DP World Tour : KLM Open Leaderboard Tee Times
Eugenio Chacarra made the most of Moving Day to share the third-round lead with Sebastian Söderberg on -10 after a busy Saturday at the 2026 KLM Open.
Söderberg battled with Japan's Yuto Katsuragawa for much of the day but four birdies on the back nine saw Chacarra surge to the top with a round of 65. Marcus Armitage was a shot off the lead with Katsuragawa sharing fourth place.
With the tournament still making up time lost to storms and high winds on day one, the second round was completed in the morning before the 75 players making the cut got through their third round.
Söderberg held a one-shot lead over France's Julien Guerrier on the 36-hole scores, with Katsuragawa a shot further back along with Callum Tarren and Daniel Hillier. Chacarra had been back at -4 but began his round with a hat-trick of birdies after hitting all three approaches inside five feet.
He holed a six-foot birdie putt at the 17th to move alongside Katsuragawa in second. Söderberg was showing frustration with some of his approach play but holed another good putt at the 14th to stay ahead.
Chacarra's closing birdie secured a share of the lead, with the Spaniard's long eagle attempt skirting the hole before he tapped in.
He said: “Yeah, it was great. Obviously, it started with three birdies in a row, and then I kind of slowed my round, two three-putts on four and six, but I think I did a great job staying patient.
“So, so happy with a good Moving Day but I'm just trying to get better every day and have a chance to win tournaments, and I'm going to have a chance tomorrow.
Katsuragawa briefly made it a three-way tie thanks to a long birdie putt over a ridge at the 16th, only to drop back with a double-bogey at the last after finding thick rough and then water down the left.
Söderberg battled his way home with eight straight pars to hold on to a share of the lead with Chacarra.
He said: “Very happy with the score.
"The first two days I played quite well, gave myself a lot of chances, but I felt into the greens today I was everywhere. Struggling a little bit to judge the wind, so my scrambling and putting today put in a decent score.
Söderberg's one previous win on the DP World Tour came at the 2019 Omega European Masters and he said: “I would love to (win again), it has been a long wait. It is going to be a battle tomorrow and we will see.
"I’m just happy playing decent golf again, so just an extra bonus to be in contention like this going into Sunday.”
Armitage was -9 after a 67, with Katsuragawa joining Maximilian Steinlechner and Oliver Lindell on -8.
Guerrier, Jordan Gumberg and Angel Ayora were a shot further back -7, with Joe Dean, Brandon Robinson Thompson and Calum Hill sharing tenth place on -6
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