Choi leads in Sweden
South Korean K J Choi wasted no time hitting back after losing the lead at the Nordea Scandinavian Masters in windy Stockholm.
Choi, the World Number 45, was one ahead of 329th-ranked Richard Johnson overnight, but it was the Swede who struck first in their third round duel.
He made a five foot birdie putt on the short fourth after Choi had three-putted it, but on the very next hole the two shot swing was in the other direction. Choi made a 25 footer and Johnson, twice in the left-hand rough, failed to get up and down.
When both two-putted the long ninth for birdies they were ten under and nine under respectively, with Open Championship winner Louis Oosthuizen one stroke further back in third.
The 27 year old South African, trying to become the first player to win The Open Championship and then take another European Tour title seven days later, three-putted from a mere 12 feet for a bogey six at the ninth, but birdied the next from further out.
Italian Edoardo Molinari, for whom a top two finish would elevate him into the all-important top nine on Europe's Ryder Cup table, turned at seven under, but fell five off the pace by starting the back nine with back-to-back bogeys.
Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey, meanwhile, also climbed to seven under, but hooked his approach to the 430 yard tenth into the water.
The former British Amateur Champion, who had his first European Tour victory in Portugal last year, double-bogeyed there, birdied the short next, but then three-putted for a six on the 548 yard 12th to be five under.
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