AAM Scottish Open Round 3 report and scores

                Daniel Brooks and his caddie. Gullane picture by courtesy of Getty Images(c)
Battling Brooks hangs on to lead with a 69

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Basildon-born Daniel Brooks maintained his lead on the third day of the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open after a tremendously gutsy round of 69.
The London-based 28-year-old opened with a double bogey after an errant tee shot, but showed great resilience to bounce back with four birdies to finish on 12 under par.
Brooks will carry a one-shot lead over Raphaël Jacquelin into the final day at Gullane, where he will attempt to claim his second European Tour title.
Despite a stiff breeze and unseasonably cold temperatures in East Lothian, Jacquelin carded a stunning round of 64 to climb to 11 under par.
The Frenchman moved firmly into contention to win a fifth European Tour title after firing six birdies in a faultless display.
American Ryder Cup player Rickie Fowler, in-form Englishman Tommy Fleetwood and Dutchman Joost Luiten, who birdied three of the last four holes, are all within striking distance on ten under par.
A further shot back is England's Eddie Pepperell, who had a 65 - the second best round of the day.
Florida-based, Inverness-born Russell Knox is in the same group as Pepperell, an eagle at the 16th helping him to a 66 that means the Florida-based Scot leads the home challenge after Paul Lawrie  shot a 69 to lie two shots further back.
Knox, who will also play at next week's Open at St Andrews, says some extra practice on Thursday evening had helped improve his scoring.
"I never hit balls after a round, but last night I did because I felt I was struggling," said the 30-year-old.
"I don't know what I found - probably nothing changed except for just hitting a couple of good back-to-back shots to the greens - and today I came out swinging lovely and gave myself a lot of chances.
"I know that, if I hit it like I did today tee to green I'll give myself an opportunity and that's all that matters."
Lawrie said on his website:
"Got off to perfect start today by making birdies at the first two holes then really struggled on the greens again, stroke felt really long and decelerate which is an old habit I sometimes fall into , had so many chances today but couldn't get it in very frustrating. Went to the putting green to work on shortening the stroke so hopefully better tomorrow."

Got off to perfect start today by making birdies at the first two holes then really struggled on the greens again, stroke felt really long and decelerate which is an old habit I sometimes fall into , had so many chances today but couldn't get it in very frustrating. Went to the putting green to work on shortening the stroke so hopefully better tomorrow - See more at: http://www.paullawriegolf.com/blog#sthash.7MKnLVxx.dpuf

Got off to perfect start today by making birdies at the first two holes then really struggled on the greens again, stroke felt really long and decelerate which is an old habit I sometimes fall into , had so many chances today but couldn't get it in very frustrating. Went to the putting green to work on shortening the stroke so hopefully better tomorrow - See more at: http://www.paullawriegolf.com/blog#sthash.7MKnLVxx.dpuf

Key quotes
Daniel Brooks “I hit it way right on the first, which is pretty much the only place you can’t go. I got up there and if it wasn’t for the ball spotters, I would’ve probably lost my ball. There wasn’t really anywhere to take a drop, so I just had a swipe, moved it about a foot and managed to hack it out with my next one.
“I felt a little twinge in my wrist on the first shot, and I hit in the rough quite a few times after that so I felt a little twinge every time. But I still managed to hit some really nice shots out there and I also scrambled really well today, so I’m quite proud of the way I hung in there.”
Raphael Jacquelin
“The key of the day was good pace on the greens. My caddie Jeff and I are reading the greens really well this week. That has taken a lot of pressure off my putts, because I’ve been able to focus on the pace and the line we’ve chosen. I holed a lot of putts today.
“I’ve worked very hard to be in this position, so I’m happy. I’m going to try to enjoy every shot tomorrow, even if I miss some. It’s easy to say, but that’s the key – to have fun. The last few months haven’t been fun at all, because I’ve been playing so poorly. But today, I really enjoyed myself.”
Rickie Fowler
“The winds were a bit gusty today, and even the constant wind was still pretty strong. So you had to be careful of that, because it didn't play easy out there. It was a good test but I enjoyed it, I'm pleased with the round and looking forward to tomorrow.”

