Moran and Griffin lose sights of leaders in foggy Portugal

Eanna Griffin. Picture by Pat Cashman

Robert Moran carded a one-over 73 in the third round of the fog-delayed Portuguese International Amateur Open to slip nine shots of the pace heading into the final round at Montado Hotel and Golf Resort.

The Dubliner admitted he was far from his best and felt he did well to limit the damage to just one-over and end the day tied for 29th on five-under.

Portugal's Pedro Lencart Silva shot 65 and Spain's Eduard Rousaud a 66 to lead by a shot from England’s Harry Goddard, Stan Kraai from The Netherlands and Norway’s Herman Wibe Sekne on 14-under

Waterford’s Eanna Griffin played well but failed his scoring game, carding a 72 to make the 54-hole cut for the top-40 and ties on the mark at four-under.

The morning fog delay forced organisers to cut the field before the third round with only those on three-over or better getting to play to facilitate a 72-hole completion on Saturday.

Paul Coughlan joined Moran and Griffin in round three but Rory Williamson, Aaron Marshall, Jack McDonnell and Michael Young were took far back overnight and eliminated.

While Coughlan played well, carding a two-under 70, he missed the 54-hole cut by four strokes on level par.

Portuguese International Amateur Championship, Montado Hotel & Golf Resort (Par 72)

