Kapur moves up to tied 15th

Shiv Kapur moved up the leaderboard braving high wind and tough scoring conditions in the third round of the Dunlop Phoenix golf tournament in Miyazaki at the par-70 Phoenix Country Club on the Japan Tour.

Kapur, helped by a birdie on the very last hole, shot a three-over 73 to move up from 18th to tied 15th spot, as he totalled three-over 213 for three days. He had even par rounds on first two days.

Tiger Woods too found the going tough as he went two-over 72 despite a last-hole birdie. Padraig Harrington, the European No. 1 in 2006, caught up with Woods despite one-over 71. The two are at six-under 204, while Shingo Katayama (71) moved into third at four-under 206.

Takuya Taniguchi (68) was fourth at three-under, while Keiichi Fukabori (69) was tied for fifth with Justin Rose (72), who had a triple bogey on 17th.

Kapur had two bogeys on front nine on the second and seventh but he also had a birdie on the ninth. On the back nine, he dropped shots on 12th, 14th and 16th but a last hole birdie restored some confidence and helped him to 15th place at a total of three-over.

Woods had a bogey on second, a double on seventh and two other bogeys on 10th and 17th. His birdies came on fourth, fifth and 18th.