South American Aguilar takes two-shot lead into final round of Lyoness Open in Austria

 

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Felipe Aguilar, pictured above, remains on course for a wire-to-wire victory at the Lyoness Open after producing a third-round par 72 to maintain his two shot lead at Diamond Country Club near Vienna in Austria.

The 42 year old South American from Chile, who won the last of his two European Tour titles in 2014, carded four birdies and four bogeys on Saturday to head into the final round on nine under par 207.

Aguilar held a three-stroke advantage as he stood at the 18th tee but dropped a shot at the last to slip back to where he began the day.

Home favourite Sepp Straka, playing his first European Tour tournament since turning professional this year, joined Swede Johan Carlsson and South African Dylan Frittelli on seven under par 209 as the Chilean's nearest challengers.

Austrian Straka, who started the day four shots behind halfway leader Aguilar, reached the turn in 34 after carding three birdies and a solitary bogey on his front nine.
He fell back to six under after dropping another shot at the 11th but recovered in style, reeling off consecutive birdies at the 15th and 16th to get within one shot of the lead. However a bogey at the 17th saw him drop into a tie for second.

Frittelli carded his only bogey at the second before making gains at the fourth, tenth, 11th, 15th and 17th to surge into contention. The Challenge Tour graduate has been amongst the final groups on several occasions this season, including a second place finish at the Volvo China Open in April, as he searches for a maiden European Tour victory.

Meanwhile, Carlsson mixed three birdies with two bogeys to sign for a second successive 71 and a tally of 209, while Finland’s Mikko Korhonen, England’s Richard McEvoy, South Africa’s Jbe Kruger and Spain’s Carlos Pigem sit a further shot back at six under 210.

THIRD ROUND SCOREBOARD

Par 216 (3x72)

207 F Aguilar (Chile) 65 70 72
209 S Straka (Austria) 69 70 70, J Carlsson (Swe) 67 71 71, D Frittelli (SAf) 70 71 68
210 M Korhonen (Fin) 71 73 66, R McEvoy (Eng) 72 71 67, J Kruger (SAf) 69 73 68, C Pigem (Esp) 70 71 69
211 A Björk (Swe) 69 74 68
212 L Bjerregaard (Den) 70 72 70, G Storm (Eng) 68 69 75, D Horsey (Eng) 75 64 73, R Fox (NZ) 71 70 71, M Baldwin (Eng) 69 72 71
213 M Wallace (Eng) 71 73 69, B Wiesberger (Aut) 70 69 74, J Van Der Vaart (Ned) 72 71 70, C Lee (Sco) 73 72 68, Z Lombard (SAf) 70 69 74, O Fisher (Eng) 69 69 75, R Gonzalez (Arg) 69 72 72
214 R McCarthy (Australia) 69 74 71, W Ashun (China) 70 75 69, M Kieffer (Ger) 69 71 74, J Suri (USA) 75 69 70, P Maddy (Eng) 71 71 72, S Forsström (Swe) 70 74 70, D Stewart (Sco) 71 73 70, A Chesters (Eng) 67 73 74
215 R Kakko (Fin) 71 75 69, J Luiten (Ned) 73 72 70, N Bertasio (Ita) 70 72 73, F Fritsch (Ger) 74 71 70, D Im (USA) 72 73 70
216 J Dantorp (Swe) 71 73 72, P Waring (Eng) 69 76 71, S Gallacher (Sco) 72 72 72, H Porteous (SAf) 71 74 71, T Fisher jun (SAf) 69 71 76
217 L Canter (Eng) 70 73 74, R Evans (Eng) 76 70 71, J Stalter (Fra) 68 77 72, M Armitage (Eng) 71 69 77
218 M Foster (Eng) 72 74 72, A Connelly (Can) 71 75 72, G Stal (Fra) 71 73 74, O Wilson (Eng) 68 74 76, E Pepperell (Eng) 74 72 72, M Schwab (Austria) 72 70 76, B Rumford (Aus) 71 75 72, T Pilkadaris (Aus) 69 74 75
219 M Tabuena (Phi) 71 75 73, O Stark (Swe) 73 73 73, R Santos (Por) 71 73 75, K Broberg (Swe) 71 75 73, S Khan (Eng) 69 76 74, P Khongwatmai (Thai) 75 70 74, R Dinwiddie (Eng) 74 70 75, Y Yang (SKor) 70 75 74
220 R Bland (Eng) 74 72 74, M Southgate (Eng) 72 74 74
221 S Webster (Eng) 71 75 75, B Etchart (Spn) 75 71 75, N Johansson (Swe) 72 74 75,
223 G Boyd (Eng) 73 73 77
224 C Ford (Eng) 74 72 78