Warren moves into lead in Spain
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Marc Warren carded a 4-under 68 on Saturday to move into the lead of the Open de Espana.
Warren finished three rounds at Parador de El Saler at 8-under-par 208, which is two strokes clear of Craig Lee (70).
"I am very pleased with today's work," Warren said. "They were tough conditions on a tough golf course, so to shoot 68 is a very pleasing day."
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David Horsey fired the low round of the day with a 6-under 66 to vault himself into a share of third place with Paul Waring (69) at 5-under.
Second-round leader Peter Uihlein stumbled to a 2-over 74 to drop into a tie with Maximilian Kieffer (69), David Howell (71) and Raphael Jacquelin (73) for fifth at minus-4.
Warren entered the day two shots behind Uihlein, but quickly joined the American atop the leaderboard at 7-under with birdies at the third, fifth and seventh.
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Uihlein had moved to 8-under with two birdies in his first three holes before slipping to a bogey at the sixth to meet Warren at minus-7.
Warren then dropped a shot behind Uihlein with a bogey at the ninth, but bounced back with a birdie at the 10th to regain a share of the lead.
Uihlein fell apart from there, closing his round with bogeys at the 13th, 16th and 17th to fall off the pace.
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Warren, meanwhile, birdied the 12th to pull ahead of the pack at 8-under.
He briefly lost the top spot to Lee with a bogey at the 14th as Lee climbed the leaderboard with birdies at the fourth, fifth, 14th and 15th, but Lee finished his round with back-to-back bogeys at the 16th and 17th to drop to second place.
"I played well early on and managed to get a couple of birdies, but the end was difficult with the wind and I threw a couple (of shots) away," said Lee. "It is always frustrating (to end poorly). There were a couple of easy up and downs and I did not quite make the most of them."
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Warren then pulled two strokes clear of Lee with a birdie at the 15th followed by three straight pars to take a 2-stroke edge into the final round.
NOTES: Warren is seeking his third career win on the European Tour ... Warren's best finish this year was a tie for 17th at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic ... This is the fourth time that Parador de El Saler is hosting the tournament, but the first since 2001.