Mikko Korhonen will look to complete a remarkable comeback when he takes a one-shot lead into the final round of the KLM Open, while Tom McKibbin has fallen away after a promising start to the event.
Korhonen is a two-time DP World Tour winner but stepped back from the game last summer, and his appearance in Amsterdam this week is just his third after a year away.
He has shown no signs of rust, however, and after making a hole-in-one en route to a 64 on day one, he has been on top of the leaderboard ever since, with a third-round 70 leaving him one shot ahead of Italy's Guido Migliozzi.
"It was really, really fun today," he said. "I didn’t really know what to expect because I haven’t played for a while, and in the circumstances like this, so yeah it was fun.
"Just try to enjoy it. Go step by step, shot by shot. It would mean quite a lot but let’s not go there just yet."
Korhonen responded to an opening bogey with an eagle on the third and added two further birdies and bogeys in a week where he has recorded every score from one to seven.
Migliozzi’s 66 was the lowest round of the day and left him a shot ahead of countryman Matteo Manassero, American Sean Crocker and Dane Rasmus Hojgaard.
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English duo Matt Wallace and Joe Dean were then at eight under as Dean continued to write one of the stories of the season.
The 29-year-old was working as a delivery driver for Morrisons in February before he finished second in Kenya, with a top five in Belgium last month putting him in the top 60 on the Race to Dubai and on course for full playing privileges in 2025.
He could also earn himself a second Open Championship appearance seven years after finishing in a tie for 70th at Birkdale, with the top two players this week not already exempt being handed a place in the field next month at Troon.
McKibbin completed a level-par round of 71 to leave him eight shots behind the leader after round three.
It was a mixed day for the Holywood man as he registered five birdies as well as five bogeys to end the day on -3.
He had previously carded 69 in round one and 70 in round two and now faces an uphill task in order to secure one of the two British Open exemptions on offer in Amsterdam.
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