EUROPEAN TOUR DAY 3 IN MOROCCO

Springbok Oosthuizen jumps clear of Davies

FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen produced a nine-under-par 64 to open up a two-shot lead over Welshman Rhys Davies after the third round of the King Hassan II Trophy at Royal Golf Dar Es Salam in Morocco today.
Oosthuizen carded 10 birdies and one bogey on the Red course to move on to 20 under par for the tournament.
Davies, the halfway leader after an eight-under 64 on the par-72 Blue course on Friday, shot a 68 on the Red to sit two clear of France's Thomas Levet and another South African, Thomas Aiken.
The 24-year-old Welshman, a team-mate of Rory McIlroy at the 2007 Walker Cup and third in the Malaysian Open two weeks ago, picked up three shots on the back nine after four birdies and two bogeys on the front nine to keep himself firmly in contention going into the final round.
Levet also went round in 68 on Saturday, with Aiken shooting a 67.
Spain's Ignacio Garrido was one stroke further back following a 69, while England's Danny Willett shot up the leaderboard thanks to a 64, including four birdies in four holes from 13 to 16.
That put Willett on 14 under, one shot ahead of fellow countryman Robert Rock, who carded a 67.
Nick Dougherty, the first-round leader, could only manage a 72, though, to sit on 11 under, nine off the pace.
THIRD ROUND TOTALS
Par 218 (73x2+72)
198 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 70 64 64
200 Rhys Davies 68 64 68
202 Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 67 68 67, Thomas Levet (Fra) 69 65 68
203 Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 67 67 69
204 Danny Willett 73 67 64
205 Robert Rock 71 67 67
206 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 66 70 70
207 Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 71 69 67, Gareth Maybin 72 69 66, Nick Dougherty 66 69 72, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 68 68 71
208 Joost Luiten (Ned) 70 65 73, Sam Little 67 69 72, Gregory Havret (Fra) 70 67 71
209 Christian Nilsson (Swe) 71 68 70, Stephen Gallacher 66 72 71, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 72 69 68, Peter Lawrie 66 70 73
210 Richard Bland 69 73 68, Jeppe Huldahl (Den) 73 67 70, Robert Coles 72 65 73, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 68 70, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 70 67 73, David Lynn 69 71 70
211 Steve Webster 72 68 71, Peter Whiteford 72 70 69, Julien Quesne (Fra) 72 65 74, Anthony Kang (USA) 70 69 72, Anthony Wall 69 73 69, David Drysdale 71 70 70, Stephen Dodd 70 70 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 66 74 71, Jean-Francois Lucquin (Fra) 68 72 71, Barry Lane 74 68 69
212 Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 66 75 71, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 68 71 73, Julien Clement (Swi) 69 71 72, Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 75 66 71, Paul Broadhurst 74 68 70
213 Andrew Butterfield 71 69 73, David Howell 70 70 73, David Horsey 67 71 75, Shiv Shankar Prasad Chowrasia (Ind) 67 72 74, Darren Clarke 69 72 72, Graeme Storm 73 69 71, Azuma Yano (Jpn) 70 68 75, Gary Boyd 71 72 70, Marco Ruiz (Par) 74 69 70, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 67 73 73
214 John Parry 74 68 72, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 67 73 74, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 73 68 73
215 Jhared Hack (US) 71 68 76, Faycal Serghini (Mor) 73 68 74, Mark Brown (Nzl) 69 73 73, Pablo Martin (Spa) 69 73 73, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 69 73 73
216 Gary Lockerbie 74 69 73, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 71 71 74, Tano Goya (Arg) 74 68 74
217 Jamie Donaldson 73 70 74, Younes El Hassani (Mor) 71 72 74
218 Peter Baker 73 69 76
219 Simon Khan 72 71 76