Scott Jamieson will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the 2022 Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship but he will have a host of Ryder Cup stars breathing down his neck at Yas Links.
The cool, calm, collected Scotsman was leapfrogged by Shane Lowry and Thomas Pieters as the playing partners matched each other with bogey-free rounds of 67 but Jamieson birdied the 15th and last to sign for a 68 and edge back in front at 11 under at the first Rolex Series event of the season.
Lowry's fellow 2020 Ryder Cup rookie Viktor Hovland was at eight under alongside Shubhankar Sharma, a shot clear of two more Ryder Cup players in Pieters' 2016 team-mate Rafa Cabrera Bello and Ian Poulter, with James Morrison also four shots off the lead.
Scotsman Jamieson had set the pace with a 63 on day one and stayed ahead as he carded a 74 in Friday's treacherous windy conditions.
The pressure was ramped up on day three as Lowry - winner of this event and The Open Championship in 2019 - and his fellow five-time DP World Tour winner Pieters turned the screw but Jamieson kept a cool head as he looks for a second win of his own on Tour almost a decade after his first.
"It would be massive, a game-changer to win a tournament of this stature," he said. "There's definitely been some great champions here and there's an awful long way to go.
"All I can do is play whatever shot is in front of me - all those clichés, stay in the moment and just try and hit the best shot I can."
Spaniard Cabrera Bello holed an exquisite bunker shot on the 17th en route to a 69, with English duo Poulter and Morrison signing for rounds of 71 and 72 respectively.
Australian Major Champion Adam Scott and Italy's Andrea Pavan were at six under.
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