Long maintains control at The Cut

BY iseekgolf.com | Von Nida Tour | 2008 Western Australian PGA Championship | Round Three | 01 Nov 2008

Michael Long

(Photo: Getty Images)

A third round three-under 69 has kept Perth based New Zealander Michael Long in control of the 2008 Oceanique WA PGA Championship at The Cut Golf Club, Port Bouvard, Western Australia.

Long sits on top of the leaderboard after 54 holes at ten-under, six ahead of his nearest rival Victorian Peter Wilson (73,69,70).

New South Welshman Leigh McKechnie put himself into contention for the title heading into the final round tomorrow with a course record, eight-under 64.

Beginning the day at five-over, McKechnie produced a flawless display producing birdies on 1, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 18 and move to three-under and outright third.

Defending champion South Australian Jason Norris slid out of contetion following a disappointing day signing for a five-over, 77 to be ten back.

The final round gets underway from 9.00am local time with the final group which consists of Long, Wilson and McKechnie set to tee-off at 10.30am.

Source – PGA Australia

Top 10
AUS/NZ

Position	Score	Player	R 1	R 2	R 3	R 4	Total
1	-13	Michael Long	68	69	69	69	275
2	-10	Matthew Griffin	70	71	73	64	278
3	-9	Peter Wilson	73	69	70	67	279
T4	-5	Brad Shilton	76	67	71	69	283
T4	-5	Ryan Hammond	74	70	70	69	283
T6	-2	Michael Curtain	74	71	71	70	286
T6	-2	Michael Hendry	75	72	70	69	286
T8	-1	Leigh Mckechnie	73	76	64	74	287
T8	-1	Marcus Cain	73	76	70	68	287
T8	-1	Mark Purser	69	71	75	72	287
T11	Ev	Jason Norris	70	69	77	72	288
T11	Ev	Ryan Haller	72	73	70	73	288
T13	+1	Anthony Brown	71	72	73	73	289
T13	+1	Peter Nolan	74	73	72	70	289
15	+2	Tim Wise	75	75	69	71	290
T16	+3	Anthony Gilligan	78	72	69	72	291
T16	+3	Mathew Holten	72	73	77	69	291
T18	+4	Andrew Gott	71	73	76	72	292
T18	+4	Robert Mitchell	74	71	75	72	292
T18	+4	Simon Houston	76	73	73	70	292
T21	+5	Euan Walters	79	71	68	75	293
T21	+5	Peter Senior	70	75	75	73	293
T21	+5	Vernon Sexton-finck	72	75	70	76	293
24	+6	Chris Downes	71	74	72	77	294
T25	+7	Ben Bunny	75	72	74	74	295
T25	+7	James Nitties	75	69	72	79	295
T25	+7	Kevin Conlong	70	74	77	74	295
T25	+7	Tristan Lambert	76	74	73	72	295
T29	+8	Neil Sarkies	75	77	72	72	296
T29	+8	Ricky Schmidt	78	73	72	73	296
T31	+9	Alex Munro	80	72	68	77	297
T31	+9	Steven Balmforth	78	69	75	75	297
T33	+10	Michael Brennan	75	78	73	72	298
T33	+10	Peter Martin	72	80	74	72	298
T35	+11	Heath D'altera	75	76	70	78	299
T35	+11	Nigel Stivala	75	77	73	74	299
T35	+11	Shane Baxter	77	76	77	69	299
T35	+11	Timothy Wood	80	68	76	75	299
39	+13	Nick Dastey	75	77	74	75	301
T40	+14	Brenden Stuart	78	75	76	73	302
T40	+14	Michael Freake	78	70	77	77	302
42	+15	Adam Porker	73	74	75	81	303
