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Friday, November 06, 2009

United States lead by 11 from England,

Scotland remain in 17th place

Fog delayed the start of the third day in The Spirit International better-ball team tournament at Whispering Pines Golf Club, Texas.
At the end of it, United States (Jordan Spieth, Ben Martin, Jennifer Johnson and Alexis Thompson) had gone 11 shots clear of England at the top of the leaderboard.
Scotland remained in 17th place in the field of 20 countries.
Kylie Walker and Louise Kenney combined for their first sub-par score of 70 while Mark Bookless and Paul Shields' better-ball score only matched the par of 72.
Scotland's team total after 54 holes is level par 432 over a par-72 course. Walker and Kenney have scored 72, 73 and 70 for one-under-par 215.
Bookless and Shields have scored 70, 75 and 72 for one-over-par 217.
Meanwhile, England have been doing well but not quite well enough to dislodge United States from the leadership.
Rachel Jennings and Holly Clyburn had a very good better-ball third round of 68 while England's male representatives, Matt Haines and Stiggy Hodgson did even better, marking up a better-ball of 66 - showing the true potential of better-ball scoring.

THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 432
394 UNITED STATES 134 129 131 (Jordan Spieth & Ben Martin 68 65 65 for 198; Jennifer Johnson & Alexis Thompson 66 64 66 for 196).
405 ENGLAND 136 135 135 (Matt Haines & Stiggy Hodgson 71 64 66 for 201; Rachel Jennings & Holly Clyburn 65 71 68 for 204).
406 SOUTH KOREA.
410 CHINESE TAIPEI
411 ARGENTINA.
413 COLOMBIA, GERMANY.
416 FRANCE, ITALY.
418 CANADA, SWEDEN.
420 SOUTH AFRICA.
421 BELGIUM.
425 AUSTRALIA.
430 NORWAY.
432 SCOTLAND 142 148 142 (Mark Bookless & Paul Shields 70 75 72 for 217; Kylie Walker & Louise Kenney 72 73 70 for 215).
438 CZECH REPUBLIC, PHILIPPINES.
446 MEXICO.

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