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Choi lying tied ninth going into last round

Korea’s Choi Kyung-ju continued to rise when he fired a five-under-par 66 in joint ninth place at the Nissan Open on Saturday.

Choi carded two birdies against a lone bogey on the front nine but he conquered the final nine holes with four birdies to stay five strokes behind leader Phil Mickelson of United States who fired a 69 for a 13-under-par 200 total.

Kevin Na remained at tied 19th spot after he struck his second straight 69.

Australia’s Anthony Brown was in tied 18th spot after a 71 in the Jacob’s Creek Open Championship in Australia. He shot four birdies against three bogeys in the third round. Scott Hend was in tied 25 after a 67 while Gavin Flint slipped to a 73 in joint 39th place.

February 18, 2007