T43	+16	Hamish Robertson	75	78	75	76	304
T43	+16	Jarrod Moseley	76	73	77	78	304
45	+17	David Wilson	73	77	77	78	305
T46	+19	David Diaz	74	77	77	79	307
T46	+19	Paul Donahoo	78	74	76	79	307
T46	+19	Steven Horstmann	77	76	73	81	307
T49	+20	Jarrad Roxby	77	73	77	81	308
T49	+20	Michael Foster	78	73	80	77	308
51	+21	Nick Howell	71	75	77	86	309
52	+30	Chris Gray	76	76	78	88	318
Cut +9
CUT	+10	Jason Scrivener	75	79	-	-	154
CUT	+10	Michael Montgomery	75	79	-	-	154
CUT	+11	Andrew Martin	78	77	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Paul Tuckey	81	74	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Peter Verran	79	76	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Richard Ball	80	75	-	-	155
CUT	+11	Shaun Harmer	81	74	-	-	155
CUT	+12	Aiden Bae	77	79	-	-	156
CUT	+12	Craig Tapp	80	76	-	-	156
CUT	+12	Michael Moore	81	75	-	-	156
CUT	+12	Richie Caracella	78	78	-	-	156
CUT	+12	Steven Hassett	78	78	-	-	156
CUT	+12	Tigh Van Leeuwen	78	78	-	-	156
CUT	+13	David Stein	76	81	-	-	157
CUT	+13	Jason Shine	80	77	-	-	157
CUT	+13	Michael Harwood	79	78	-	-	157
CUT	+13	Raffael Toperoso	83	74	-	-	157
CUT	+13	Rudi Bezuidenhout	80	77	-	-	157
CUT	+14	Glenn Paul	81	77	-	-	158
CUT	+14	Adrian Garnett	74	84	-	-	158
CUT	+14	Ben Wharton	79	79	-	-	158
CUT	+14	Stephen Herbert	76	82	-	-	158
CUT	+14	Tony Mills	84	74	-	-	158
CUT	+15	Benjamin Bloomfield	80	79	-	-	159
CUT	+15	James Purcell	81	78	-	-	159
CUT	+15	Kurt Carlson	84	75	-	-	159
CUT	+15	Shaun Doyle	81	78	-	-	159
CUT	+15	Tony Howell	79	80	-	-	159
CUT	+16	Michael Mcgrath	82	78	-	-	160
CUT	+16	Patrick Gibson	79	81	-	-	160
CUT	+16	Rance De Grussa	80	80	-	-	160
CUT	+16	Richard Backwell	81	79	-	-	160
CUT	+16	Scott Adland	82	78	-	-	160
CUT	+16	Timothy Cameron	81	79	-	-	160
CUT	+16	Wayne Berry	84	76	-	-	160
CUT	+17	Nathan Uebergang	83	78	-	-	161
CUT	+18	Quinton Howe	82	80	-	-	162
CUT	+18	Roland Baglin	80	82	-	-	162
CUT	+19	David Elliott	75	88	-	-	163
CUT	+19	Jonathan Lie	80	83	-	-	163
CUT	+19	Simon Furneaux	79	84	-	-	163
CUT	+20	Damian Chatterley	88	76	-	-	164
CUT	+20	Hannes Holly	84	80	-	-	164
CUT	+20	Justin Maker	79	85	-	-	164
CUT	+21	Joshua Main	88	77	-	-	165
CUT	+21	Paul Skinner	79	86	-	-	165
CUT	+21	Ryan Sander	86	79	-	-	165
CUT	+22	Travis Gregg	87	79	-	-	166
CUT	+24	Craig Grant	80	88	-	-	168
CUT	+24	Kieran Strang	91	77	-	-	168
CUT	+24	Paul Dwyer	88	80	-	-	168
CUT	+24	Toby Wilcox	87	81	-	-	168
CUT	+25	Bradley Fasher	84	85	-	-	169
CUT	+25	Mark Harrison	78	91	-	-	169
CUT	+25	Simon Defoy	83	86	-	-	169
CUT	+26	David Norris	80	90	-	-	170
CUT	+29	Richard Bridges	82	91	-	-	173
CUT	+30	John Kelly	90	84	-	-	174
CUT	+31	Simon Davies	91	84	-	-	175
CUT	+35	Gary Hardingham	94	85	-	-	179
DQ	-	Ben Doney	-	-	-	-	DQ
DQ	-	Chris Carey	78	-	-	-	DQ
DQ	-	Brody Ninyette	79	-	-	-	DQ
DQ	-	Brad Lamb	84	-	-	-	DQ