A third round 71 kept Peter Lawrie in share of sixth place on Saturday at the Open de España and four shots off the lead on one under par - in an event he won in 2008.
Gareth Maybin heads into Sunday on +3 after a round of 71on Saturday.
Simon Thornton signed for 74 and fell back to +4 and a share of thirty second place ahead of the final round on Sunday.
Simon Dyson double-bogeyed the last hole to almost surrender a three-shot lead after three rounds of the Spanish Open in Seville.
In windy conditions and after a delay of nearly two hours because of a flooded course, the current Irish and Dutch Open champion shot a one-under-par 71 to take over at the top of the leaderboard from Gregory Bourdy.
The Frenchman did not even break 80 as he slumped to joint 21st, but after moving three clear Dyson
was furious with his finish.
was furious with his finish.
He was in the back bunker at 18 for two, failed to get out and then took three more.
Dyson said: "It leaves a little sour taste. I played 17 and a half great holes. The second shot was lovely, but just went 15 yards further than I thought it would and then I quit on the bunker shot - no excuses.
"I could be out of sight to be honest. I've chucked some shots away, but everybody is going to say that."
Dyson dropped back to five under and will resume only one ahead of Spain's Pablo Larrazabal and Dane Soren Kjeldsen.
Dyson's day did not start well when he failed to get up and down from a bunker on the first.
But as others really struggled in the wind the highest-ranked player in the field - he is currently 36th in the world - birdied three of the next four and then added another by almost spinning his approach to the 422-yard 10th into the hole.
Scrambles
There were also some great scrambles for par, his new belly putter rescuing him on a number of occasions, but he then missed a two-foot putt to bogey the long 13th.
Two-putting the long 16th made amends for that, but then came the mess-up on the 18th.
Larrazabal, joint third at El Prat last May, shot 69 to take over as the leading home hope in an event celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
The former French Open winner, who beat Sergio Garcia in a play-off for the BMW International in Munich last season, had four birdies in six holes around the turn, but dropped a shot at the last.
"Only one bogey - it's a great round," said Larrazabal. "I like it when the course is challenging. I don't like it when the winner is 25 under."
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