Qualifying School:Oskar Henningsson of Sweden is the halfway leader after three rounds of the qualifying school final at PGA Golf de Catalunya, near Girona, in Spain. The Swede has been in imperious form, preceding today's 65 with two 66s, for a three shot lead over England's Danny Willett.
Jonathan Caldwell is the nearest Irish challenger one eight-under-par after a 69. Michael McGeady is on seven under thanks to his third 69 and Ulsterman Michael Hoey is a shot behind him after a 69.
Simon Thornton is further off the pace on one under after his second consecutive 72.
Former Ryder Cup player Andrew Coltart, who lost his tour card at the end of 2007 and has been playing on invites, boosted his chances of a return with a 67 which lifted him into a share of 15th on a seven under.
Sweden's Joakim Haeggman, another former Ryder Cup player, and Bristol rookie Chris Wood, fifth in July's Open at Birkdale, sit alongside Coltart but Peter Baker, another ex-Ryder Cup star, is in grave danger of missing the 72-hole cut on four over despite a battling 68.
Willett, a 21-year-old Yorkshire rookie and former world amateur number one, carved out a best-of-the-day eight-under 63 over the Red Course for a 14-under aggregate of 200 to move into second place, three shots behind Henningson.
Willett, who has progressed through both stage one and two of the gruelling Q-school process, is forging a working relationship with experienced caddie Malcolm Mason, who carried the bag of former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance during his successful tour years.
"Malcolm has been with me since the Johnnie Walker at Gleneagles in August and he has come through all the Q-school stages with me," said the former Walker
Cup player after a round in which the highlight was a seven iron to eight feet for eagle at the 10th.
"We are getting used to each other. His experience is vital in these situations. He is an authoritative figure and if he tells me to do something then I will do it. He knows what to do and it's great for me to have someone like that around."
Henningsson, who has led from day one, cemented his place at the top with a neatly-crafted 65 for a 17-under total as his bid to land one of the 30 tour cards up for grabs took another major step forward.
"This has to be some of the best golf I've ever played in my career," said the Swede, who birdied his final three holes. "I certainly can't remember another time like it and things couldn't really be going any better."
Collated scores after the third round. Irish in bold.
197Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 66 66 65
200Danny Willett (Eng) 70 67 63
202Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 69 66 67
204Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 71 67 66
205Branden Grace (Rsa) 66 69 70, Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 72 67 66, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 66 75 64
206Dennis Kupper (Ger) 69 68 69, Inder Van Weerelt (Ned) 66 71 69, David Drysdale (Sco) 68 71 67, Marco Ruiz (Par) 66 75 65, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (Spa) 69 69 68, Jonathan Caldwell (NIrl) 67 70 69, Ake Nilsson (Swe) 71 67 68 206
207Andrew Coltart (Sco) 71 69 67, Ben Mason (Eng) 70 72 65, Michele Reale (Ita) 69 72 66, Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 70 67 70, Stuart Manley (Wal) 67 73 67, Chris Wood (Eng) 72 66 69, Johan Wahlqvist (Swe) 69 67 71, Michael Mcgeady (Irl) 69 69 69
208 Michael Hoey (NIrl) 68 69 71,Marc Cayeux (Zim) 68 72 68, Iain Pyman (Eng) 70 67 71, Anthony Snobeck (Fra) 71 71 66, Lorenzo Gagli (Ita) 73 66 69
209James Kamte (Rsa) 67 70 72, Chris Gane (Eng) 69 68 72, Roland Steiner (Aut) 68 73 68, Andreas Hogberg (Swe) 74 63 72, Dominique Nouailhac (Fra) 69 70 70, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 73 70 66
