McGinley broke up the Swedish one-two in spectacular style, holing for eagle at the 545-yard 15th to go to nine under, one behind Stenson.
10 under - Henrik Stenson (Swe) (after 49 holes)
9 under Paul McGinley (51)
8 under - Olle Karlsson (Swe) (53)
7 under - David Howell (49)
Jarrod Moseley (Aus) (50)
Angel Cabrera (Arg) (53)
6 under - