Shot lead following blemish free day
“I played overall pretty good.
“I wanted to get up and down on the 18th to post 14 under but I’m really happy with minus 13.
“I would really love to win. Seeing Rasmus win is a big motivation. I’m just trying to follow in his steps a little bit.”
Fleetwood, who is hoping to find some form ahead of the Ryder Cup following a moderate season, picked up five birdies in eight holes from the ninth. For a third day in succession, however, he suffered frustration on his penultimate hole of the day, this time taking four at the par-three 17th.
Van Tonder’s position might also have been better but for a bad finish. The South African carded six birdies but then bogeyed the par-five 18th.
THIRD-ROUND LEADERBOARD
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, Par 71): 200 – Nicolai Hoejgaard (Den) 66 69 65. 201 – Tommy Fleetwood 66 68 67, Daniel
van Tonder (Rsa) 70 65 66.
202 – Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 68 66 68.
203 – Min-woo Lee (Aus) 64 68 71.
204 – Victor Perez (Fra) 70 67 67, Alexander Levy (Fra) 69 66 69, Oliver Farr 69 68 67. 205 – Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 65 70 70, Ross Fisher 67 71 67, Francesco Laporta (Ita) 66 70 69.
206 – Johannes Veerman (USA) 67 67 72, Adria Arnaus (Spa) 66 68 72, Adrian Meronk (Pol) 70 69 67.
207 – Richard Bland 70 69 68, Joost Luiten (Ned) 71 66 70, George Coetzee (Rsa) 72 68 67, Sean Crocker (USA) 72 67 68, David Horsey 69 71 67.
208 – Henrik Stenson (Swe) 64 71 73, Thomas Pieters (Bel) 70 69 69, Masahiro Kawamura (Jpn) 67 70 71, Gavin Green (Mal) 69 69 70, Scott Jamieson 70 67 71, Tapio Pulkkanen (Fin) 72 70 66. Selected others:
215 – Calum Hill 75 65 75, Grant Forrest 72
70 73.