Wilson eyes first tour win

Wilson: Eyes on first prize

Leaderboard:
-13 O Wilson
-12 W-T Lin
-11 B Langer
-10 P Larrazabal
-10 R McIlroy
-10 F Molinari
-10 JM Singh

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Oliver Wilson has once again put himself in pole position to clinch a maiden European Tour victory in the UBS Hong Kong Open.

The Englishman, an eight-time runner-up so far in his career including two play-off losses this year, fired a third round 65 on a day of low scoring to lead the international field by a shot going into Sunday's final round.

Wilson is chased by Lin Wen-Tang from Chinese Taipei but a greater challenge may come from veteran Bernhard Langer, who rolled back the years with a thrilling round of 63 to sit two off the lead.

The 51-year-old German struggled early on but went birdie-eagle-birdie from the sixth to kick-start his round - the eagle coming when he holed a seven-iron from a fairway trap - and although he dropped a shot at the 12th he followed it with four successive birdies to come home in 32 shots.

"It was kind of a strange day," said Langer. "It is always great top be up on the leaderboard and it is always great to be in contention.

"That is what we practice for and what we work for; to have a good chance on Sunday afternoon to win a tournament."

Wilson had started the third round in a four-way tie for the lead and though he dropped a shot on the first, he fired two successive birdies from the sixth to reach the turn at one-under-par for the day.

Birdies on the 10th, 13th and 14th saw him move back into a share of the lead before he sank a 15-foot putt on the 17th to take sole possession of the lead.

Another player to make a move was the impressive young Spaniard Pablo Larrazabal, who fired a flawless round of 64 to join three others on 10 under par.

Rory McIlroy (66), Francesco Molinari (67) and Jeev-Milkha Singh (66) all had good rounds to put themselves in contention, while Colin Montgomerie rescued his day after a double-bogey on the opening hole to be one further back.

The Scot went out in 35 and was in danger of sliding out of contention, but three birdies on the backward nine leaves him with an outside chance to challenge for the title who won back in 2005.