Westwood on the wane as leaders edge three clear

GOLF: Lee Westwood couldn’t emulate his second-round 62 but did enough to stay in contention at the Maybank Championship after shooting a 70 to trail the leaders by three strokes.

The Englishman (right) managed only three birdies in comparison to his mammoth 11 on Friday. Jorge Campillo and Dylan Frittelli are the joint leaders after both shot 66s for 15 under overall at the European Tour event.

‘I had a few tough holes, but I managed to make the putts so overall I played solid,’ Campillo said.

Henrik Stenson (73) and defending champion Fabrizio Zanotti (75) trail the leaders by 11 shots.

It was a day of low scores, with six golfers – including Campillo - firing an eagle on the par-5 first hole.

With 18 golfers separated by only three shots at the top, competition will be rife today.

Khalin Joshi and Berry Henson trail the leaders by one shot after matching 65s. Henson is a selfproclaimed ‘Mr. Sunday’ after shooting 65 and 64 at the Singapore Open and Myanmar Open, respectively, and will be out for another low score.

Overnight leaders Phachara Khongwatmai (70) and Nino Bertasio (70) are 13 under, along with Prayad Marksaeng (67), Hideto Tanihara (68) and Ryo Ishikawa (63) and Marc Warren (69).