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Freeport
McDermott Classic
English Turn Golf Course and Country Club
New Orleans
2nd - 5th April 1998Par
72 Prize Money $1.7 million Third
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Westwood poised to make his first US breakthroughNew
Orleans, 4th April 1998 - Lee Westwood of Britain fired a 5-under-par
67 today to sneak one stroke past Steve Flesch and take the lead after the third
round of the $1.7 million Freeport-McDermott Classic at the English Turn Golf
and Country Club in New Orleans. Westwood,
a 24-year-old who played for the victorious European Ryder Cup squad last year,
recorded his third straight sub-70 round to move to 12-under 204. Although he
has won four times on the international circuit, he is looking for his first PGA
Tour win. Flesch,
a former Nike Tour standout, bogeyed the final hole and fell out of a tie for
the top spot with a 71 for 205, one shot better than Duffy Waldorf, who shot
a 70. Six players are four shots off the lead at 8-under 208, including first-round
leader Glen Day, who bounced back from a 75 with a 69. Ronnie Black
carded a 70 and is alone at 209, a stroke better than Trevor Dodds, Jeff Gallagher
and Davis Love III, who fired a 6-under 66 for the best round of the day.
The English
Turn Golf and Country Club is a par-72 layout that measures 7,116 yards. First
prize is $306,000.
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