Kaymer moves ahead at Nedbank
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Martin Kaymer shot a 2-under 70 on Saturday to grab a 1-stroke lead after three rounds of the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Kaymer sits a 5-under 211 through 54 holes -- one shot clear of Louis Oosthuizen, who fired a 69 on Saturday to take sole possession of second place.
"I just played very solid -- I hit a lot of fairways again and hit a lot of good putts," said Kaymer. "I also had a lot of lip-outs, so it could have been a little bit better, but 2-under par is a very acceptable round."
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Charl Schwartzel carded a third-round 70. He is alone in third at minus-3, while Bill Haas (71) and defending champion Lee Westwood (70) are knotted in fourth place at 2-under.
Overnight leader Paul Lawrie stumbled to a 75 at Gary Player Country Club on Saturday. He is in sixth place at 1-under.
Peter Hanson (73) is alone in seventh at 2-over, Francesco Molinari (78), Carl Pettersson (74) and world No. 4 Justin Rose (69) are tied for eighth at 5- over, Nicolas Colsaerts (74) is in 11th place at 6-over and Garth Mulroy (75) rounds out the 12-player field at plus-7.
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Lawrie entered Saturday with a 1-shot lead, but that advantage disappeared on the first hole.
There, the 1999 British Open champion overhit his second shot and eventually settled for bogey, while Kaymer tapped home a short putt for par and a share of the lead.
In all, Lawrie bogeyed three of his first five holes, leaving Kaymer, Oosthuizen, and Schwartzel to battle for the top spot down the stretch.
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Kaymer birdied the ninth to claim a 1-stroke lead at the turn, but Oosthuizen responded with a birdie on the par-5 16th to join the German at 4-under, with Schwartzel lagging close behind.
Oosthuizen, though, closed with pair of pars, and Kaymer moved in front for good when he birdied No. 14 to reach 5-under. He then rattled off four straight pars to maintain the 1-stroke advantage entering the final day.
"Tomorrow I can't see anyone shooting a 66 or a 65 to win it -- the course is just playing really tough," said Oosthuizen. "Martin is leading on 5-under, so you're looking seven or 8-under maybe. Tomorrow I just need to stay patient and give myself a shot with four or five holes to go."
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NOTES: Only seven of the 12 players in the field have competed in this event before ... In the eight-player Champions Challenge, Bernhard Langer shot a final-round 74 and claimed the title by two strokes over Jay Haas.