ST JAMES, Barbados - Scotland, with the talismanic Colin Montgomerie to the fore, stayed on track for a possible first World Cup victory after today's third round at the Sandy Lane Resort.
Montgomerie was responsible for all six birdies as he and Marc Warren fired a six-under-par 65
in the fourballs (best ball) format, ending a blustery day on the Caribbean island two shots off the pace.
Sweden, bidding for a second World Cup title, will go into Sunday's final round of foursomes (alternate shot) one stroke ahead of second-placed Argentina with Scotland a further shot adrift in third.
"It was important for us to stay in touch with the Argentinians, who we were playing with, and in fourballs we felt that was their strength," Montgomerie told reporters after he and Warren finished at 14-under 199.
"We got off to a slow start and were only two under at the turn. But we managed to get four in a row on the back nine which got us back into a chance of winning."
Eight-times European number one Montgomerie, in typical fashion almost flawless from tee to green, birdied the fifth, seventh, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th.
"As an individual round, it was a good round of golf but it doesn't matter as long as we try to get one birdie per hole for the team," added the 43-year-old, who is playing in his eighth World Cup but first since 1999.
"Marc holed six yesterday and I had six today, and that's fine. It's a team game."
Asked what a Scotland victory on Sunday would mean to him, he replied: "It would be great for us.
"We're the only home country not to have won this event and we have got a chance tomorrow. That's all we've got.
"We've got to beat the Swedes by three shots, which will be a tall order because they are a very strong team, and also the Argentinians by a couple.
"If we can do that, we deserve to win. We did well on Friday in the same format and lets hope we can do the same tomorrow."
Scotland have finished second in the World Cup three times -- in Greece (1979), Columbia (1980) and Hawaii (1987).
- REUTERS
