Genworth Stats Pack - Round 3 Review

Marcus Fraser converted four birdies on his way to a bogey free third round 68, to lead by one going into Sunday. Looking at his Genworth Statistics, the 35 year old Australian golfer is living up to his reputation as possessing one of the best short games in the business, ranking 1st for Scrambles on his own (with 13/14 up and downs for Par) and 1st for Putts per Round alongside Hennie Otto (with just 81 putts in total). As he leads into Sunday, the two time European Tour winner has dropped the fewest shots of all the players (just a single double bogey over the 54 holes).

Francesco Molinari converted two birdies against one bogey on his way to a third round 71. Looking at his Genworth Statistics, the 30 year old Italian golfer is still performing extremely well from tee to green, ranking 2nd for Driving Accruacy (with 34/42 fairways) and 12th for Greens in Regulation (with 42/54 greens), plus he is just about keeping pace in the putting categories (although only managing four single putts in Round 3). Francesco will most definitely be the crowd favourite over the final 18 holes, in search for his fourth European Tour title.

Joakim Lagergren converted eight birdies against two bogeys on his way to a third round 67 (only Hend and Wattel managed to score better over the day). Looking at his Genworth Statistics, the 21 year old Swedish golfer is driving the ball long and straight, which is enabling him to hit more than 80% of the Greens in Regulation (ranking 2nd in that category), plus lead the Par 5 Scoring with a 4.25 average. Joakim is showing some steady form of late (making his last five cuts) and a big finish here would help him climb up from his current Race to Dubai position of 146th.

Nicolas Colsaerts converted four birdies against two bogeys on his way to a third round 70. Looking at his Genworth Statistics, the 30 year old Belgian golfer is averaging a huge 308 yards off the tee (ranking 2nd behind Quiros who is averaging 315) and hitting 43/54 of the Greens in Regulation (ranking 6th behind Emiliano Grillo who deserves a special mention for leading this category with 49/54 greens - almost 10% more than any other player). With good scoring across the different hole types (Par 3’s / Par 4’s / Par 5’s) the two time European Tour winner and Ryder cup player will be pushing for his first win of the year.