto the coat-tails of the leaders at 10 under.
There he was joined by David Higgins, who jointly led after round one, the Irishman putting in another solid round of 69.
He rued the two bogeys collected on the front nine, but he still shot five birdies, to leave himself with a chance of making a winning return to the main Tour after a year trying to get his card back.
Thongchai Jaidee, of Thailand, enjoyed another day of ups and downs. Having started with two birdies, he went on to make just one more, dropping two shots on the back nine.
The first, at the 10th, was a routine putt which slid past the hole and the other, at the 14th, was the result of a wayward teeshot that found the trees, with Jaidee unable to salvage par.
Shiv Kapur, of India, will also tee off at 10 under after a superb six under par round of 66 in which he did not drop a shot.
