Ali keeps lead with 73

30/11/1997

ALI Kadir shot a one-over 73 to retain his lead in the RM150,000 PGA
Closed Championships after the third round at the Saujana Golf and Coutry
Club yesterday.
Ali, one of the top pros in Malaysia, had a total of 217 and holds a
one-stroke lead over Rashid Ismail, who returned a par 72, the lowest
score of the day.
Ali started on a high and by the fifth hole, he was two-under, having
birdied the fourth and fifth. He parred the next three holes before
dropping a stroke on the ninth.
Rashid played a steady round and secured birdies on the third and 16th
holes but dropped strokes on the sixth and 14th.
Saifubari Muda returned a 74 and sits comfortably in third spot. He had
an even-par front nine, dropping a stroke on the sixth and picking a
birdie on the ninth.
He, however, bogeyed the 10th and 17th.
P. Gunasegaran, Nazamuddin Yusuf and Jamaluddin Bador are in joint
fourth with a three-day total of 221.
LEADING 3rd rd scores - 217 Ali Kadir 74-70-73; 218 Rashid Ismail 73-73-
72; 219 Shaifubari Muda 75-70-74; 221 Jamaluddin Bador 74-73-74, P.
Gunasegaran 72-75-74, Nazamuddin Yusuf 73-73-75.
223 Wong Hung Nung 74-76-73; 225 A. Anthonysamy 79-68-78; 226 Mohamed
Din 74-76-76; 227 M. Ramayah 77-76-74, Ahmad Jamil 75-75-77; 229 Malkit
Singh 79-77-73, Danny Chia 74-78-77, Zamri Shariff (Am) 76-73-80.
230 Mohamed Tahir 75-80-75, S. Murthy 78-75-77; 231 Rosdi Ramli 77-79-
75; Baldev Singh 80-75-76; 232 Suresh Kumar 71-83-78; 233 Mohamed Rusli
78-76-79, Abang Khalifah (Am) 77-74-78; 234 Rosni Wan Chik 79-78-77, Abdul
Rahim 80-74-80.
235 Shahizul Ahmad 80-77-78, Lawrence Lau 78-77-80, V. Gunalan 74-81-80,
Tan Boon Seng 75-87-82; 236 Samsuddin Ramli 79-78-79, Johnny Wong 74-83-
79, C.M. Chong 79-76-81; 237 Sulaiman Ibrahim 79-79-79, Roslan Idris 80-
77-80, Idris Majid 77-80-80, A. Ramachandran 79-77-81, Nor Azhar 79-74-84.
238 Tamilchelvam 79-78-81, James Woon 75-79-84; 239 Ahmad Hambali 82-74-
83; 240 Khamis Jalil 79-79-82, Arumugasamy 80-76-80, Jason Yong (Am) 76-
80-74, Ruddin Wan Chik 78-76-86.
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