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LEADERBOARD (Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70)
196– Andres Romero (Arg) 69 61 66;
197– Wade Ormsby (Aus) 66 64 67;
198– Tommy Fleetwood 65 65 68, Gavin Green (Mal) 65 64 69;
199– Rory McIlroy 67 63 69, Kalle Samooja (Fin) 66 71 62, Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa) 67 67 65, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 64 68 67;
200 – Sebastian Soderberg (Swe) 64 70 66, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 66 68 66, Matthias Schwab (Aut) 63 67 70, Renato Paratore (Ita) 67 66 67;
201 – Nino Bertasio (Ita) 66 70 65; 202 – Victor Dubuisson (Fra) 69 69 64, Mike Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 63 72 67, Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 67 66 69, Alexander Bjork (Swe) 67 68 67, David Horsey 69 67 66, Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa) 65 69 68, Scott Jamieson 70 65 67;
203 – Adri Arnaus (Spa) 66 67 70, Ross Fisher 68 70 65, Eddie Pepperell 70 66 67, Sean Crocker (USA) 68 67 68, Hideto Tanihara (Jpn) 66 66 71, Lee Westwood 67 72 64.
▪ Magnus P Atlevi and Phillip Price are set for a final-day battle at Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel and Country Club as they share the lead on nineunder-par following yesterday’s day two of The Sinclair Invitational.
Atlevi posted a five-under-par round of 67 and joined Price at the top of the leaderboard thanks to a birdie on the 18th hole, after the Welshman had carded a bogey-free 68 to set the pace earlier in the day.
It is unlikely to be a two-horse race today, however, with Price’s countryman Stephen Dodd and English duo Gary Evans and Paul Streeter just a shot behind on eight-under-par.
Atlevi’s five-under-par 67 was the joint low round of the day with Denmark’s Steen Tinning as he navigated his way into the red numbers to reach four-under-par.