Nicolas Colsaerts carded three
birdies, three bogeys and a double bogey on his front nine on
Saturday.
This probably wasn't what Nicolas Colsaerts had in mind.
Colsaerts, who entered Saturday's third round of the Frys.com Open
at 9 under, had an up-and-down Saturday, finishing with an even-par
round of 71 that didn't come without some fireworks. Colsaerts
opened with birdies at Nos. 1 and 4 to climb to within three shots
of leader John Mallinger, but then went bogey-bogey-double
bogey-bogey. He has since made a birdie at the par-5 ninth hole and
another at the par-4 10th to get back to 8 under. Colsaerts
three-putted the fifth hole after a poor tee shot and bogeyed the
sixth after another poor tee ball. On the par-3 seventh, Colsaerts
hit his tee shot left and than couldn't reach the green until his
third shot and two-putted for a 5. He also bogeyed the
eighth, but rebounded with a birdie on the ninth after he stuck his
approach to within five feet. After the birdie at the 10th, he's
five shots back of the lead. He went on to bogey the 11th before
adding birdies on the 15th and 17th holes. Colsaerts would rank
around 120th on the money list if eligible this season. He's
attempting to earn his PGA TOUR card so he has status on both the
PGA TOUR and European Tour next season. You can replay Colsaerts'
round on
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