210Ben Evans (Eng) 70 67 73, Henrik Nystrom (Swe) 68 70 72, Gary Clark (Eng) 70 70 70, Tony Carolan (Aus) 67 73 70, Callum Macaulay (Sco) 71 67 72
211Adilson Da Silva (Bra) 72 71 68, Julien Grillon (Fra) 69 72 70, James Morrison (Eng) 71 71 69, Andrew Butterfield (Eng) 73 70 68, Jesus Maria Arruti (Spa) 70 68 73, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 71 72 68, Federico Colombo (Ita) 68 67 76, Anthony Summers (Aus) 71 71 69
212John Mellor (Eng) 68 75 69, Matthew Millar (Aus) 74 69 69, Joakim Backstrom (Swe) 69 73 70, Jose-Filipe Lima (Por) 69 74 69, Steven Jeffress (Aus) 72 67 73, Nicola Maestroni (Ita) 68 74 70, Juan Abbate (Arg) 69 70 73, Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 74 71 67, Darren Fichardt (Rsa) 79 64 69, Nathan Smith (USA) 71 70 71, Lee S James (Eng) 72 68 72, Dale Whitnell (Eng) 71 70 71
213 Simon Thornton (Irl) 69 72 72, Sam Walker (Eng) 71 71 71, Richard Mcevoy (Eng) 71 67 75, Roope Kakko (Fin) 68 73 72, Jamie Moul (Eng) 75 71 67, Jamie Little (Eng) 74 69 70, Carlos Aguilar (Spa) 67 72 74, Julien Guerrier (Fra) 72 69 72, Florian Fritsch (Ger) 74 68 71
214Andrew Mcarthur (Sco) 70 71 73, Anthony Grenier (Fra) 73 70 71, Julio Zapata (Arg) 70 75 69, Simon Griffiths (Eng) 67 75 72, Rolf Muntz (Ned) 69 76 69, Antti Ahokas (Fin) 69 75 70, Jochen Lupprian (Ger) 70 70 74, Thomas Aiken (Rsa) 73 70 71
215Thomas Feyrsinger (Aut) 76 66 73, Mark F Haastrup (Den) 75 68 72, Robert Coles (Eng) 69 75 71, Jean-Nicolas Billot (Fra) 68 72 75, Michael Curtain (Aus) 67 77 71, Benjamin Alvarado (Chi) 73 74 68, Matthew Mills (Eng) 71 72 72, Carl Suneson (Spa) 70 74 71, Alex Haindl (Rsa) 69 74 72, John Parry (Eng) 71 74 70
216Steven Jeppesen (Swe) 73 73 70, Garry Houston (Wal) 70 73 73, Sebastian L Saavedra (Arg) 71 74 71, Martin Wiegele (Aut) 72 71 73, Rory Hie (Ina) 71 72 73, Carlos Rodiles (Spa) 71 74 71, Brett A Taylor (Eng) 69 72 75, Benjamin Miarka (Ger) 73 70 73, Gareth Paddison (Nzl) 70 73 73, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 68 74 74
217Guy Woodman (Eng) 77 71 69, Clodomiro Carranza (Arg) 67 75 75, Sion E Bebb (Wal) 70 75 72, Jens Dantorp (Swe) 69 74 74, Ally Mellor (Eng) 74 71 72, Greig Hutcheon (Sco) 71 69 77, Julien Quesne (Fra) 67 74 76, Andrew Tampion (Aus) 78 73 66, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 78 67 72, Santiago Luna (Spa) 70 74 73, Anders Kristiansen (Nor) 72 68 77
218Leif Westerberg (Swe) 73 73 72, Chris Doak (Sco) 75 72 71, Javier Colomo (Spa) 75 73 70, Jaakko Makitalo (Fin) 76 70 72, Philip Golding (Eng) 79 66 73, Mikko Korhonen (Fin) 70 73 75, Adrien Bernadet (Fra) 69 75 74
219Peter Baker (Eng) 72 74 73, Matthew Morris (Eng) 77 74 68, Peter Richardson (Eng) 72 71 76, Jan-Are Larsen (Nor) 73 71 75, Jordi Garcia Pinto (Spa) 75 72 72, Patrik Sjoland (Swe) 74 70 75
220Petter Bocian (Swe) 71 73 76, David Carter (Eng) 70 75 75, Nicolas Meitinger (Ger) 69 76 75, Edoardo Molinari (Ita) 73 72 75
221Stuart Davis (Eng) 75 69 77, Jean-Francois Remesy (Fra) 76 73 72, Christopher Hanell (Swe) 75 72 74, Graham Gordon (Sco) 77 74 70, Ian Garbutt (Eng) 71 73 77
222Gareth Davies (Eng) 72 79 71, Gary Marks (Eng) 71 74 77, Warren Bennett (Eng) 71 78 73
223Marcel Haremza (Ger) 77 71 75, Gerald Gresse (Bel) 68 77 78
224Francois Calmels (Fra) 71 75 78, Van Phillips (Eng) 72 77 75, Lloyd Saltman (Sco) 69 75 80
225Malcolm Mackenzie (Eng) 76 75 74, Andrew Oldcorn (Sco) 77 73 75, Craig Lee (Sco) 76 71 78, Tobias Dier (Ger) 75 73 77
226Gary Emerson (Eng) 73 74 79, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 72 72 82, Liam Bond (Wal) 75 71 80, James Ruth (Eng) 77 74 75, Gary Boyd (Eng) 72 74 80
227Sven Struver (Ger) 77 76 74, Peter Whiteford (Sco) 67 78 82
228Andrew Crux (Eng) 76 78 74, Robin Swane (Ned) 76 73 79
230Jarrod Moseley (Aus) 75 75 80
231Oscar Floren (Swe) 73 82 76, Pedro Linhart (Spa) 75 75 81
235Raphael De Sousa (Swi) 76 83 76
236Scott Henry (Sco) 75 77 84
Rtd: Scott Hend (Aus) 71 73
