Ramsay on top as Lawrie loses lead

Richie Ramsay moved to the top of the Omega European Masters leaderboard after carding a blemish-free 64 in his third round at Crans-sur-Sierre in the Swiss Alps, with his fellow Scot Paul Lawrie losing the lead after a double-bogey.

Ramsay, below, picked up birdies in three of his opening five holes before adding three more on the back nine to finish a fog-hit round on six under and move to 11 under for the tournament, one shot clear of Lawrie and England’s Danny Willett. Lawrie, who was named in the Europe team for the Ryder Cup having last week won the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, had looked on course to top the leaderboard heading into the final day after climbing to first place on the back of an eventful start to his third round, which included an eagle three on the first.

Following that, he picked up four birdies, while dropping shots at the third and fifth, to reach the turn in 31 before another birdie at the 12th to move to 12 under. However, a double-bogey seven at the 14th saw him drop back down and he could not pick up any more shots as he finished with four 
successive pars to card a 67.

Willett followed up back-to-back 67s with a 68 while France’s Julien Quesne, who was the overnight leader a shot ahead of Willett, slipped back to fourth on nine under par after carding a level-par 70.