Donaldson leads Cyprus

Jamie Donaldson will look to seal his first European Tour title in more than six years after taking a onestroke lead at the end of the third round of the Cyprus Open on Saturday. “I’m just working hard, really,” he told europeantour.com. “I’m not getting any younger so it’s a case of just deciding what you want to do, and what I want to do is play golf. It’s a case ofworking really hard to get back to playing decent again and contending, which iswhatI’m doingnowand it’s great.” Donaldson, who is most famous for securing the winning point for the European team at the 2014 Ryder Cup, birdied the

18th hole for the third time this week to shoot 2-under

69 and reach 14 under par. He won the last of his three titles at the CzechMasters in 2014 and is playing on an invitation this week. The 45-year-old Welshman moved one shot ahead of five players atAphroditeHills Resort — David Drysdale, Marcus Armitage, Thomas Detry and the Finnish pair of Kalle Samooja and Sami Valimaki. Samooja started the third round six strokes off the lead but shot the lowest round of the day.