Sale maintains his lead at Grand Final after 54 holes....Full results..

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Julien Sale will take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the Grand Final as he edged closer to becoming the second Frenchman to top the Road to Mallorca Rankings.

The one-time HotelPlanner Tour winner, who entered the week 7th on the season-long race, carded a -2 third round of 70 to move to -15, one-stroke clear of England’s Charlie Forster 66, American John Catlin 68, and South African MJ Daffue 67, all chasing at -14.

Having turned at level par, the 2026 Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge winner picked up his second birdie of the day on the 11th before adding one more birdie on the 15th to pull clear at the top.

"It was tougher today with the wind. It was a lot trickier, but I hung in there," he said.

"The front nine played tough but I managed to make a few birdies on the back nine and finish under par to keep the lead so I’m happy with today."

"Patience is important out there, especially on the front nine as it’s the harder of the two nines. You know the back nine is going to present opportunities," he added.

"Unfortunately, the putter wasn’t as hot as I would’ve liked but I still made a few and I’m happy with the way I handled myself today."

Forster made the most notable charge on moving day, mixing seven birdies with one dropped shot to sign for an impressive -6 66. The Englishman is embarking on his rookie HotelPlanner Tour season and will become the first player from the Global Amateur Pathway Rankings to earn promotion to the DP World Tour via the Road to Mallorca.

"I hit the ball really well off the tee again so set up those opportunities was really key out there," he said.

"I can’t wait to get out there tomorrow. I’ve got a lot of family and friends watching so I’m sure they’re going to be up for it too. I’m just going to treat it as a normal tournament and if it happens there’s a great reward at the end."

Denmark’s Hamish Brown, who started the week in the Number One berth, holds solo fifth on -13,  one stroke ahead of Italian Matteo Cristoni, Scot Marc Warren, Spaniard Joseba Torres and Dutchman Lars van der Vight, all -12.

The Grand Final is the 28th and final event on the HotelPlanner Tour’s 2026 Road to Mallorca schedule, with the 45-man field competing for one of 15 DP World Tour cards on offer.

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Bryan Angus (edit)