Montgomerie wipes out Ferrie's lead

Colin Montgomerie wiped out Kenneth Ferrie's five-shot overnight lead in the first nine holes of the Dunhill links championship…

Colin Montgomerie wiped out Kenneth Ferrie's five-shot overnight lead in the first nine holes of the Dunhill links championship final round at St Andrews today.

Montgomerie holed a birdie putt of nearly 35 feet at the second. Then, after both had birdied the long fifth, Ferrie three-putted from just short of the next green for bogey and double-bogeyed the 390-yard seventh - getting into bunker trouble and taking three putts again.

That brought the gap down to one, and Montgomerie's two-putt birdie from just short of the ninth green squared things up.

It could have been worse for Ferrie there. He hit his drive into the gorse and took a penalty drop, but an eight-foot putt gave him his par four.

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Even with that he was out in 38 to Montgomerie's 33. They were 11 under, two ahead of Argentina's Ricardo Gonzalez. More later...