Hoey makes early move

Northern Ireland’s Michael Hoey found himself paired with former European Open champions Colin Montgomerie and Kenneth Ferrie in the third round of the BMW International Open in Munich today – and he was the one to make the early move.

All three had survived the halfway cut with nothing to spare and while the other two resumed with six straight pars Hoey, whose first Tour win came in Portugal in April, birdied the fifth and then eagled the long next to climb into the top 20 at six-under-par.