Lu bounces back to take 3rd round lead. Taiwanese veteran Lu Wen-teh crafted a 4-under 67 yesterday to seize the lead at 8-under 205 after the third round of the US$200,000 (Bt8 million) Bangkok Airways Open on Samui island. Overnight leader Thammanoon Srirot had a day to forget with five bogeys and two double bogeys on the tough course. Lu’s scorecard included only one bogey and five birdies, including two in the final five holes to propel him to the top of the leaderboard.

George in a flap at Bangkok Golf Club

It says something about the standard of golf my team played when the highlight of the round was being chased down a fairway by a giant African Stork. But that’s what happened last Tuesday when I teamed up with Bangkok Post sports editor Roger Crutchley and local businessmen Glenn Hooper and Brad McElroy to play in the annual Green Parrot Closed Open at the Bangkok Golf Club.

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