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Kapur slips to 62nd spot

Loch Lomond (Scotland): Shiv Kapur, with three straight bogeys on the front nine, slipped to the tied 62nd spot after carding a disappointing one-over 72 in the penultimate round of the £2.4 million Scottish Open here.

The only Indian in the fray after Jyoti Randhawa and Jeev Milkha Singh shockingly failed to make the cut, Kapur has a three-day total of level-par 213.

He started off well with a birdie on the third hole but had three bogeys in a row to be two-over at the halfway mark. Kapur, who will also be seen in action in The Open Championship next week, had a slightly better back nine as he fired two birdies against a solitary bogey. At the top, Denmark's Thomas Bjorn (202) fired a five-under 66 to set up a final day clash with Darren Clarke of Northern Ireland, who carded a level-par 71 to be tied for the top spot.

Chopra in fourth place

In the John Deere Classic at Silvis (Illinois), a bogey on the eighth hole cost Daniel Chopra dearly as he slipped to the tied fourth spot after carding a three-under 68. Arjun Atwal's one-under 70 saw him slump to the tied 57th spot after the penultimate round.

The India-born Swede, who fired four birdies, was four shots behind leader John Senden (64) of Australia. — UNI

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