Golf: Jacobson extends lead at Shanghai

SHANGHAI: Fredrik Jacobson will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the WGC-HSBC Champions event after the Swede held off the challenge of a high-class chasing pack with a third round five-under 67. The overnight leader offset a single bogey with six birdies to reach 16-under for the tournament but will need to maintain his best form today to stay clear of a host of major winners hot on his heels. Last year’s British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen, US Open winners Graeme McDowell and Rory McIlroy, and 2010 US PGA champion Martin Kaymer are all within five shots of the lead at the Sheshen International Club.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 6^th, 2011.