Three Way Tie after Birdie Feast at Fota Island

Scandinavia held sway over the rest of the field on a day of glorious shot making and a glut of birdies and eagles in the third round of the Murphy’s Irish Open at Fota Island in Cork which ended with no fewer than 27 players within four strokes of the lead.

At the conclusion of a scintillating day which saw the course record of 63 equalled not one, not twice but three times and 64 recorded on three separate occasions, the lead was held by two Danes, Thomas Björn and Søren Hansen, with a Swede, Niclas Fasth, muscling in on the action alongside the Danish duo who missed out in a play-off for the World Golf Championships-EMC2 World Cup.