Saturday 3 November 2012 23:49, UK
Brandt Snedeker fell agonisingly short of becoming the first golfer to shoot a sub-60 round at a European Tour event after misjudging a putt at the HSBC-WGC Champions.
Snedeker had begun his third round 15 shots behind the South African leader Louis Oosthuizen but walked off the green to sign for the 16th 60 in 40 years of European Tour golf and four off the pace. Scoring has been good at Mission Hills, with Lee Westwood shooting 61 on Saturday, and Snedeker says conditions were good for scoring. "The par-5s are all reachable," he added. "If you drive the ball well, you've got a lot of short irons in your hands. And the greens are rolling great so if you can get feeling good on the greens, you make a lot of putts."
