Poor finishes costly for Irish in Brittany
PLENEUF VAL ANDRE - JUNE 26: Julien Brun of France plays his first shot on the 1st hole during Day Three of the Open de Bretagne at Golf Bluegreen de Pleneuf Val Andre on June 26, 2021 in Pleneuf, France. (Photo by Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images)
Poor finishes cost the Irish as close friends Jérôme Lando Casanova and Julien Brun recorded rounds of 66 to get to 12 under par and open up a four-shot lead going into the final day at the Open de Bretagne.
Paul McBride was three-under with two holes to go but finished double-bogey, bogey to card a level par 70 that left him tied 37th on one-under-par at Golf Bluegreen Pléneuf Val André.
St Anne’s Cameron Raymond dropped four shots in his first six holes but while he played the next eight holes in four-under, he bogeyed the last for a 71 that left him tied 47th on one-under.
it was also a trying day for Gavin Moynihan, who was one-under with four holes to go but double-bogeyed the 15th and bogeyed the 16th and 17th to card a 73 that left him tied 55th on three-under.
Lando Casanova has not dropped a single shot all week as he aims for victory on home soil, while his countryman and playing partner Brun matched his four under par score on Saturday with a round that included six birdies and two bogeys in wet and windy conditions at Golf Bluegreen Pléneuf Val André.
Austrian Niklas Regner and in-form American Chase Hanna are the closest challengers to the home favourites at eight under par.
Open de Bretagne, Golf Bluegreen Pléneuf Val André (Par 70)
198 J Brun (Fra) 64 68 66, J Lando Casanova (Fra) 67 65 66,
202 N Regner (Aut) 66 69 67, C Hanna (Usa) 66 67 69,
203 E Kofstad (Nor) 75 63 65, J Ko (Fra) 65 70 68,
204 S Tarrio (Esp) 67 72 65, D Boote (Wal) 65 68 71,
205 S Gandon (Fra) 73 65 67, H Magnus (Isl) 64 74 67, A Del Rey (Esp) 68 67 70, D Hillier (Nzl) 66 69 70, J Thomson (Eng) 68 65 72,
206 L Vacarisas (Esp) 70 70 66, G Stal (Fra) 69 69 68, M Fenasse (Fra) 70 66 70, H Du Plessis (Rsa) 65 68 73,
207 A Hortal (Esp) 68 71 68, A Knappe (Ger) 68 71 68, J Blaauw (RSA) 64 74 69, C Berardo (Fra) 69 68 70, H Long (Ger) 69 67 71, A Ahoua (Fra) 67 69 71, T Baltl (Aut) 63 73 71, M Gradecki (Pol) 67 69 71, E Cuartero Blanco (Esp) 69 65 73,
208 S Fernandez (Esp) 67 73 68, M Siem (Ger) 65 75 68, M Manassero (Ita) 66 73 69, F Palson (Swe) 68 71 69, E Di Nitto (Ita) 71 68 69, A Arizabaleta (Col) 67 72 69, M Carlsson (Swe) 68 70 70, F Daux (Fra) 69 69 70, O Bekker (Rsa) 70 68 70, S Henry (Sco) 68 66 74,
209 G Bourdy (Fra) 70 70 69, Paul McBride (Irl) 70 69 70, D Huizing (Ned) 68 71 70, A Liu (Fra) 69 67 73,
210 S Saavedra (Arg) 66 73 71, X Poncelet (Fra) 71 67 72, P Pineau (Fra) 68 70 72, V Riu (Fra) 70 68 72, F Maccario (Ita) 67 71 72, J Garcia Del Moral (Esp) 68 69 73,
211 M Wiegele (Aut) 69 71 71, Cameron Raymond (Irl) 65 75 71, L Capon (Fra) 67 72 72, M Honkala (Fin) 69 70 72, S Manley (Wal) 70 68 73, S Gros (Fra) 68 69 74,
212 F Lacroix (Fra) 68 70 74, P Edberg (Swe) 68 69 75,
213 G King (Eng) 69 71 73, Gavin Moynihan (Irl) 72 68 73, R Wattel (Fra) 70 70 73, M Lindberg (Swe) 70 67 76,
214 F Medale (Fra) 70 67 77,
215 L Nemecz (Aut) 68 69 78,
218 H Bergman (Swe) 65 72 81,
219 B Moore (Eng) 71 69 79
