Nick O'Hern and Peter Lonard will go into the final round of the Australian PGA Championship with a three-stroke lead after finishing Saturday's third round at 18-under-par at the Coolum course.
O'Hern fired a best-of-the-day nine-under 63, including nine birdies and no blemishes, while two-time champion and overnight leader Lonard carded a 65 as the field took advantage of benign conditions on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
They led by three from another Australian, Peter O'Malley, who fired a 66, and by four from Wade Ormsby, who mixed five birdies, an eagle and a triple bogey eight at the 534-yard par five 15th in his round of 68. O'Hern carded five birdies in an imperious outward 31 before coming back in an equally flawless 32 to reach a 54-hole total of 198.
Lonard, who won the title outright in 2004 and shared it with Jarrod Moseley two years before, carded a second straight 65 inspired by four straight birdies from the 10th.
U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy fired a five-under 67 to be eight shots off the pace, two ahead of Stuart Appleby, an eight-time winner on the US PGA Tour.
Robert Allenby kissed goodbye to a successful title defense after a level-par 72 left him 11 shots off the pace, one further adrift than world number four Adam Scott, who fired a 71.
210 Scott Laycock 71 69 70, Chris Campbell 72 68 70, Tristan Lambert 70 72 68, Adam Scott 72 67 71, Matthew Millar 68 73 69, Steven Jeffress 69 67 74, Terry Pilkadaris 72 68 70, Kim Felton 69 72 69
211 Steve Collins 70 71 70, Gavin Coles 68 70 73, Steven Bowditch 70 70 71, Peter Senior 69 69 73, David McKenzie 67 73 71, Adam Bland 72 68 71, Robert Allenby 70 69 72, Scott Gardiner 72 68 71
212 Leigh McKechnie 72 70 70, Nigel Stivala 67 71 74, Richard Green 69 71 72, Andrew Tschudin 71 69 72, Brad Kennedy 72 68 72, Wayne Grady 70 72 70, Steve Jones (USA) 73 68 71
213 Eric Egloff 67 73 73, Jarrod Moseley 69 74 70, Matt Ballard 72 69 72
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