Three Rounds In The 60's Looking Cool In Chile

After scores of 69, 66 and 67 on the 6,857-yard par 71 layout, Guenther's 205 total is eight under par and two strokes in front of American Daniel Im. Im recorded his second consecutive 67 and is aiming for his third Canadian Tour title since May.

Martin Ureta, with the low round of the day - a five under par 66 - is alone in third spot at 208. First round leader Hugo Leon (69) and Rafael Gomez (71) are just four shots back at 209.

Tied for sixth at 211 are Julio Noguera, Clodomiro Carranza and Raul Fretes with the Canadian duo of Kris Wasylowich (67) and Mike Mezei (72) one shot back at 212.

"I started well with a birdie at the first but then it was a little shaky," said Guenther, who made bogeys at the second and sixth while birdieing the fourth. "I'm not used to the position on a big tournament like this. As we kept playing I made a very good par putt on No. 11 and that really kept my momentum going. From there I played well.

"I made two birdies (14 and 17) and a bogey on the last, which is a really tough hole, especially for me. It's even tough even to look at, so making five there was not that bad. It's a par-four and a half.

The 480-yard par-4 18th had its share of victims with bogeys being the order of the day.

"You never know how it's going to be. It's a very tough hole and it's going to be very decisive. We'll see what happens. I'm going to enjoy it tomorrow, just as I enjoyed it today with all these spectators around," concluded the tournament leader.

Yet, for Daniel Im, the closing hole yielded a gutsy birdie for the 2008 Rookie of the Year.

"I made a huge putt there," he said of his 16-footer. "Luckily for me, Alex (Coe) had a putt right behind me, so I got an assist from his putt.

"I didn't want to shoot myself out of it today. I could have. I had a fine line where it could have been very bad, but I kind of kept myself going and then I calmed down to have a chance to win going into tomorrow."

Third Round - - Canadian Tour
Sport Francis Open
Sport Francis Golf Club, Santiago, Chile
6,857 Yards - - Par 71 - - 213
(a-denotes amateur):

Christoph Guenther 69-66-70-----205
Daniel Im 73-67-67-----207
Martin Ureta 73-69-66-----208
Hugo Leon 65-75-69-----209
Rafael Gomez 69-69-71-----209
Julio Noguera 71-69-71-----211
Clodomiro Carranza 73-67-71-----211
Raul Fretes 70-69-72-----211
Kris Wasylowich 73-72-67-----212
Mike Mezei 70-70-72-----212
Benjamin Alvarado 69-73-71-----213
Jim Seki 70-71-72-----213
Rafael Ponce 71-73-70-----214
Angel Fernandez 74-70-70-----214
Rob Grube 69-72-73-----214
Luis Moreno 72-69-73-----214
Lucas Lee 69-71-74-----214
Ramon Bescansa 68-73-73-----214
Guillermo Encina 71-69-74-----214
Jose Garrido 72-72-71-----215
Francisco Valdes 71-73-71-----215
Alex Coe 70-70-75-----215
Walter Rodriguez 68-71-76-----215
Stuart Anderson 75-73-68-----216
Roy Mackenzie 73-73-70-----216
Nicolas Geyger (a) 72-72-72-----216
Cristian Leon 73-70-73-----216
Milton Jeria 71-71-75-----217
Ramon Franco 72-70-75-----217
Jesus Amaya 76-73-69-----218
Luis Berrios 75-74-69-----218
Jaime Clavijo (a) 74-73-71-----218
Matt Johnston 70-75-73-----218
Pierre Relecom 73-72-73-----218
Angel Franco 73-70-75-----218
Scott Ford 72-76-70-----218
Luciano Giometti 74-71-73-----218
Mike Grob 68-80-71-----219
Derek Oakey 74-74-71-----219
Manuel Relancio 74-69-76-----219
Miguel Fernandez 77-70-72-----219
Brian Benedictson 72-71-76-----219
Patricio Fernandez 72-72-75-----219
Fernando Figueroa 72-72-76-----220
Luis Figueroa 75-70-75-----220
Joaquin Estevez 78-71-71-----220
Luciano Dodda 75-72-73-----220
Jose Carvacho 74-74-72-----220
Dale Vallely 73-76-71-----220
Ignacio Besagoitia 77-71-73-----221
Pan Singhaseni 74-72-75-----221
Byron Smith 76-69-76-----221
Adam Speirs 76-72-73-----221
Maxmiliano Orueta 77-70-74-----221
Luciano Diaz (a) 75-71-76-----222
Mario Hurtado 68-77-77-----222
Kent Fukushima 71-74-77-----222
Francisco Cerda 73-76-73-----222
Oswaldo Gonzalez 78-71-73-----222
Alan Bihan 75-73-74-----222
Luis Graf 74-73-76-----223
Horacio Leon (a) 74-71-78-----223
Tomas Aravena 71-78-74-----223
Jose Buezas 73-74-76-----223
Marcel Haremza 74-74-75-----223
Nicolas Gaete 73-76-78-----227

MISSED THE CUT
Vicente Rojas 77-73--150
Todd Halpen 78-72--150
Garrett Sapp 75-75--150
Hector Beck (a) 77-73--150
Sebastian Salem 76-74--150
Andres Benenati 78-72--150
Anibal Gonzalez 76-74--150
Philippe Guidi (a) 75-75--150
Matias O'Curry 76-74--150
Luis Arechiga 72-78--150
Hugo Contreras 77-73--150
Juan Massai 77-73--150
Diego Larrazabal 79-72--151
Luis Ramirez (a) 74-77--151
James Muir 77-74--151
Diego Perez 72-79--151
Daniel Barbetti 73-78--151
Edgar Gomez 77-75--152
Pedro Bueno 77-75--152
Andres Jabalquinto 81-71--152
Estanislao Goya 76-76--152
Miguel Reinoso 77-75--152
Rodrigo Jeria 79-73--152
Cristian Fornes (a) 75-77--152
Diego Perez de Arce 75-77--152
Mauricio Molino 70-82--152
Guillermo Benenati 81-71--152
Gonzalo Ruiz 77-76--153
Cristian Caballero 76-77--153
Lucas Morande (a) 75-78--153
Eric West 75-78--153
Nilson Cabrera 78-75--153
Nicolas Noranbuena 76-78--154
Santiago Russi 76-78--154
Juan Cortes (a) 77-78--155
Martin Monguzzi 77-79--156
Juan Labbe (a) 79-77--156
Matias Gramajo 80-76--156
Eduardo Miguel 77-79--156
Wesley Burton 83-73--156
Fabian Montovia 84-73--157
Esteban Isasi 81-76--157
Brandon Lawson 78-79--157
Hugo Leon Sr. (a) 78-79--157
Juan Cardenas 78-79--157
Gonzalo Orfila 77-81--158
Flip Timmerman (a) 78-80--158
Ian Schneider 79-80--159
Jose Aranda 77-82--159
Victor Bueno 79-81--160
Andrew Jensen 78-83--161
Pablo Abumohor (a) 84-77--161
Luis Cerda 80-83--163
Adam Britz 91-86--177
Mitchell Gillis 75-DQ
Cristian Espinoza (a) 76-DQ