Philip Walton is best of the Irish after the third round of the Madeira Island Open. He is on five under par.
Des Smyth and David Higgins languish at 22nd and 37th respectively.
Third round leaderboard:
T1 GINER, Ivo SP 18 -7 73 66 70
T1 LAFEBER, Maarten HOL 18 -7 74 64 71
T3 DWYER, Paul ENG 18 -6 71 70 69
T3 FLORIOLI, Massimo IT 18 -6 70 65 75
T5 WALTON, Philip IRE 18 -5 70 73 68
T5 BICKERTON, John ENG 18 -5 72 68 71
T5 DRYSDALE, David SCOT 18 -5 71 69 71
T5 DE VOOGHT, Didier BEL 18 -5 71 67 73
T9 TERBLANCHE, Des SA 18 -4 70 74 68
T9 GORONESKOUL , Ilya FR 18 -4 69 74 69
T9 BORREGO, Diego SP 18 -4 72 68 72
T12 SHERBORNE, Andrew ENG 18 -3 71 76 66
T12 BLACKEY, Matthew ENG 18 -3 70 74 69
T12 HOFFMAN, Charlie USA 18 -3 70 70 73
T12 LYNN, David ENG 18 -3 73 66 74
T12 OLDCORN, Andrew SCOT 18 -3 70 65 78
Selected Irish:
T5 WALTON, Philip IRE 18 -5 70 73 68
T22 SMYTH, Des IRE 18 Par 69 74 73
T37 HIGGINS, David IRE 18 +2 73 73 72