Cabrera-Bello, Slattery share Dutch lead

Englishman Lee Slattery and Spaniard Rafael Cabrera-Bello both carded seven-under 63's to share a one shot lead at the Dutch Open following a spectacular third round on Saturday.

I'm really pleased that everything went my way," said Cabrera-Bello

NETHERLANDS 12 Sept 2015, (AFP) - Cabrera-Bello chipped in from 50ft for an eagle at the seventh during a front nine of 29 that also included six birdies against just one bogey while Slattery kept pace with an eagle of his own and six birdies to share the overnight lead.

Scotland's 1999 British Open champion Paul Lawrie, 46, climbed the leaderboard with a 63 of his own to lie alone in third spot just one shot back on a day when birdies were in abundance at the Kennemer Golf and Country Club in northern Holland.

The record for holes-in-one for an EPGA season fell, when Swede Magnus A Carlsson aced the short par-three eighth before Australian Wade Ormsby found the hole from the tee on the 11th hole to make it 41 in a season for Europe's finest, and better the previous 2006 mark by two.

"I sunk a very long putt on the first hole and after that all the other birdies were pretty much tap-ins," said the 31-year-old Cabrera-Bello, who saw another eagle attempt bounce off the pin at the fifth and nestle next to the hole for a tap-in birdie.

"Even the bogey I had was a three-putt from five feet, so it could've been better, but I'm really pleased that everything went my way," said the Spaniard who is chasing a third EPGA win and first since the 2012 Dubai Classic.

"It was a bonus to hole my third shot for an eagle on the seventh. I just threw my club up in the air because I didn't know how to celebrate! I wasn't expecting that.

"It could've been one or two better but I'll take 63. It's very exciting for tomorrow (Sunday) and it looks like I'll be in the last group with Lee (Slattery). Being in the final group on the last day is always an honour and very exciting.

Slattery, who won the Russian Open last week, opened with three birdies over the first four holes before holing a 10ft putt at the 12th for an eagle as part of his 63.

"It's like a dream come true at the minute. I went into last week with a lot of pressure on and won, and then I've come here with no pressure whatsoever and just been trying to play good golf," said the 37-year-old.

"It's a fabulous feeling and I feel a lot more relaxed this week than I was last week.

Belgian Thomas Pieters sits just two shots adrift and alone in fourth after the day's joint-lowest score of 62 while Finland's Mikko Ilonen matched him and shares fifth with Ormsby and Denmark's Morten Orum Madsen.

Leading third round scores of the EPGA Dutch Open in Zandvoort on Saturday ((Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 70):

194 - Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 65 66 63, Lee Slattery 66 65 63

195 - Paul Lawrie 61 71 63

196 - Thomas Pieters (BEL) 68 66 62

197 - Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 64 71 62, Wade Ormsby (AUS) 61 68 68, Morten Orum Madsen (DEN) 64 67 66

198 - Maximilian Kieffer (GER) 67 67 64

199 - Soren Kjeldsen (DEN) 64 64 71, Andrew Johnston 66 68 65, Jason Barnes 67 64 68, Richard Green (AUS) 67 64 68, Eduardo De La Riva (ESP) 66 66 67, Tom Lewis 69 65 65

200 - Jason Scrivener (AUS) 68 67 65, Ben Evans 68 67 65, David Howell 68 69 63, David Horsey 63 66 71, Fabrizio Zanotti (PAR) 67 66 67, Eddie Pepperell 67 66 67, James Morrison 63 67 70

201 - Magnus A Carlsson (SWE) 65 66 70, Gregory Bourdy (FRA) 68 66 67, Simon Thornton 67 68 66

202 - Richard Bland 62 70 70, Mike Lorenzo-Vera (FRA) 68 67 67, Matthew Nixon 70 64 68, Joost Luiten (NED) 63 71 68, Martin Kaymer (GER) 67 67 68, Mikko Korhonen (FIN) 67 70 65, Scott Hend (AUS) 65 72 65, Andy Sullivan 65 69 68, Alejandro Canizares (ESP) 68 66 68, Matthew Fitzpatrick 71 60 71

203 - Robert Rock 63 69 71, Daniel Brooks 67 68 68, Rikard Karlberg (SWE) 69 66 68, Padraig Harrington 71 65 67

204 - Anders Hansen (DEN) 70 67 67, Estanislao Goya (ARG) 63 71 70, Espen Kofstad (NOR) 69 66 69, Richard McEvoy 71 63 70, Matt Ford 66 69 69, Simon Griffiths 67 67 70, Ricardo Gonzalez (Arg) 69 68 67, Wil Besseling (Ned) 69 66 69, Peter Uihlein (USA) 69 66 69, Stephen Gallacher 65 72 67, Richard Finch 69 66 69, Trevor Fisher Jnr (RSA) 68 66 70

205 - Daniel Vancsik (ARG) 66 70 69, Tom Watson (USA) 69 68 68, Benjamin Hebert (FRA) 68 67 70, Oliver Fisher 68 68 69, Paul Peterson (USA) 68 69 68

206 - Andrea Pavan (ITA) 67 70 69, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 69 65 72, David Lipsky (USA) 66 71 69

207 - Edouard Espana (FRA) 70 67 70, John Parry 67 70 70, Lasse Jensen (DEN) 65 71 71, Daniel Gaunt (AUS) 70 67 70, Robert Dinwiddie 67 70 70

208 - David Drysdale 68 67 73, Peter Lawrie 68 69 71, Raphael Jacquelin (FRA) 67 70 71

209 - Alvaro Quiros (ESP) 67 65 77

211 - Lucas Bjerregaard (DEN) 66 68 77