Date: May 03, 2008
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Aussies well off the pace

The Australian contingent is well off the pace heading into the final round of the Maekyung Open in Korea. After an excellent third round of 69, Neven Basic is the leading Australian at one-over, but he trails overnight leader Seung-yul Noh by 10 shots. Noh fired a third round of 68 and will take a two-stroke lead into the final round. In a Korean dominated leaderboard, Sang-moon Bae, Kyung-tae Kim and Do-hoon Kim are in equal second place at seven-under, while another Korean, Wi-joong Kim is in outright fifth place at six-under. Of the other Australians, Unho Park and Mitchell Brown are tied for 39th at two-over, while compatriots Adam Groom and Michael Wright are a further three shots adrift in a share of 54th place. Scott Hend (six-over) and Ashley Hall (eight-over) round out the Australian contingent. Scores after the third round of the Maekyung Open: -9: NOH Seung-yul (KOR) 69 70 68 -7: KIM Kyung-tae (KOR) 69 71 69, KIM Do-hoon III (KOR) 70 70 69, BAE Sang-moon (KOR) 71 68 70 -6: KIM Wi-joong (KOR) 72 70 68 -5: PARK Sung-kook (KOR) 69 70 72, HWANG In-choon (KOR) 71 67 73, JUN Tae-hyun (KOR) 70 68 73 -4: Chris RILEY (USA) 71 72 69, KANG Mo-hoon (KOR) 77 65 70, KANG Ji-man (KOR) 67 72 73 -3: KIM Hye-dong (KOR) 77 69 67, KIM Bi-o (KOR) 72 69 72, LEE Jin-won (KOR) 69 72 72 -2: KANG Sung-hoon (KOR) 73 68 73 -1: KANG Kyung-nam (KOR) 77 69 69, CHOI Gwang-soo (KOR) 76 71 68, KIM Sang-ki (KOR) 73 72 70, LEE Tae-hee (KOR) 72 73 70, PARK Jun-won (KOR) 75 70 70, KIM Hyung-tae (KOR) 72 72 71, LEE Boo-young (KOR) 71 73 71, LU Wei-chih (TPE) 72 75 68 Also +1: Neven BASIC (Australia) 73 75 69 +2: Unho PARK (Australia) 77 70 71, Eddie LEE (NZ) 72 72 74, Mitchell BROWN (Australia) 71 72 75 +5: Adam GROOM (Australia) 74 73 74, Michael WRIGHT (Australia) 73 75 73 +6: Scott HEND (Australia) 76 67 79 +8: Ashley HALL (Australia) 73 74 77