Davies holds share of Morocco lead

Golf:Former Walker Cup team-mates, Rhys Davies and David Horsey, were leaders of the pack heading into the final round of the Trophée Hassan II in Agadir in Morocco.

Defending champion Davies struggled early in his round but got back on track to sign for a third round 68. Horsey went one better, including holing his second shot at the par four sixth, as the pair lead on 10 under.

The leading duo, Walker Cup team mates in 2007, are one stroke ahead of South Africa's Jaco Van Zyl (65) and two ahead of George Coetzee (69), also from South Africa, and Mikko Ilonen (69) from Finland.

First round leader Peter Lawrie had a strange day before signing for a level par 72 to remain on three under.

The Dubliner recorded two consecutive double-bogeys at the fifth and sixth but was able to balance the books with four birdies.

Michael Hoey was a stroke further back after shooting 70, while Paul McGinley lost ground when a 74 dropped him back to one over.

Damien McGrane also carded a 74 to end the day four over, but the last person he would have expected for company was Darren Clarke.

Clarke started the day on five under and just one shot off the lead, but the wheels came well and truly off.

He eventually signed for a disastrous 81 with a card riddled with errors, not least two triple bogeys and double bogey plus four further bogeys. In between there were three birdies but this was a tough day at the office for the big Dungannon man.

Collated third round scores & totals in the European Tour Trophee Hassan II, Golf du Palais Royal & Golf de l'Ocean, Agadir, Morocco
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, Irish in boldpar 72 & 71):

205David Horsey 67 71 67, Rhys Davies 67 70 68

206Jaco Van Zyl (Rsa) 68 73 65

207Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 74 64 69, George Coetzee (Rsa) 67 71 69

208Joost Luiten (Ned) 68 69 71, Lloyd Saltman 67 72 69

209Alvaro Velasco (Spa) 70 69 70, Liam Bond 69 70 70, Mark Tullo (Chi) 68 72 69, Tetsuji Hiratsuka (Jpn) 71 68 70, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 68 70 71, Florian Fritsch (Ger) 70 69 70, Oscar Floren (Swe) 67 74 68

210Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 70 68 72, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (Fra) 71 68 71, Richie Ramsay 70 74 66, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 67 71 72, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 70 72 68

211Joel Sjoholm (Swe) 68 72 71, Michael Campbell (Nzl) 69 71 71, David Dixon 69 73 69, David Lynn 75 69 67, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 69 71 71, Simon Wakefield 70 72 69, Graeme Storm 71 72 68

212Robert Rock 70 68 74, Stephen Dodd 70 72 70, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 72 70 70, Gregory Bourdy (Fra) 69 72 71, Danny Willett 72 71 69, Peter Lawrie 64 76 72

213Steve Webster 73 72 68, Oliver Wilson 71 73 69, George Murray 71 74 68, Thorbjorn Olesen (Den) 70 72 71, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 72 72 69, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 74 69 70, Barry Lane 72 71 70, Michael Hoey 71 72 70

214Richard Bland 71 72 71, Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 70 73 71, Peter Whiteford 69 72 73, Keith Horne (Rsa) 69 74 71, Jason Knutzon (USA) 70 74 70, Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 68 77 69

215Chris Wood 70 72 73, Gary Boyd 74 71 70, Robert Dinwiddie 70 71 74, Robert Coles 71 74 70, Julio Zapata (Arg) 71 67 77

216Romain Wattel (Fra) 71 72 73, Daniel Gaunt (Aus) 71 74 71, Tim Sluiter (Ned) 69 73 74, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 70 74 72, Santiago Luna (Spa) 75 69 72, Paul McGinley 71 71 74, Simon Dyson 71 73 72

217Christian Cevaer (Fra) 73 71 73, Matthew Nixon 71 72 74, Christopher ryan Baker (USA) 73 71 73, Kenneth Ferrie 70 73 74, James Morrison 69 74 74, Ross Bain 75 69 73, Fredrik Andersson Hed (Swe) 75 70 72

218Stuart Manley 72 72 74, Oskar Henningsson (Swe) 69 76 73, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 72 73 73, John Bickerton 66 76 76, Steven O'Hara 71 74 73

219Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 75 70 74, Damien McGrane 70 75 74, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 73 74, Darren Clarke 69 69 81

220Christian Nilsson (Swe) 74 71 75, Matthew Zions (Aus) 73 72 75

221Soren Kjeldsen (Den) 71 72 78

226Shaun Norris (Rsa) 70 74 82