DP World Tour : BMW International Leaderboard
Dan Brown powered his way to the top of the leaderboard and earned a one shot advantage after the third round of the BMW International Open.
The 30-year-old carded a second successive 65 thanks to an eagle, six birdies and a bogey as he pipped fellow Englishman Jordan Smith to -16.
Brown claimed his only DP World Tour title at the 2023 ISPS HANDA World Invitational presented by AVIV Clinics and put himself in pole position for a second victory at Golfclub München Eichenried.
Smith set the clubhouse target of -15 after failing to birdie the par-five last, which Brown did shortly after, to sit one behind in solo second.
When asked how well he thought he played, Brown said: "Not as well as yesterday, I felt I got away with a couple of shots today where I was being sensible, middle of the green and pushed or pulled them - it wasn't as controlled as yesterday, but played nicely coming in.
"I didn't feel like I was under any pressure all day. I felt pretty relaxed and having a laugh and joke with my caddie, and then I said to him on the 18th green, 'this is for a 29', and then I left it (eagle putt) short...
"I've not really thought about it (winning the tournament), trying not to get upset. Something happened last week at home, win or lose tomorrow... I'm not sure to be honest. I've not really thought about it."
Two time DP World Tour winner Smith had a pair of birdies from the 12th that saw him join the Dutchman Luiten at -13 before another brace of gains from the 14th saw him move alone into second with his 66.
Luiten signed for eight birdies and a bogey in his 65, the joint lowest of the day alongside Brown and Spain's Ivan Cantero - to set the initial clubhouse target of -13 before eventually dropping to third.
Overnight leader Davis Bryant was joined by Norway's Kristoffer Reitan, Japan's Yuto Katsuragawa, Englishman Marco Penge and Dane Rasmus Neegaard-Petersen in a share of fourth at -12
Cantero, South African Brandon Stone and China's Ashun Wu are one shot further back at -11 to complete the top ten.
Edit>>>> The cut fell at -2. Canada's Aaron Cockerill is T26 72 6 68 -7
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