SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France — Swedish golfer Jesper Svensson shot a third-round 67 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead on the Open de France over Denmark’s Thorbjørn Olesen and England’s Sam Bairstow.
Svensson had 4 birdies within the first six holes and 5 total. However he bogeyed the seventeenth at Le Golf Nationwide on the outskirts of Paris to complete the day 13 beneath total.
Regardless of that bogey, the 28-year-old Svensson confirmed robust consistency by making 16 of the 18 greens in regulation.
“I hit the ball very well all day, plenty of attractiveness, hit plenty of good putts,” he mentioned. “A variety of putts slid previous, hopefully they’re going to drop tomorrow.”
Olesen had 4 birdies and in addition carded 67, whereas Bairstow’s 6-under 65 included an outstanding chip-in eagle on the 14th gap.
“Entrance 9 was very easy and I simply holed just a few putts on the again 9,” Bairstow mentioned. “Hopefully hold it going.”
England’s Dan Bradbury, who shared the in a single day lead with Svensson and Belgium’s Thomas Detry, posted 69 and heads into Sunday’s closing spherical two strokes behind Svensson in a tie for fourth with countryman Joe Dean (66).
Detry’s 1-over 72 dropped him right into a share of fifteenth at 8 beneath with England’s Justin Rose — who in July tied for second with Billy Horschel behind champion Xander Schauffele at The Open — and several other others.
Lev Grinberg, the 16-year-old Ukrainian enjoying for simply the fifth time on the European tour, was undone by a triple bogey on the fifteenth — the place he hit two balls into the water — and carded 70.
He was tied for thirtieth in a single day.
