LEADER DYSON'S LAST-HOLE DOUBLE BOGEY KEEPS THE DOOR OPEN IN SEVILLE

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Simon Dyson double bogeyed the last hole to throw the race for the Reale Seguros Open de España wide open again with a round to go in Seville.
In more windy conditions and after a delay of nearly two hours because of a flooded course, the current Irish and KLM Open champion shot a one under par 71 to take over at the top from Gregory Bourdy.
The Frenchman did not break 80 as he slipped to joint 21st, but after moving three clear Dyson was furious with his finish.
He was in the back bunker for two, failed to get out and then took three more.
Dyson dropped back to five under and will resume only one ahead of Spain's Pablo Larrazábal and Dane Søren Kjeldsen.
Victory could take the 34 year old into a Ryder Cup qualifying position.
Dyson said: “17 and a half great holes. I played some great golf.
“I drove the ball fantastic today, long and straight. I’m only disappointed with the last.
“I just got a flyer with my second shot, a six iron, and had 180 yards to the pin but it just came off like a bullet, I hit a poor bunker shot, I just quit on it, no excuse. I had a good second bunker shot but it just ran out and the putt jumped and lost its momentum.
“I’m just really disappointed, as I should be out of sight the way I am playing.
“Given the conditions, my control was excellent. Almost all my shots today, except for the last, were straight down the flags.
“A third round under par around here in this type of conditions is still pretty good, but a little sour taste.
“I’ve still got a one-shot lead and while I should be out of sight in leading, I will have to go out and enjoy the challenge again.
“There will be good crowds tomorrow and Pablo is a good lad, I have a lot of respect for him and I’m looking forward to playing with him. Hopefully we will bounce off each other and it will be a good finish.”
Dyson's day did not start well when he failed to get up and down from a bunker on the first.
But as others really struggled in the wind the highest-ranked player in the field - he is currently 36th in the Official World Golf Ranking - birdied three of the next four and then added another by almost spinning his approach to the 422 yard tenth into the hole.
There were also some great scrambles for par, his new belly putter rescuing him on a number of occasions, but he then missed a two foot putt to bogey the long 13th.
Two-putting the long 16th made amends for that, but then came the mess-up on the 18th.
Larrazábal, joint third at El Prat last May, shot 69 to take over as the leading home hope in an event celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
The former Open de France winner, who beat Sergio Garcia in a play-off for the BMW International Open in Munich last season, had four birdies in six holes around the turn, but dropped a shot at the last.
"Only one bogey - it's a great round," said Larrazábal. "I like it when the course is challenging. I don't like it when the winner is 25 under."
Kjeldsen, round in 71, won the Open de Andalucia on the course three years ago, but that was the 36 year old's last European Tour success.
Dyson had been tied for second at halfway with 19 year old Italian Matteo Manassero, Rock and Jorge Campillo.
The Challenge Tour graduate from Caceres north of Seville had a 73 to drop to fourth place, but Rock and Manassero both signed for 76 and fell back to joint 12th five strokes behind.

HALFWAY LEADERBOARD
Par 216 (3x72)
211 Simon Dyson (England) 71 69 71
212 Seren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 71 70 71, Pablo Larrazabal (Spain) 71 72 69.
231 Jorge Campillo (Spain) 68 72 73.
214 Alejandro Canizares(Spain) 74 72 69.
215 Graeme Storm (England) 70 71 74, Fracesco Molinari (Italy) 70 71 74, Marcel Siem (Germany) 71 71 72, Peter Lawrie (Ireland) 71 73 71, Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 72 72 71, Thorbjorn Olesen  (Denmark) 73 72 70.

SCOTS' SCORES
219 Gary Orr 70 72 77 (T24)
220 Marc Warren 72 74 74 (T32)
221 Richie Ramsay 72 73 77, George Murray 74 74 73 (T37)
223 Craig Lee 71 76 76 (T49).

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