Larrazabal takes charge in Hong Kong Open

Spain’s Pablo Larrazabal surged up the UBS Hong Kong leaderboard to share the lead with England’s Oliver Wilson and Lin Wen-tang of Chinese Taipei midway through the third round today.

Larrazabal, the European Tour’s 2008 Rookie of the Year, started the day four shots off the lead but made his move with an impressive eagle on the par-five third and then birdies on sixth, 12th and 13th sent him top at nine under with five holes left to play.