Jonzon moves ahead of top pair in Spain
Sweden’s Michael Jonzon, with one European Tour win in 290 starts and fighting for his future, leads the Castello Masters in Spain with a round to play.
The former Portuguese Open champion is 158th on the money list and needs to finish first or second to be sure of keeping his Tour card.
But even after a six-under-par 65 swept him to 16 under, Jonzon is under enormous pressure because joint second are defending champion Sergio Garcia on his home course and also Martin Kaymer, who can return to the top of the Order of Merit by winning his first event since breaking toes in a go-kart crash in August.
For a while it looked as though England’s Sam Hutsby, playing only his third Tour event as a professional, was going to provide the story of the day.
The 20-year-old from Hampshire, runner-up in the British Amateur in June and a Walker Cup debutant last month, kept pace with Jonzon for much of the round, but he bogeyed the last for a 66 that sent him down to fourth place on 14 under.
Collated third round scores & totals in the European Tour CASTELLO MASTERS Costa Azahar, Club de Campo del Mediterraneo, Castellon, Spain
(Gbr & Irl unless stated, par 71):
197 Michael Jonzon (Swe) 64 68 65
198 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 63 68 67, Martin Kaymer (Ger) 63 67 68
199 Sam Hutsby 65 68 66
200 Peter Hanson (Swe) 66 68 66, Christian Nilsson (Swe) 69 66 65
201 Robert Allenby (Aus) 64 66 71
202 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 65 67 70, David Drysdale 68 68 66, Shiv Kapur (Ind) 67 65 70, Maarten Lafeber (Ned) 71 67 64
203 Colin Montgomerie 70 69 64, Soren Hansen (Den) 70 68 65, Andrew Coltart 70 64 69, Jamie Donaldson 71 67 65
204 Daniel Vancsik (Arg) 70 62 72, Anthony Wall 68 67 69, Benn Barham 68 66 70, Simon Wakefield 70 69 65
205 Robert Jan Derksen (Ned) 71 66 68, Justin Rose 68 71 66, Alessandro Tadini (Ita) 65 72 68, Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 67 68 70, Danny Willett 71 66 68, Gonzalo Fdez-Castano (Spa) 68 69 68, Darren Clarke 68 70 67
206 Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 68 70 68, Robert Dinwiddie 69 70 67, Jarmo Sandelin (Swe) 70 66 70, Branden Grace (Rsa) 74 64 68, Scott Drummond 70 66 70, Mads Vibe-Hastrup (Den) 72 68 66, John E Morgan 66 68 72, Fabrizio Zanotti (Par) 70 67 69, Miles Tunnicliff 67 67 72
207 Richard Bland 70 69 68, Robert Karlsson (Swe) 72 67 68, Mikael Lundberg (Swe) 69 70 68, Marc Warren 72 65 70, Joost Luiten (Ned) 70 69 68, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 65 69 73, Bradley Dredge 70 69 68
208 Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 68 71 69, Richie Ramsay 71 69 68, Marcel Siem (Ger) 71 70 67, David Horsey 67 71 70, Rafael Echenique (Arg) 67 73 68, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 69 70 69, Oliver Fisher 68 69 71, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 69 69 70, Alfredo Garcia-heredia (Spa) 73 68 67, Alejandro Canizares (Spa) 74 67 67, Pablo Martin (Spa) 67 71 70
209 Tano Goya (Arg) 71 70 68, Santiago Luna (Spa) 68 69 72, Pablo Larrazabal (Spa) 71 70 68, Johan Edfors (Swe) 70 70 69, Paul Broadhurst 70 64 75
210 Wil Besseling (Ned) 72 68 70, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 72 69 69, Paul Waring 70 71 69, Taco Remkes (Ned) 69 71 70, Paul Lawrie 70 69 71, Andrew McLardy (Rsa) 70 70 70
211 Anton Haig (Rsa) 71 67 73, Matthew Millar (Aus) 70 71 70, Eduardo De La Riva (Spa) 71 68 72, Wade Ormsby (Aus) 72 66 73, Marc Cayeux (Zim) 71 70 70, Manuel Quiros (Spa) 69 71 71
212 Gary Lockerbie 70 71 71, Gary Murphy 70 70 72, Pedro Oriol (Spa) 71 70 71, Rafael Cabrera Bello (Spa) 73 67 72, Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 71 65 76
213 Federico Cabrera (Arg) 71 70 72, Eirik Tage Johansen (Nor) 73 68 72
214 John Mellor 73 68 73, Klas Eriksson (Swe) 70 71 73
215 Francis Valera (Spa) 73 68 74
