Adrian Otaegui closed with a 64 to take a six-shot lead at 16-under in the Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters.
“I’m very happy, everything went perfectly today. I putted well, I felt very comfortable. The crowds were pushing amazingly, so that was unbelievable.
“I had a very good start with a nice birdie on the second and then three birdies in a row at four, five, six and that gave me a bit of momentum.
“I felt good on the course, tried to enjoy it, tried to stay focused. I missed a couple of birdie putts at the beginning of the front nine but finished with three good birdies.”
Fellow Spaniard and overnight co-leader Angel Hidalgo carded a 70 and moved down into a share of second place at 10-under alongside Sweden’s Joakim Lagergren who shot a 70.
Australian Min Woo Lee (71) lies in solo fourth place at 9-under followed by Scot Robert MacIntyre in fifth at 7-under (69).
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OTAEGUI, Adrian | -16 | 67 | 66 | 64 |
| 2 | LAGERGREN, Joakim | -10 | 69 | 67 | 67 |
| | HIDALGO, Angel | -10 | 70 | 63 | 70 |
| 4 | LEE, Min Woo | -9 | 66 | 67 | 71 |
| 5 | MACINTYRE, Robert | -7 | 67 | 70 | 69 |
| 6 | SMITH, Jordan | -6 | 69 | 69 | 69 |
| 7 | HØJGAARD, Rasmus | -5 | 69 | 71 | 68 |
| | FISHER, Ross | -5 | 73 | 66 | 69 |
| 9 | CATLIN, John | -4 | 70 | 68 | 71 |
| 10 | LAWRENCE, Thriston | -3 | 69 | 69 | 72 |
| LUITEN, Joost | -3 | 68 | 74 | 68 | |
| | ROZNER, Antoine | -3 | 72 | 69 | 69 |
| | WU, Ashun | -3 | 72 | 69 | 69 |
| 14 | VAN DRIEL, Darius | -2 | 69 | 71 | 71 |
| | KINHULT, Marcus | -2 | 76 | 67 | 68 |
| | DONALDSON, Jamie | -2 | 74 | 70 | 67 |
| 17 | ANGLES, Pep | -1 | 66 | 75 | 71 |
| | JANEWATTANANOND, Jazz | -1 | 66 | 72 | 74 |
| | NEMECZ, Lukas | -1 | 70 | 69 | 73 |
| | COLSAERTS, Nicolas | -1 | 70 | 73 | 69 |
| | WILSON, Andrew | -1 | 75 | 70 | 67 |
| 22 | PAUL, Yannik | Par | 71 | 68 | 74 |
| | GARCIA RODRIGUEZ, Sebastian | Par | 68 | 69 | 76 |
| | ARMITAGE, Marcus | Par | 72 | 67 | 74 |
| | WARREN, Marc | Par | 68 | 73 | 72 |
| ELVIRA, Nacho | Par | 72 | 70 | 71 | |
| | SULLIVAN, Andy | Par | 72 | 69 | 72 |
| | LANGASQUE, Romain | Par | 73 | 71 | 69 |
| | GOUVEIA, Ricardo | Par | 69 | 74 | 70 |
| | SHINKWIN, Callum | Par | 71 | 73 | 69 |
| 31 | KAWAMURA, Masahiro | +1 | 71 | 71 | 72 |
| | HEBERT, Benjamin | +1 | 69 | 74 | 71 |
| | NORRMAN, Vincent | +1 | 72 | 71 | 71 |
| | PARATORE, Renato | +1 | 73 | 70 | 71 |
| | MERONK, Adrian | +1 | 75 | 69 | 70 |
| | SIEM, Marcel | +1 | 70 | 74 | 70 |
| | VEERMAN, Johannes | +1 | 70 | 74 | 70 |
| 38 | WINTHER, Jeff | +2 | 74 | 69 | 72 |
| | ANTCLIFF, Maverick | +2 | 73 | 68 | 74 |
| | SYME, Connor | +2 | 73 | 72 | 70 |
| | OLESEN, Thorbjørn | +2 | 75 | 69 | 71 |
| 42 | MANSELL, Richard | +3 | 73 | 67 | 76 |
| | LARRAZÁBAL, Pablo | +3 | 68 | 75 | 73 |
| | FITZPATRICK, Alex | +3 | 70 | 72 | 74 |
| | BESSELING, Wil | +3 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
| | HØJGAARD, Nicolai | +3 | 73 | 71 | 72 |
| | CAMPILLO, Jorge | +3 | 69 | 74 | 73 |
| | BROBERG, Kristoffer | +3 | 73 | 71 | 72 |
| | LOMBARD, Zander | +3 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
| | GALLACHER, Stephen | +3 | 74 | 71 | 71 |
| TARRIO, Santiago | +3 | 75 | 70 | 71 | |
