Richie Ramsay has third-round 66 - still six shots behind
EUROPEAN TOUR COMMINICATIONS Aberdonian Richie Ramsay shot a third-round, six-under-par 66 for a 54-hole tally of 210, six shots behind leader Kiradech Aphibarnrat at the Shenzhen International Tournament in China. Despite an uncharacteristic late wobble, Kiradech Aphibarnrat will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Shenzhen International, where the Thai is bidding to claim his second European Tour title. For much of the day, Kiradech had looked impregnable and on course to follow up his triumph at the 2013 Maybank Malaysian Open. But he double-bogeyed the par five 17th hole, and dropped another shot at the last to fall back to 12 under par 204 His nearest challenger on ten under 206 is halfway leader Peter Uihlein, who heads a threatening chasing pack and whose up and down round of one under par suddenly grew in value as his playing partner faltered. Aphibarnrat’s round of four under par was still impressive, featuring nine birdies which all came in the first 13 holes. The 25 year old started the day on eight under par, one stroke behind Uihlein, but burst out of the blocks with three straight birdies to overhaul the American. Either side of two bogey 5s, an excellent approach to the sixth hole led to another gain before he made four consecutive birdies around the turn. But having carded three straight pars to stay on course to equal the tournament’s lowest round of seven under par, set earlier in the day by China’s Li Hao-tong and then matched by Spaniard Pablo Larrazábal, Aphibarnrat’s putting let him down on the last two holes. Larrazábal occupies third place on nine under par after notching eight birdies at Genzon Golf Club, on the outskirts of Shenzhen. Key quotes Kiradech Aphibarnrat: “I’ve been striking the ball so well for the first three rounds. I made three straight birdies to jump to the top of the leaderboard, and I was still hitting the ball great on the back nine. “But I make a big mistake on last two holes, that was not the way to finish. After I played 14 holes and was still striking the ball well, maybe I thought the job was done. But I made some big mistakes on the 17th and 18th, which gives everyone a chance to catch me tomorrow. “It’s still been a good day though, I still shot four under for the third round and I’m still two shots in front. I’m still feeling positive, I’ll go to sleep and tomorrow is a new day.” Peter Uihlein: “I just made too many sloppy bogeys today. But I still made five birdies and missed a couple of pretty easy putts, so overall two one under is a pretty good score, given how sloppy it was. “Kiradech has been playing fantastic all week, and he was again today until 17.  We’ll see how it is tomorrow, I’ll just have to try to hang in there with him.” Pablo Larrazábal: “My game was brilliant today. I missed two shots, the second shot on 17 and the second shot on 18. But I played very solid otherwise, and I only made one long putt – I think I made five birdies from four feet. But I was one over par on the par fives, so I’ll have to do much better than that if I’m going to have a chance tomorrow.” Scores after round  3: Par 216 (3x72) 204 K Aphibarnrat (Tha) 67 69 68   206 P Uihlein  (USA) 67 68 71 207 P Larrazábal (Esp) 73 69 65 208 S Hend (Aus) 70 70 68, T Fleetwood  (Eng) 70 69 69, E Grillo (Arg) 71 67 70, M Ford (Eng) 69 69 70 209 K Broberg (Swe) 73 69 67, Y Yang (Kor) 72 71 66, T Lewis (Eng) 72 71 66, L Hao-Tong (Chn) 71 73 65, D Fichardt (RSA) 68 70 71 210 H Wen-Yi (Chn) 66 74 70, A Levy (Fra) 71 70 69, D Howell (Eng) 71 70 69, A Wall (Eng) 69 72 69 211 T Hatton (Eng) 72 70 69, M Fraser (Aus) 72 71 68, M Crespi  (Ita) 69 70 72, R Fisher (Eng) 69 74 68, G Havret  (Fra) 70 68 73, R Ramsay  (Sco) 72 73 66 212 R Wattel  (Fra) 69 74 69, R Bland (Eng) 71 71 70, J Kruger (RSA) 71 74 67, J Campillo (Esp) 72 71 69, F Zhi-Peng (Chn) 70 72 70 213 L Bjerregaard  (Den) 72 67 74, J Quesne  (Fra) 71 69 73, M Hoey  (Nir) 74 71 68, N Fasth (Swe) 73 69 71, W Ormsby (Aus) 73 73 67, G Stal  (Fra) 70 74 69, M Manassero (Ita) 69 70 74, S Kapur (Ind) 69 74 70 214 G Bourdy (Fra) 72 72 70, C Wood  (Eng) 75 70 69, G Mulroy (RSA) 69 74 71, M Kieffer (Ger) 72 70 72, H Ze-Yu (Chn) 73 73 68, R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 69 75 70, W Wei-Huang (Chn) 70 73 71 215 L Yan-Wei (Chn) 73 73 69, M Carlsson  (Swe) 73 73 69, A Noren  (Swe) 73 71 71, R Paratore (Ita) 72 71 72, M Korhonen (Fin) 71 72 72, D Horsey (Eng) 70 71 74 216 A Sullivan (Eng) 69 75 72, F Aguilar (Chi) 67 75 74, M Madsen  (Den) 71 71 74, M Nixon (Eng) 73 73 70 217 L Gui-Ming (Chn) 74 71 72, A Quiros  (Esp) 72 71 74, Z Xin-Jun (Chn) 72 74 71, B Evans  (Eng) 75 71 71, T Fisher Jnr (RSA) 71 70 76 218 B Watson (USA) 70 74 74, A Otaegui  (Esp) 76 69 73 219 R Jacquelin (Fra) 71 74 74, J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 72 73 74, E Pepperell (Eng) 73 72 74 220 D Lipsky (USA) 73 68 79 221 Y Yi-Nong (Chn) 70 73 78 222 J Carlsson (Swe) 72 74 76, Y Yechun (Chn) 71 75 76 224 C Lee (Sco) 75 71 78