ST ANDREWS, Scotland - Reigning British Open champion Ernie Els predicts compatriot Branden Grace, and leader by four shots in the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, to one day join him in capturing golf's oldest Major. Grace, 24 continued his domination of the Scottish event adding a third round 69 at Carnoustie Saturday to move to 20-under par in the $5 million event. He heads to the final round, and the chance of securing the $800,000 first prize four clear of Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen, who carded a 68 to move to 16-under par. US Ryder Cup player Dustin Johnson recorded a 67 on the Old Course at St. Andrews to move to six-under par and tied in 43rd place with Ryder Cup winner Martin Kaymer who added a 69 also at St. Andrews. Another European Ryder Cup team member, Sweden's Peter Hanson, carded a 69 for a five-under par tally but missing the five-under par cut-off mark was teammate Paul Lawrie (68) at three under par. Also missing the cut was defending champion Michael Hoey of Northern Ireland who signed for a third round 72 for a two-under par tally. Phadungsil ahead Chinnarat Phadungsil of Thailand held a slim lead of 12-under-par part way through the third round of the CJ Invitational after play was suspended due to poor light in Seoul Saturday. Tournament host K.J Choi of Korea trailed closely behind Chinnarat after reaching the turn at 11-under-par to stay one shot back of the Thai, while Korea's Kim Dae-hyun was in third place at 10-under-par through 10 holes. With almost four hours of play lost due to heavy fog in the morning, 62 players will have to return on Sunday morning to complete their third round at 9:20 am with the final round scheduled to start at 10:20 A.M. Chinnarat got off to a par-birdie-birdie start at the Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club. The 23-year-old parred the rest of the holes, but had a scare on the par-three eighth when his wayward drive found the greenside bunker.— Agencies
