Denmark's Soren Hansen takes a one-stroke lead over local favourite Maarten Lafeber into Sunday's final round of the Dutch Open at Hilversum. The 29-year-old overhauled Dutchman Lafeber, who is looking for an overdue maiden title, with a blistering run over the back nine on Saturday.
Hansen, seeking his second victory on the tour, collected five birdies after the turn to card a four-under-par 66 and go to 11 under for the tournament.
He leads Lafeber, who equalled the best round of the week with a 64, by a shot. Ireland's Gary Murphy and Briton Jamie Donaldson are a further stroke back.
Hansen hardly looked a threat early on as he reached the turn one-over, but then he suddenly found his putting touch to come home five-under.
"It's been the same all week, nothing happening and then a few putts dropped," said the winner of the 2002 Irish Open.
Lafeber's day was the mirror image of Hansen's as he picked up six strokes in an exhilarating run over his first 10 holes but then found only pars coming home.
Overnight leader Fredrik Widmark, of Sweden, never recovered from three opening bogeys and finished seven shots off the pace with a 75.
Leading scores from the third round of the Dutch Open
199 Soren Hansen (Den) 68 65 66
200 Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 67 69 64
201 Gary Murphy 64 70 67, Jamie Donaldson 64 70 67
202 Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 67 69 66, David Park 68 67 67, Steen Tinning (Den) 66 67 69, Fredrik Andersson (Swe) 67 66 69
203 Gary Evans 70 68 65, Jamie Spence 69 69 65, Gary Emerson 68 68 67, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 70 66 67, Markus Brier (Aut) 68 65 70
204 Marten Olander (Swe) 70 68 66, Alastair Forsyth 64 72 68, Simon Dyson 69 66 69
205 Santiago Luna (Spa) 69 70 66, Bradley Dredge 67 70 68, Kenneth Ferrie 70 67 68, Anthony Wall 67 70 68, Stephen Dodd 67 70 68, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 71 65 69, David Lynn 65 69 71, Gordon Brand Jnr 67 66 72
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