Oliver Wilson leads

by one in pursuit of

first pro win

FROM THE EUROPEAN TOUR WEBSITE
England's Oliver Wilson put himself in contention for his maiden career professional title after carding a third round of three-under-par 69 to open up a one-stroke lead over former US Open champion Geoff Ogilvy from Australia at the rain-affected HSBC Champions, the final round of which will be played on Monday, 24 hours later than scheduled, at Shanghai, China.
The 28 year old Wilson, pictured above, who played on the American college circuit for four years as a student at Augusta State University, began the third round a shot adrift of Ryder Cup regulars Sergio Garcia and Henrik Stenson.

However, while the experienced duo managed level par rounds of 72 to fall back into third place, Wilson carded just one bogey at a bright Sheshan International Golf Club to sit at the top of the leaderboard at 12 under par.
Ogilvy, who had began his third round at the disrupted event yesterday evening, followed up his second round 65 with a third round 70 in windy conditions.
World No 2 and defending champion Phil Mickelson shares third place with Garcia and Stenson after signing for a second consecutive two under par 70.
Wilson is playing at the Champions' event courtesy of his Order of Merit ranking after finishing runner-up four times in 2008 which includes losing a play-off to Miguel Angel Jimenez at The BMW PGA Championship.
"I am very pleased with the position I am in, any time you lead it is the best position you can be in. I am happy to be there, I am playing very nicely, very solid and hopefully that can continue," said Mansfield-born Wilson, a Walker Cup player as an amateur and a Ryder Cup debutant for Europe at Valhalla, Kentucky this year.
"It was a tough day, definitely the toughest day we've had so far. It was cold this morning and some of the longer par fours played into the wind so they were tough and also the pin positions were pretty tough as well."
After carding a second seven under par round yesterday, Ogilvy played two holes of his third round last night and in the fading light dropped a shot to slip back to eight under.
But after reaching the turn one over, picked up three shots on the back nine to sit at 11 under after 54 holes.
"I've played very nicely this morning. I had a rough start last night as I bogeyed the first and got a par at the second, which felt like two bogeys, and it was a frustrating way to end yesterday," said Ogilvy.
"I finally made a birdie at 11, then had an up and down back nine but ended up having quite a few birdies with a couple of bogeys."
Stenson fell down the leaderboard after reaching the turn two over par before making amends on the way home with two birdies, while Garcia had moved two clear of world number two Mickelson, Wilson and Ogilvy at the turn before dropping two shots on the way home.
A win for the Spaniard on would see World No. 3 Garcia overtake Mickelson in the world rankings.

Rising American star Anthony Kim, 23, was disqualified for altering the face of his driver.
The US Ryder Cup player said the incident took place on the seventh fairway, where he was tapping his driver on the ground as he walked and accidentally hit a sprinkler head.

At the eighth, he hit his first drive only 150 yards, and out of bounds. He then hit a second provisional shot - also poorly.
"I wasn't angry or anything, just walking down the fairway," Kim said. "The toe of the driver hit the top of the sprinkler, and I looked at it and it looked a little bit different. But I wasn't sure and I put it in my bag."
He took a triple-bogey 8 on the hole and played two more before he found a rules official, who told him he must disqualify himself for playing with an altered club.
Kim was disqualified under Rule 4-3b, said Andy McFee, European tour referee.
Kim totalled 44 shots on the outward half.on the front nine. He had been five strokes off the pace at five under par after 36 holes.
"I was pretty shocked," Kim said. "But you know, the rules are the rules and I have no problem with that."
In the last few weeks, Kim said he suffered a badly sprained right ankle -- falling down stairs at a friend's home- - and also bruised his jaw while horseback riding. He said the horse raised up and as it came down, Kim's mouth slammed shut as his mount hit the ground.
Kim said he's played little golf in the last three weeks and has lived on a diet of noodles, unable to chew with the sore jaw.

THIRD-ROUND TOTALS

Par 216 (3 x 72)

204 Oliver Wilson 67 68 69
205 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 70 65 70
206 Phil Mickelson (USA) 66 70 70, Sergio Garcia (Spa) 66 68 72, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 65 69 72
208 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 69 72 67, Adam Scott (Aus) 66 71 71
209 Peter Hanson (Swe) 69 70 70, Paul Casey 71 70 68, Prayad Marksaeng (Tha) 68 70 71
210 Alvaro Quiros (Spa) 70 67 73
211 Damien McGrane 68 71 72, Richard Sterne (Rsa) 71 69 71
212 Graeme McDowell 71 65 76, Soren Hansen (Den) 71 70 71, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 71 69 72, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 69 69 74
213 Robert Karlsson (Swe) 69 73 71, Andrew Bonhomme (Aus) 73 69 71, Peter Lawrie 68 72 73, Padraig Harrington 69 70 74
214 Ashun Wu (Chn) 73 71 70, Scott Strange (Aus) 69 68 77
215 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 71 74, Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 70 72 73, Wen-Tang Lin (Tai) 69 71 75, Ian Poulter 68 73 74, Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 74 70 71, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 67 70 78
216 Martin Kaymer (Ger) 73 70 73
217 David Dixon 74 72 71, Richard Finch 71 72 74
218 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 74 73, Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 72 72 74, KJ Choi (Kor) 71 74 73, Camilo Villegas (Col) 73 72 73, Thomas Levet (Fra) 68 75 75
219 Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 75 75, Hennie Otto (Rsa) 70 73 76, James Kingston (Rsa) 73 71 75, Ross Fisher 69 74 76, David Horsey 75 71 73, Jean Hugo (Rsa) 73 70 76
220 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 76 72, Ben Leong (Mal) 69 72 79, Lian-Wei Zhang (Chn) 71 74 75, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 68 73 79, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 73 73 74, Darren Clarke 72 71 77, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 78 72 70
221 Scott Hend (Aus) 76 75 70, David Gleeson (Aus) 76 73 72, Rick Kulacz (Aus) 73 76 72, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 73 74 74, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 73 76 72
222 John Bickerton 77 71 74
223 Lei Shang (Tpe) 71 72 80, Mark Brown (USA) 71 74 78, Wen Teh Lu (Tpe) 73 75 75, Gregory Havret (Fra) 76 70 77
224 Wei-Huang Wu (Tpe) 73 78 73, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 76 72 76
225 Inn-choon Hwang (Kor) 77 77 71
226 David Howell 79 74 73, Thaworn Wiratchant (Tha) 75 77 74, James Kamte (Rsa) 77 73 76
228 Alastair Forsyth 73 78 77
229 Bryan Saltus (USA) 78 75 76, Sang-moon Bae (Kor) 73 70 86, Joong Kyung Mo (Kor) 72 78 79
233 Hao Yuan (Chn) 75 76 82
234 Angelo Que (Phi) 74 79 81
235 Kangchun Wu (Chn) 77 80 78
236 Chao Li (Chn) 76 79 81
241 Shaun Norris (Rsa) 88 77 76
Disqualified - Anthony Kim (US).