McDowell on course for memorable win

Graeme McDowell remains on course to record a stunning victory in the Scandinavian Masters.

McDowell carded a third round 66 for a 10 under total of 203 and share of the lead with Niclas Fasth and Jeff Sluman.

But Colin Montgomerie's defence of his one remaining title came to a sorry end as he crashed to a 74 to finish 10 shots adrift on level par.

McDowell will partner South African Trevor Immelman in the penultimate group on Sunday and feels that will give him a great chance to claim the £200,000 first prize that will secure his tour card for next season.

He said: "I'm going to give it a rip and try and make some birdies and give the others something to think about.

"I won nine events at college in the States and only ever lost one, my last ever, when leading going into the final round."

The leading trio were one shot ahead of Trevor Immelman with Warren Bennett alongside three more Scandinavians, Carl Pettersson, Fredrik Andersson, and Henrik Bjornstad.

Meanwhile Montgomerie admitted his chance of defending the title was gone after stumbling home in 40 shots, most of the damage done with a triple-bogey six on the 16th after duffing his tee shot into the water and three-putting.

He said: "It's finished now, it's well gone. It's just not there really and that's what I said after the first and second rounds. It's not quite right."