EUROPEAN TOUR REPORT

Aussie Marcus Fraser hoping to give

himself the best of birthday presents

Australian Marcus Fraser hopes to celebrate his 31st birthday on Sunday with the second European Tour victory of his career.
Fraser, whose previous success came in the 2003 Russian Open, moved from five behind into a one-stroke lead with a third-round 70 at the SAS Masters in Malmo, Sweden today.
The longest course in Tour history - Barseback measures 7,665 yards and has a par of 73 off the back tees - took its toll on overnight leaders Ricardo Gonzalez and Lee Slattery. The Argentinian dropped to fifth place with a four-over-par 77, while Englishman Slattery, one behind at halfway, could do no better than 75.
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Fraser stands at eight under, one in front of Slattery, Swede Martin Erlandsson and Dane Jeppe Huldahl, winner of the Wales Open at the start of last month.
Aberdeen rookie Richie Ramsay, well placed at halfway after a pair of 70s for six-under-par 140 gave it all back with a third-round 77 for 217, six behind leader Fraser but still the leading Scot among the qualifiers, two ahead of another rookie, Callum Macaulay from Tulliallan.

THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 219 (3x73)
211 Marcus Fraser (Aus) 72 69 70
212 Lee Slattery 67 70 75, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 72 70 70, Martin Erlandsson (Swe) 70 70 72
213 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 68 68 77, Marcus Higley 72 71 70
214 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 73 71 70, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 72 72 70, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 69 71 74
215 Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 71 74 70, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 70 72 73
216 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 74 70 72, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 72 71 73, Joel Sjoholm (Swe) 73 72 71, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 72 71 73, Anders Sjostrand (Swe) 72 69 75, Jamie Donaldson 71 72 73, Sam Little 72 75 69
217 Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 73 74 70, Richie Ramsay 70 70 77, Nathan T Smith (USA) 75 71 71, Gareth Maybin 72 73 72, David Lynn 73 73 71, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 74 71 72
218 Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 72 71 75, Tano Goya (Arg) 69 74 75, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 72 73 73, Pablo Martin (Spa) 69 75 74, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 76 69 73
219 Brett Rumford (Aus) 70 75 74, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 77 71 71, Richard S Johnson (Swe) 74 70 75, Callum Macaulay 73 72 74, Robert Dinwiddie 74 70 75, Danny Willett 71 72 76, Peter Lawrie 73 71 75, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 74 69 76
220 Damien McGrane 73 71 76, Steve Webster 71 73 76, Mattias Eliasson (Swe) 73 72 75, Mikko Ilonen (Fij) 75 72 73, Per Barth (Swe) 75 73 72, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 69 78 73, Simon Dyson 75 72 73, James Driscoll (USA) 73 74 73, Gary Murphy 71 74 75, Jacob Olesen (Den) 73 72 75, Michael Hoey 72 74 74
221 Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 71 71 79, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 74 74 73, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 78 70 73, Andrew Coltart 76 71 74, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 74 70 77, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 74 72 75, Johan Edfors (Swe) 74 73 74
222 Peter Hanson (Swe) 74 73 75, Joakim Rask (Swe) 75 73 74, Robert Rock 73 73 76, Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 77 70 75, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 72 75 75
223 Richard Bland 74 72 77, Will MacKenzie (USA) 73 74 76, John Mellor 76 70 77, Ake Nilsson (Rsa) 75 73 75, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 73 75 75, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 73 72 78, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 74 74 75
224 Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 78 70 76, Phillip Archer 75 73 76, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 74 72 78, Simon Khan 74 74 76
225 Niklas Bruzelius (Swe) 78 70 77, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 74 80, Christopher Doak 74 73 78
226 Antti Ahokas (Fij) 74 73 79, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 73 74 79
228 Bradley Dredge 76 72 80
229 Branden Grace (Rsa) 70 78 81