THIRD-ROUND TOTALS
Par 210 (3x70)
198 D Brooks (Eng) 64 65 69
199 R Jacquelin (Fra) 68 67 64
200 R Fowler  (USA) 66 68 66, J Luiten (Ned) 71 63 66, T Fleetwood  (Eng) 67 66 67
201 E Pepperell (Eng) 70 66 65, R Knox (Sco) 67 68 66, M Kuchar  (USA) 66 68 67
 202 M Jiménez (Esp) 69 65 68, R Palmer (USA) 67 65 70,
 203 G Havret  (Fra) 66 68 69, B Grace  (RSA) 69 66 68, F Zanotti (Par) 69 67 67, P Oriol (Esp) 67 69 67, P Lawrie (Sco) 67 67 69, B Martin (USA) 69 66 68, R Fisher (Eng) 70 65 68
 204 G McDowell  (Nir) 66 66 72, F Aguilar (Chi) 73 64 67, J Carlsson (Swe) 65 67 72, V Dubuisson  (Fra) 70 66 68, B Koepka  (USA) 70 68 66, J Rose (Eng) 66 66 72, S Kapur (Ind) 68 70 66, M Kieffer (Ger) 69 65 70, R Paratore (Ita) 70 68 66, D Howell (Eng) 68 70 66, E Grillo (Arg) 66 67 71, S Lowry  (Irl) 66 66 72
 205 A Johnston (Eng) 67 67 71, R McEvoy  (Eng) 66 67 72, M Hoey  (Nir) 70 65 70, L Bjerregaard  (Den) 69 68 68, C Wood  (Eng) 69 69 67, R Wattel  (Fra) 70 68 67, A Otaegui  (Esp) 65 72 68, Y Yang (SKor) 68 67 70, L Donald  (Eng) 69 67 69, S Benson (Eng) 65 69 71, D Berger (USA) 73 65 67, T Jaidee (Tha) 67 69 69, M Crespi  (Ita) 69 68 68, R Cabrera-Bello (Esp) 67 66 72, R Finch  (Eng) 65 68 72,
 206 M Nixon (Eng) 65 67 74, M Lorenzo-Vera  (Fra) 67 70 69, J Donaldson (Wal) 70 67 69, P Harrington (Irl) 68 68 70, C Lee (Sco) 72 66 68, S Kjeldsen (Den) 72 66 68, A Levy (Fra) 68 70 68, C Tringale  (USA) 68 67 71, M Warren (Sco) 70 67 69, R Rock (Eng) 69 67 70, P Larrazábal (Esp) 71 66 69, M Madsen  (Den) 68 68 70,
 207 M Foster (Eng) 67 70 70, T Aiken (RSA) 69 68 70, M Lampert (Ger) 71 66 70, P Mickelson (USA) 69 68 70, E De La Riva  (Esp) 72 66 69, B An (SKor) 70 68 69, J Senden (Aus) 68 68 71, G Hutcheon (Sco) 70 68 69, D Drysdale (Sco) 71 65 71, M Ilonen  (Fin) 70 68 69,
 208 G Stal  (Fra) 66 68 74, R Dinwiddie  (Eng) 69 69 70, T Hatton (Eng) 68 69 71, R Karlberg  (Swe) 67 71 70,
 209 B Hebert  (Fra) 68 70 71, J Van Zyl (RSA) 69 66 74, S Soderberg (Swe) 68 69 72, A Sullivan (Eng) 68 68 73, J Campillo (Esp) 69 69 71, M Siem  (Ger) 69 67 73, N Colsaerts  (Bel) 73 65 71, J Garcia Pinto (Esp) 67 69 73,
 210 R Bland (Eng) 70 68 72, J Lando Casanova  (Fra) 71 66 73,
 212 M Fitzpatrick  (Eng) 67 67 78, O Schniederjans (am) (USA) 70 67 75,
 213 J Walker  (USA) 65 70 78
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