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A flawless 5 under par 67 for Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke puts him one shot ahead of the field on -9 in the BMW Asian Open at the Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC, Shanghai, China.

In an immaculate third round Clarke birdied the 2nd, 5th, 10th, 15th and 18th on a day when conditions were ideal for golf.

Overnight co-leader Robert-Jan Derksen of The Netherlands is one shot behind after a 69, Robert Dinwiddie from England is in third after the days best round a 66, he carded 8 birdies and the round may have been even better but for a double bogey 6 on the seventh.

China’s Lian-wei Zhang, who had shared the lead at halfway had a nightmare 76 to drop out of contention.

Leading Scores in the 2008 BMW Asian Open after 3 rounds

1 Clarke NI 67 -9 18
2 Derksen Ned 69 -8 18
3 Dinwiddie Eng 66 -7 18
4 Lin Tw 69 -5 18
5 Hu Chn 71 -3 18
5 Singh Ind 67 -3 18
5 O’Malley Aus 72 -3 18
5 Lorenzo-Vera Fra 69 -3 18
9 Goosen SA 72 -2 18
9 Hend Aus 71 -2 18
9 F Molinari Ita 68 -2 18
9 Tunnicliff Eng 73 -2 18
9 Gleeson Aus 68 -2 18
9 JM Singh Ind 70 -2 18

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