Fernandez-Castano, Edberg share Mallorca Open lead

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Spain's Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano three-putted the last green to fall back into a tie with Sweden's Pelle Edberg at the Iberdrola Open Cala Millor Mallorca today.
Four times a winner on the European Tour but never on home soil, the 29 year old from Madrid kept a bogey off his card in the tricky conditions until he came to the short 18th.The Spaniard, whose last victory came with a play off success over Lee Westwood in the 2008 British Masters at The Belfry, could not find his best putting touch on the last but it was still an impressive round.
Fernandez-Castano was round in a two under par 68 as a result and with a day to go stands four under par alongside Edberg.
Joint halfway leader with James Kingston, Edberg followed up his stunning second round 64 with a 71, mixing three birdies with four bogeys. But that was better than Kingston managed. The 44 year old South African could not card a birdie and bogeys on the third, tenth, 12th and 14th meant a 74 and a drop into a tie for sixth place.
Australian Scott Hend had a best of the day 66 to improve from ninth to third and will resume only a shot off the pace.
One further back are Edberg's fellow countryman Peter Hanson and Spaniard Alejandro Canizares, while Bristol's Chris Wood is alongside Kingston and Dane Mark Haastrup.
Putts of nine and 20 feet on the sixth and difficult eighth took Fernandez-Castano to the turn in 33. His other birdie came on the 16th, although his drive was actually down an adjoining fairway, thanks to an eight footer, and he almost chipped in for another at the next.
Edberg, currently without a European Tour card after failing to come through the Qualifying School last November, got off to a rocky start with three bogeys in the first five holes. The 31 year old came back with birdies at the sixth, seventh and 12th, but could not salvage his par on the short 13th and three-putted for another bogey two holes later.
Hanson, who pipped Edberg to the SAS Masters in Stockholm two years ago, looked his biggest danger when he played the first 16 holes in five under par to be only one behind. But he bogeyed the last two, while Wood, having produced a brilliant birdie on the 17th, missed a three footer for another at the last and had to settle for a 68.
"It was a mixed bag - I couldn't get any momentum," said the Englishman who is hoping for his first European Tour title."Overall a 68 is a pretty good score, but I can't make a putt and it's very frustrating."
Hanson added: "The last two are tough holes, but you should be able to make par on them and it's a little disappointing. My putting is not where I want it to be."