Harrington scuppered by bogeys

Two bogeys in his first five holes of the Memorial Tournament in Ohio scuppered Padraig Harrington’s chances of forcing himself up the leaderboard.

A run of birdies from six to nine appeared to have redeemed him, but dropped shots on 14, 16 and 17 made it a disappointing day for Harrington, with a birdie three at the last little consolation as he slipped back to two under.

Jose Maria Olazabal fired a third-round 66 to rocket himself into a challenging position heading into the final day.

The Spaniard holed birdies on the second, fifth and eighth before finishing with three in four holes to move him to eight under in the tournament – within five shots of leader Kenny Perry, who carded a two-under-par 70 to stay ahead of Lee Janzen on 11 under.

South African Retief Goosen dropped back two shots – also to eight under - after managing only a 74 today while compatriot Ernie Els played the 18 holes in two under today, however a double-bogey on the par four 14th spoiled his round as he moved to three under.

But world number one Tiger Woods had a day to forget as crowds saw the rare sight of the great man recording a treble bogey seven at the par-four sixth and with five other dropped shots in a round of 76, only four birdies prevented a total disaster.

Swede Jesper Parnevik also shot a one-over-par 73 to leave him at two under for the tournament, while Lee Westwood’s 75 dropped him to one under.

Hemel Hempstead-born Luke Donald had a nightmare third round which contained four double bogeys and dropped shots on two other holes, as he shot 80 to drop from five under to three over.