Detailed scores

Pos.	Name	Nation	To PAR	Total	R1	R2	R3
1	Pedro Lencart Silva	POR	-14	202	68	69	65
1	Eduard Rousaud	ESP	-14	202	68	68	66
3	Harry Goddard	ENG	-13	203	71	65	67
3	Stan Kraai	NED	-13	203	70	66	67
3	Herman Wibe Sekne	NOR	-13	203	68	66	69
6	Rasmus Bofill	DEN	-12	204	70	69	65
7	Alvaro Hernandez Cabezuela	ESP	-11	205	68	66	71
8	Jose Manuel Pardo Benitez	ESP	-10	206	71	67	68
8	Jaapo Jämsä	FIN	-10	206	67	72	67
8	Luc Breuer	GER	-10	206	67	68	71
11	Frederik Schott	GER	-9	207	69	68	70
11	Joshua Bristow	ENG	-9	207	70	67	70
13	Mason Essam	ENG	-8	208	69	70	69
13	Max Brückner	GER	-8	208	70	66	72
13	Daniel Schmieding	GER	-8	208	68	70	70
16	George Burns	SCO	-7	209	68	69	72
16	Massimiliano Campigli	ITA	-7	209	69	70	70
16	Lucas Nicolas Fallotico	ITA	-7	209	71	70	68
19	Joel Moscatel	ESP	-6	210	74	69	67
19	Baard B Skogen	NOR	-6	210	71	68	71
19	Afonso Girão	POR	-6	210	71	72	67
19	Sakke Siltala	FIN	-6	210	70	70	70
19	Gregorio Alibrandi	ITA	-6	210	70	68	72
19	Gonçalo Costa	POR	-6	210	68	71	71
19	Charlie Thornton	ENG	-6	210	70	68	72
19	Gregorio de Leo	ITA	-6	210	70	72	68
19	Jacob Davies	WAL	-6	210	70	70	70
19	August Høst	DEN	-6	210	69	68	73
29	Sam Broadhurst	ENG	-5	211	67	71	73
29	Jens Kristian Thysted	DEN	-5	211	70	71	70
29	Victor Garcia	ESP	-5	211	70	72	69
29	Alessio Battista	ITA	-5	211	68	74	69
29	Robert Moran	IRL	-5	211	68	70	73
29	Jensen Hull	ENG	-5	211	68	71	72
29	Maximilian Lechner	AUT	-5	211	68	73	70
29	Thomas Plumb	ENG	-5	211	67	72	72
37	Andrea Romano	ITA	-4	212	73	72	67
37	Habebul Islam	ENG	-4	212	71	71	70
37	Lucas Lopes Azinheiro	POR	-4	212	67	72	73
37	Callan Barrow	ENG	-4	212	73	71	68
37	Eanna Griffin	IRL	-4	212	68	72	72
37	Ben Chamberlain	WAL	-4	212	70	74	68
37	Filippo Celli	ITA	-4	212	69	72	71
54-hole cut
44	Victor H Sidal Svendsen	DEN	-3	213	71	70	72
44	Sebastian Friedrichsen	DEN	-3	213	70	71	72
44	Adrián Mata	ESP	-3	213	71	74	68
44	Jorge Maicas	ESP	-3	213	68	73	72
44	Vasco Manuel Carreira Alves	POR	-3	213	73	68	72
44	Raphael Le Bot	FRA	-3	213	69	72	72
44	Laurenz Schiergen	GER	-3	213	69	72	72
51	Brandon Dietzel	GER	-2	214	70	70	74
51	Jack Brooks	ENG	-2	214	69	71	74
51	Jacopo Albertoni	ITA	-2	214	72	71	71
51	Clement Guichard	FRA	-2	214	71	74	69
51	João Pinto Basto Jnr	POR	-2	214	73	72	69
51	Malthe Tandrup Laustsen	DEN	-2	214	70	70	74
57	Daniel da Costa Rodrigues	POR	-1	215	77	68	70
57	Mats Markovits	NED	-1	215	74	73	68
57	Sebastiano Frau	ITA	-1	215	68	74	73
57	Kasper Nyland	DEN	-1	215	70	71	74
57	Tommaso Zorzetto	ITA	-1	215	74	68	73
57	Jamie Tofte Nielsen	DEN	-1	215	72	74	69
57	Benjamin Reuter	NED	-1	215	71	72	72
57	Tom Stagg	ENG	-1	215	68	73	74
65	Sam Done	ENG	PAR	216	70	73	73
65	Eemil Alajärvi	FIN	PAR	216	73	71	72
65	Paul Coughlan	IRL	PAR	216	76	70	70
65	Matteo Cristoni	ITA	PAR	216	74	72	70
65	Frederik Birkelund	DEN	PAR	216	74	70	72
70	Charlie Salter	ENG	1	217	70	74	73
70	Matt Roberts	WAL	1	217	68	75	74
70	Matty Lamb	ENG	1	217	71	74	72
73	Joe Macilwraith	ENG	2	218	71	73	74
73	Asier Aguirre	ESP	2	218	72	74	72
73	Maxence Mugnier	FRA	2	218	68	75	75
73	Jamie Mann	SCO	2	218	72	71	75
73	Sam Dumez	FRA	2	218	71	76	71
73	Tiago Costa	POR	2	218	75	71	72
79	Lucas Abrial	FRA	3	219	77	69	73
79	Hugo Rouillon	FRA	3	219	71	76	72
79	Pedro Cruz Silva	POR	3	219	72	74	73
79	Ben Quinney	ENG	3	219	73	73	73
79	Leonardo Novella	ITA	3	219	74	72	73
84	James Harrison Cooper	ENG	4	220	72	72	76
84	Malcor Ugo	FRA	4	220	71	76	73
86	Pedro Clare Neves	POR	10	226	73	74	79
87	Joonas Turba	EST	11	227	73	73	81
Cut due to fog delay
-	João Miguel Pereira	POR	-	-	73	75	-
-	Calvin Holmes	POR	-	-	75	73	-
-	Frederik Sejr	DEN	-	-	75	73	-
-	Sergio Parriego Cornejo	ESP	-	-	75	73	-
-	Davide Buchi	ITA	-	-	75	73	-
-	Dylan de Prosperis	ITA	-	-	72	76	-
-	Riccardo Bregoli	ITA	-	-	73	76	-
-	Aurélien Douce	FRA	-	-	74	75	-
-	Miikka Mäkinen	FIN	-	-	76	74	-
-	Rory Williamson	IRL	-	-	76	74	-
-	Aaron Marshall	IRL	-	-	78	72	-
-	Harvey Byers	ENG	-	-	74	76	-
-	Carlo Edoardo Lasi	ITA	-	-	76	74	-
-	Jack McDonnell	IRL	-	-	73	78	-
-	Adalberto Montini	ITA	-	-	81	70	-
-	George Nicholas Ounstead	ENG	-	-	79	73	-
-	Jake Hibbert	ENG	-	-	80	72	-
-	Jake Hapgood	WAL	-	-	75	77	-
-	Michael A Mjaaseth	NOR	-	-	73	80	-
-	João Maria Pontes	POR	-	-	76	77	-
-	Diogo Mealha	POR	-	-	73	81	-
-	Ricardo Serpa	POR	-	-	77	78	-
-	Joseph Linel	FRA	-	-	74	81	-
-	Michael Young	IRL	-	-	77	78	-
-	Alessandro Gambetti	ITA	-	-	78	77	-
-	Alberto Costa Marques	POR	-	-	78	78	-
-	Rodrigo Andrade	POR	-	-	77	80	-
-	Camille Bordone	FRA	-	-	79	79	-
-	Miguel Krowicki	POR	-	-	89	78	-
-	Luca Lopes	POR	-	-	81	86	-
-	Ricardo Neves Garcia	POR	-	-	88	80	-
-	Charles Roeland	BEL	-	-	DQ	-	-
-	David Rocha Martins	POR	-	-	DQ	-	-