Sergio Garcia will take a four-shot lead into the final round of the Thailand Golf Championship after Saturday's excellent 65.
The Spaniard had already carded rounds of 68 and 65 to share the halfway lead with Justin Rose and he secured eight birdies and just one bogey to surge ahead to 18-under par with just 18 holes to go in Bangkok. Rose has now slipped back to fourth spot on the leaderboard after signing for a modest 70 and it is in-form Swede Henrik Stenson who will be Garcia's closest challenger on Sunday as his 65 moved the Race to Dubai winner up to -14. India's Anirban Lahiri is also on 14-under par with Rose one stroke back, but the rest of the field appear to now be playing for the minor places. Alexander Levy of France shot another solid round of 70 and he is next in the standings on -11, with Korea's Kim Gi-whan, Yuki Kono of Japan and Thailand's Panuphol Pittayarat sharing sixth place on -10. But it is Ryder Cup star Garcia who now holds all the aces and the 33-year-old was delighted with his effort over the closing holes. "It was great obviously to be able to go out there and shoot 65 again," he said. "I played nicely and felt pretty comfortable. "I was able to hit some really nice shots and then was able to roll two or three really good putts in and it was nice to be able to finish birdie, birdie on this difficult finishing stretch."
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