Open de Bretagne R3

September 05-08
Golf Bluegreen de Pléneuf Val André, Pléneuf, France
€200,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 4

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Sebastian Heisele will take a narrow lead into the final round of the Open de Bretagne as he goes in search of his first European Challenge Tour title at Golf Blue Green Pléneuf-Val-André.

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The German edged one step closer to his maiden victory with a flawless five under par 65, which included three birdies and an eagle, to hold a one-stroke lead over Englishman Dale Whitnell.

Heisele started the day two shots behind overnight leader Josh Geary and continued in the same form that saw him card a six under par 64 on Friday, with a birdie and an eagle on the sixth and seventh holes, as he jumped up the leaderboard on another day of tough scoring conditions at the seaside venue.

‘’To follow up a 64 with a 65 is always a good result, so I’m really pleased with that,’’ he said. ‘’The wind was blowing again today which made it challenging at times and the course is still firm, so you need to think out there.’’

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‘’I’ve just come back from a foot injury. I was annoyed to miss the cut in Northern Ireland by one, but I had a good week in Belgium last week and again so far this week, so really happy with where my game is at.

‘’I haven’t been in this position too many times, but I’ve just got to keep doing what I’ve been doing and trust myself. There’s plenty of good players behind trying to catch me, so I’ve got to just play each hole at a time and avoid the big numbers.’’

After securing his first Challenge Tour victory in ten years at the KPMG Trophy in Belgium last week, Whitnell will go in search of his second title in as many tournaments when he tees it up in the final group tomorrow. Should he do so, he would become the second player this season, following Antoine Rozner at the Challenge de España and Prague Golf Challenge, to capture back-to-back Challenge Tour titles.

Home favourite Rozner produced a strong back nine, where he carded four birdies, to sign for a four under 66 for tied third at five under as he aims to secure automatic promotion to the European Tour with his third victory of the season.

He sits alongside a group of nine other players, which includes Rozner’s compatriots Damien Perrier and Robin Sciot-Siegrist, overnight leader Geary, German Marcel Schneider and Switzerland’s Raphaël de Sousa.

Englishmen Richard Mansell and Jordan Wrisdale, Scotland’s Scott Henry and Austrian Martin Wiegele also sit on five under par, just three shots off the lead.

The final round will begin at 8:10am local time, with Schneider, Whitnell and Heisele getting under way in the final group at 11:50am.

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Pos.	Player	Nat	To Par	R1	R2	R3	Total
1	HEISELE Sebastian	GER	-8	73	64	65	202
2	WHITNELL Dale	ENG	-7	68	71	64	203
3	GEARY Josh	NZL	-5	68	67	70	205
3	HENRY Scott	SCO	-5	69	69	67	205
3	MANSELL Richard	ENG	-5	73	64	68	205
3	PERRIER Damien	FRA	-5	69	68	68	205
3	ROZNER Antoine	FRA	-5	70	69	66	205
3	SCHNEIDER Marcel	GER	-5	76	65	64	205
3	SCIOT-SIEGRIST Robin	FRA	-5	71	68	66	205
3	WIEGELE Martin	AUT	-5	70	67	68	205
3	WRISDALE Jordan	ENG	-5	72	67	66	205
12	DE SOUSA Raphaël	SUI	-4	70	67	69	206
12	THOMSON Jonathan	ENG	-4	73	67	66	206
14	DINWIDDIE Robert	ENG	-3	66	72	69	207
14	FORD Matt	ENG	-3	76	64	67	207
14	HIGGO Garrick	RSA	-3	71	68	68	207
14	LACROIX Frederic	FRA	-3	68	69	70	207
18	ARMITAGE Marcus	ENG	-2	69	70	69	208
18	CARON Rowin	NED	-2	75	66	67	208
18	EVANS Ryan	ENG	-2	71	69	68	208
18	HAFTHORSSON Birgir	ISL	-2	67	72	69	208
18	JOHANSSON Niclas	SWE	-2	68	68	72	208
18	KRISTJANSSON Gudmundur	ISL	-2	67	72	69	208
18	SCHWARTZ Antoine	FRA	-2	72	66	70	208
18	TADINI Alessandro	ITA	-2	71	69	68	208
18	TARRIO BEN Santiago	ESP	-2	70	67	71	208
18	VAN DRIEL Darius	NED	-2	71	71	66	208
28	AGUILAR Felipe	CHI	-1	74	68	67	209
29	CARLSSON Johan	SWE	0	72	68	70	210
29	GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Sebastian	ESP	0	74	67	69	210
29	JORDAN Matthew	ENG	0	72	65	73	210
29	JOUVEN Richard	FRA	0	76	66	68	210
29	KAKKO Roope	FIN	0	71	70	69	210
29	KIM Minkyu	KOR	0	69	69	72	210
29	LENGDEN Oscar	SWE	0	73	70	67	210
29	LIMA José-Filipe	POR	0	69	71	70	210
29	MAZZOLI Stefano	ITA	0	73	67	70	210
29	MIVIS Christopher	BEL	0	72	68	70	210
29	RUTH James	ENG	0	74	69	67	210
40	ADARRAGA GOMEZ Jose Luis	ESP	1	71	71	69	211
40	BOOTE David	WAL	1	70	71	70	211
40	HAASTRUP Mark Flindt	DEN	1	72	70	69	211
40	HUIZING Daan	NED	1	74	66	71	211
40	NILEHN Fredrik	SWE	1	69	71	71	211
40	STALTER Joël	FRA	1	70	73	68	211
40	STUREHED Henric	SWE	1	69	73	69	211
47	BOURDY Grégory	FRA	2	71	70	71	212
47	COCKERILL Aaron	CAN	2	70	73	69	212
47	DUBOIS Edouard	FRA	2	74	69	69	212
47	ECCLES Ben	AUS	2	71	70	71	212
47	ITEN Marco	SUI	2	76	65	71	212
47	KO (AM) Jeong weon	FRA	2	74	66	72	212
47	LINDELL Oliver	FIN	2	72	71	69	212
47	MAHEUT Nicolas	FRA	2	76	67	69	212
47	ROSS Craig	SCO	2	71	71	70	212
47	TREE Toby	ENG	2	70	71	71	212
57	HELLIGKILDE Marcus	DEN	3	68	73	72	213
57	MCBRIDE Paul	IRL	3	72	70	71	213
57	PIGEM Carlos	ESP	3	73	66	74	213
60	LAMPERT Moritz	GER	4	73	68	73	214
60	LLOYD Chris	ENG	4	73	69	72	214
60	ROUSSEL Robin	FRA	4	74	69	71	214
63	GRANT Stephen	IRL	5	72	69	74	215
64	DE POYEN Julien	FRA	7	71	72	74	217
64	LINARD Thomas	FRA	7	72	70	75	217
66	YOUNG Mark	ENG	9	73	70	76	219