Yang takes up the running in China

China Open: South Korean YE Yang shot a bogey-free third round 68 to move a shot clear of the field at the Volvo China Open.

China Open:South Korean YE Yang shot a bogey-free third round 68 to move a shot clear of the field at the Volvo China Open.

The USPGA champion was one of just three players not to card a bogey in difficult windy conditions in Suzhou, and holds a one-shot lead over Jamie Donaldson of Wales and Finn Mikko Ilonen.

The lead changed hands throughout the day, with Yang, Donaldson, Ilonen and overnight leader Kim Do-hoon of South Korea all clear at some stage.

The low round of the day came from Welshman Rhys Davies, whose bogey-free 65 included eagles on both the par fives on the back nine and lifted him 53 places up the leaderboard into a share of ninth on eight-under.

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Another Welshman, Stephen Dodd was the day's other player to avoid a bogey and he also shot up the leaderboard with a 66 that left him tied for fifth with Kim on 10-under.

A trio of Irishmen - Graeme McDowell, Shane Lowry and Damien McGrane - are six under, with Peter Lawrie a shot adrift of them.

Paul McGinley and Gareth Maybin are both on level par.

Collated third round scores & totals in the European Tour Volvo China Open, Suzhou Jinji Lake Golf Club, Suzhou, China

(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 72):

202Y.E. Yang (Kor) 68 66 68

203Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 68 67 68, Jamie Donaldson 66 68 69

205Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 66 69 70

206Do-hoon Kim (Pkr) 64 69 73, Stephen Dodd 69 71 66

207Johan Edfors (Swe) 68 71 68

208Alexander Noren (Swe) 71 67 70, Rhys Davies 73 70 65, Oliver Fisher 73 65 70, Ross McGowan 71 68 69, Bradley Dredge 70 70 68

209Wen-chong Liang (Chn) 66 70 73, Nicolas Colsaerts (Bel) 69 72 68, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 64 70 75, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 68 73 68

210Seung-yul Noh (Kor) 69 68 73, Damien McGrane 67 73 70, Graeme McDowell 70 70 70, Shane Lowry 70 68 72, Sang-moon Bae (Kor) 71 69 70, Corey Pavin (USA) 67 70 73, Steven Bowditch (Aus) 72 68 70

211Peter Hanson (Swe) 72 67 72, Peter Whiteford 70 70 71, David Dixon 70 72 69, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 71 72 68, Wen-Tang Lin (Tpe) 71 70 70, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 70 72 69, Peter Lawrie 67 72 72,Graeme Storm 69 69 73

212Marc Warren 71 68 73, Colin Montgomerie 72 68 72, Dae-hyun Kim (Kor) 70 67 75, Josh Geary (Nzl) 73 67 72

213Christian Nilsson (Swe) 71 72 70, Danny Willett 71 69 73, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 71 71, Anthony Wall 72 70 71, Soon-sang Hong (Kor) 67 71 75, Matthew Millar (Aus) 72 71 70, Ted Oh (Kor) 73 69 71, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 72 70 71, Pablo Martin (Spa) 71 70 72

214Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 71 71 72, Stephen Gallacher 70 71 73, David Horsey 76 68 70, Kang-Chun Wu (Chn) 72 70 72, Peter O'Malley (Aus) 71 71 72, Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 74 70 70

215Oliver Wilson 69 74 72, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 73 68 74, Phillip Price 73 70 72, Tano Goya (Arg) 70 72 73, Joon-eob Son (Pkr) 71 72 72

216Ki-sang Lee (Kor) 75 68 73, Stephen Dartnell (Aus) 74 70 72, Gareth Maybin 72 72 72,Alastair Forsyth 69 74 73, Mark Foster 75 64 77, Paul McGinley 71 72 73

217Richard Lee (Nzl) 72 72 73, David Howell 73 71 73, Danny Lee (Nzl) 73 71 73, David Drysdale 75 69 73, Marcus Both (Aus) 74 70 73, Hao Yuan (Chn) 72 72 73, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 73 71 73, Qin Xu (Chn) 74 69 74

218Scott Barr (Aus) 75 69 74, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 75 67 76, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 74 70 74, Mu Hu (Chn) 69 74 75

219David Gleeson (Aus) 73 70 76, Gui Ming Liao (Chn) 70 74 75