Jose Maria Olazabal is five shots ahead of Paul Broadhurst after ten holes of the final round of the Mallorca Classic.
The Spaniard is four under for his round and 10 over for the tournament after birdies at four, five, six and nine.
Joint third are Welshman Bradley Dredge, Dane Soren Hansen and Swede Mattias Eliasson, who if he could finish fourth would save his European Tour card.
Andrew Coltart had the lowest round of the week, a seven-under-par 63 which he described as "a lovely way to put the season to bed."
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Coltart, who finished two under and has not qualified for the Volvo Masters, turned in 29 and when he birdied the 10th and 11th as well to be eight under something really special loomed.
But he played the last seven in one over.