41.   Montgomerie entered the final round two shots adrift of overnight leader Des Smyth of Ireland..

42.   Overnight leader Brian Watts of the United States won the Bridgestone Open golf tournament here Sunday by three strokes over countryman Mark Calcavecchia.

43.   Overnight leader Italian Costantino Rocca had a terrible time.

44.   Overnight leader Arnel Querimit of the Philippines finished in a group of eight, more than five minutes behind.

45.   Overnight leader Hisayuki Sasaki of Japan had managed to play just two holes before play was cancelled.

46.   Overnight leader Steve Rintoul of Australia was sharing third with Justin Leonard.

47.   Overnight leader Tommi Makinen of Finland fell to sixth place in his Mitsubishi.

48.   Overnight leaders Paul Eales of England and Wayne Riley also faded out of contention.

49.   Overnight leaders Stephen Leaney and James McLean, both from Australia, had yet to start their rounds.

50.   Pierre Lartigue of France was third in another Citroen and moves into second place overall with overnight leader Timo Salonen in another Citroen third overall.