| 52 | FDEZ-CASTAÑO, Gonzalo | +4 | 71 | 72 | 74 |
| | VAN ROOYEN, Erik | +4 | 74 | 71 | 72 |
| | SINGH BRAR, Jack | +4 | 72 | 72 | 73 |
| 55 | KJELDSEN, Søren | +5 | 66 | 74 | 78 |
| | BEKKER, Oliver | +5 | 77 | 66 | 75 |
| | KOFSTAD, Espen | +5 | 71 | 72 | 75 |
| | RAMSAY, Richie | +5 | 70 | 74 | 74 |
| | BJÖRK, Alexander | +5 | 73 | 71 | 74 |
| | LAPORTA, Francesco | +5 | 73 | 71 | 74 |
| | HANNA, Chase | +5 | 72 | 73 | 73 |
| | ORIOL, Pedro | +5 | 73 | 72 | 73 |
| | DE JAGER, Louis | +5 | 68 | 77 | 73 |
| 64 | AYORA, Angel (AM) | +6 | 73 | 72 | 74 |
| | DETRY, Thomas | +6 | 75 | 69 | 75 |
| 66 | HORSEY, David | +8 | 66 | 75 | 80 |
| CUT | |||||
| 67 | MORRISON, James | +4 | 74 | 72 | - |
| | SCHMID, Matti | +4 | 71 | 75 | - |
| | JORDAN, Matthew | +4 | 73 | 73 | - |
| | SODERBERG, Sebastian* | +4 | 73 | 73 | - |
| | GAVINS, Daniel* | +4 | 76 | 70 | - |
| | GARCIA-HEREDIA, Alfredo | +4 | 73 | 73 | - |
| | SCRIVENER, Jason | +4 | 74 | 72 | - |
| | FOX, Ryan | +4 | 74 | 72 | - |
| | CHESTERS, Ashley* | +4 | 71 | 75 | - |
| 76 | WALTERS, Justin* | +5 | 74 | 73 | - |
| | VAN TONDER, Daniel | +5 | 73 | 74 | - |
| | WILSON, Oliver* | +5 | 73 | 74 | - |
| | KORHONEN, Mikko | +5 | 74 | 73 | - |
| | BROWN, Steven* | +5 | 70 | 77 | - |
| | MØLLER, Niklas Nørgaard* | +5 | 73 | 74 | - |
| | LAW, David* | +5 | 76 | 71 | - |
| | SANTOS, Ricardo* | +5 | 76 | 71 | - |
| | BRUN, Julien | +5 | 73 | 74 | - |
| | HUIZING, Daan* | +5 | 73 | 74 | - |
| 86 | JAMIESON, Scott | +6 | 73 | 75 | - |
| | WHITNELL, Dale | +6 | 75 | 73 | - |
| | PULKKANEN, Tapio | +6 | 73 | 75 | - |
| | VÄLIMÄKI, Sami | +6 | 74 | 74 | - |
| | CABRERA BELLO, Rafa* | +6 | 77 | 71 | - |
| | FICHARDT, Darren | +6 | 74 | 74 | - |
| | APHIBARNRAT, Kiradech* | +6 | 80 | 68 | - |
| | SOUTHGATE, Matthew* | +6 | 75 | 73 | - |
| | CALDWELL, Jonathan | +6 | 71 | 77 | - |
| | FERGUSON, Ewen | +6 | 76 | 72 | - |
| | FITZPATRICK, Matt | +6 | 74 | 74 | - |
| | SENIOR, Jack* | +6 | 75 | 73 | - |
| 98 | BJERREGAARD, Lucas | +7 | 75 | 74 | - |
| | STONE, Brandon | +7 | 77 | 72 | - |
| | PAVON, Matthieu* | +7 | 77 | 72 | - |
| FORREST, Grant | +7 | 73 | 76 | - | |
| | KIEFFER, Maximilian* | +7 | 78 | 71 | - |
| | MIGLIOZZI, Guido | +7 | 73 | 76 | - |
| | MOLINARI, Edoardo | +7 | 72 | 77 | - |
| | LONG, Hurly | +7 | 77 | 72 | - |
| | HELLIGKILDE, Marcus | +7 | 73 | 76 | - |
| 107 | VON DELLINGSHAUSEN, Nicolai* | +8 | 82 | 68 | - |
| | SAMOOJA, Kalle* | +8 | 74 | 76 | - |
| | ZANOTTI, Fabrizio | +8 | 74 | 76 | - |
| | LEON, Hugo* | +8 | 73 | 77 | - |
| 111 | CELLI, Filippo | +9 | 77 | 74 | - |
| 112 | QUIROS, Alvaro* | +10 | 70 | 82 | - |
| | CAÑIZARES, Alejandro | +10 | 78 | 74 | - |
| | LACROIX, Frederic | +10 | 80 | 72 | - |
| | SHARMA, Shubhankar* | +10 | 78 | 74 | - |
| | KARLBERG, Rikard* | +10 | 78 | 74 | - |
| | STERNE, Richard | +10 | 76 | 76 | - |
| 118 | WOOD, Chris | +11 | 79 | 74 | - |
| | HOWIE, Craig | +11 | 75 | 78 | - |
| | HEND, Scott* | +11 | 74 | 79 | - |
| 121 | PAVAN, Andrea | +14 | 77 | 79 | - |
| | HANSEN, Joachim B.* | +14 | 81 | 75 | - |
| 123 | CROCKER, Sean* | +15 | 80 | 77 | - |
| W/D | BERTASIO, Nino | +9 | 80 | - | - |
| RETD | DRYSDALE, David | +9 | 80 | - | - |
| W/D | DUBUISSON, Victor* | +5 | 76 | - | - |