3 May 2009

Danny Lee drops shots after great start

11:12 am on 3 May 2009

New Zealand's Danny Lee has dropped three shots in the last two holes to slip from the top of the leaderboard at the $11 million Quail Hollow Championship in North Carolina.

The eighteen year old had earlier shared the tournament lead mid way throuigh the third round..

Lee, who is playing just his second tournament as a professional, is in the club house at six under. In his first tournament he missed the cut.

Lee went through the first 16 holes bogey free and five under the card.

But he dropped two shots on the par three 17th and then another on the 18th to slip to 13th. He started the day 17th.

Zach Johnson leads at 11 under. He has one hole to play tomorrow after bad weather stopped play early.

Tiger Woods is in third place on nine under.