Wilson leads going into final day

11/9/2008

Oliver Wilson maintained his bid for a maiden career title and his one stroke lead over former US Open Championship winner Geoff Ogilvy as the HSBC Champions in Shanghai heads for a thrilling finish.

The 28 year old carded a third round of 69 to move to the top of the leaderboard before playing two holes of his fourth round in level par to remain 12 under before bad light brought a halt to play.

Australian Ogilvy had followed up a second round 65 with a third round 70 in windy conditions and also played his two holes in level par after one bogey and one birdie.

Defending Champion Phil Mickelson, who completes the final group alongside Wilson and Ogilvy, is two off the lead on ten under alongside Sergio Garcia.

Wilson is playing the event courtesy of his Order of Merit ranking after finishing runner-up four times in 2008, including losing a play-off to Miguel Angel Jiménez in the BMW PGA Championship.

Leaderboard – Round 3:

1. Oliver Wilson                 ENG  67 68 69 204 -12
2. Geoff Ogilvy                  AUS  70 65 70 205 -11
3. Phil Mickelson                USA  66 70 70 206 -10
    Sergio Garcia                 ESP  66 68 72 206 -10
    Henrik Stenson             SWE  65 69 72 206 -10
6. Charl Schwartzel             SAF  69 72 67 208 - 8
    Adam Scott                   AUS  66 71 71 208 - 8
8. Paul Casey                    ENG  71 70 68 209 - 7
    Peter Hanson                SWE  69 70 70 209 - 7
    Prayad Marksaeng         THA  68 70 71 209 - 7

Source: European Tour