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Kjeldsen in control at Royal County Down

Soren Kjeldsen leads by two strokes going into this afternoon's final round of the Irish Open at ...



Kjeldsen in control at Royal C...
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Kjeldsen in control at Royal County Down

Soren Kjeldsen leads by two strokes going into this afternoon's final round of the Irish Open at Royal County Down.

The Dane, whose last win came in 2009, shot a third 67 despite bogeying his final two holes finishes the third round on -7.

German Max Kieffer made history at the Newcastle course yesterday afternoon to shoot a course record 65 to lie two shots behind Kjeldsen. His round of 65 included seven birdies and just the sole bogey on the fourth.

They tee off in the final group at 1pm.

Rafa Cabrera-Bello joins Kieffer on -5. The Spaniard has yet to record a top 30 finish on the European Tour this year.

He tees off 10 minutes earlier at 12.50pm with Tyrell Hatton from England.

Hatton lies on -4, along with Berndt Wiesberger and Richie Ramsey. The Austrian and Scot tee of at 12.40pm

It was a difficult day yesterday for the Irish golfers. Padraig Harrington, who started the day just a shot behind the leaders but shot a 78 to lie in tied 36th. The three time major winner shot seven bogeys and one double bogey on his third round card.

Graeme McDowell and Paul McGinley start day four as best of the Irish on +3 in a tie for 24th place.

Shane Lowry and Simon Thornton both shot level par 71's for their round yesterday and remain on +4 and +5 respectively.

It was a horror finish for Rickie Fowler yesterday who was in contention going on to the 17th tee. He eagled the 16th to go to -2, but scored a quadruple bogey and triple bogey on his final two holes to finish +5.

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