Ignacio Garrido held off Mark Foster to regain the lead midway with his
PING G20 through the third afternoon of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles.
On a course that will host the 2014 Ryder Cup, Foster, the leader on day one, had initially birdied the second to go level with the Spaniard but Garrido opened up a two shot lead with birdies on the third and fifth.
However, the Englishman eagled the ninth to move level with Garrido on ten under par, before the Spaniard birdied the same hole to move a shot clear.
Irishman Peter Lawrie parred his first eight holes before a birdie on the ninth saw him move level with the Spaniard on eight under par.
Italian Lorenzo Gagli is seven under par after a bogey on the ninth.
South African George Coetzee followed up his 69 yesterday with a 68 after countering two consecutive bogies on the second and third with seven birdies to move four shots off the lead.
America's Anthony Kang started well with birdies on the first two holes but a bogey on the eighth saw him drop to six under par and Scotland's Marc Warren birdied the first two holes but a bogey on the fifth hindered his charge.
England's Kenneth Ferrie, who shared the lead yesterday, struggled to assert himself on his third round with a bogey on the first and sixth and is five under.
Swede Magnus Carlsson shot two birdies and a bogey to stay in the touch.
Fellow Spaniard Alejandro Caizares, who made 72 in his opening two rounds, shot a four under par 68 after five birdies, including two consecutive in his last two holes.
Paraguay's Marco Ruiz shot 69, his best of the week, after birdieing his last three holes with his
Mizuno JPX AD , while Swede Oscar Floren shot birdies on the 13th, 16th and 17th but finished two under after a bogey on the last.
Defending champion Edoardo Molinari tried to climb his way up the leaderboard but three birdies were overshadowed by bogies on the sixth and 13th, leaving him with a three under par 69, his best of the week, but some way ahead of his brother Francesco, who ended the third round two over following another 74.
Argentina's Tano Goya, who shared the lead at one stage yesterday before shooting a 76, had another indifferent round, overcoming a bogey on the first, with birdies on the fourth and seventh and an eagle on the ninth but another bogey on the 14th and a six on the three par 17th saw him slide down the leaderboard on two under par.
Colin Montgomerie, one under at halfway, birdied the long second, the tenth and last but double-bogeyed the 431 yard third and made six more bogies to finish with a third round 77, his worst of the week so far, to leave him four over par.
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