Marc Turnesa carded a six-under-par 66 Saturday to stay atop the leaderboard after the third round of the $3.6 million Viking Classic. With a 54-hole total of 17-under 199, Turnesa was two shots clear of Brian Gay and Will MacKenzie, who both carded 67 for 15-under 201. Turnesa, a US tour rookie who is ranked 358th in the world, also led after the first two rounds. But now he is in less familiar territory. The 30-year-old has made just 11 cuts in 23 starts this year, with his best finish a tie for 22nd at the Northern Trust Open in February. Turnesa led the Stanford St. Jude's Classic after two rounds earlier this summer but finished tied for 37th. Turnesa nabbed seven birdies on Saturday, including four on the back nine, to keep the pressure on his challengers. Gay, who won the Mayakoba Golf Classic earlier this year for his only PGA Tour title, was joined in second by MacKenzie, whose round included nine birdies. Dicky Pride was in third, followed by Casey Wittenberg. Chad Campbell, who won here last year, didn't return to defend his title after he was selected for the Ryder Cup. SK, Philippines, Italy through to World Cup In Kuala Lumpur, South Korea's Bae Sang-moon and Kim Hyung-tae won the Fortis International Challenge by three strokes on Sunday as they joined the Philippines and Italy in the World Cup. Bae and Kim carded a superb six-under-par 66 in the final round foursomes at Kota Permai Golf and Country Club to overhaul Angelo Que and Mars Pucay of the Philippines, who carded a 70. Italy's Francesco Molinari and Edoardo Molinari shot a 68 to pip the luckless Nigerian duo of Oyebanji Gboyega and Odoh Andrew Oche for the third and final ticket to the Omega Mission Hills World Cup in China in November. Host Malaysia and Singapore finished joint fifth to miss the boat to China after rounds of 69 and 71 respectively. The Koreans were thrilled to qualify for their first World Cup after a superb performance in which they sank six birdies against no bogeys for a four-day score of 20-under-par 268. The Filipinos survived a nervy start with two early bogeys but regrouped to safely qualify in second place on 271 at the Fortis International Challenge. It will be Que's maiden trip to the World Cup and Pucay's second playing in 1999 at Kota Permai.
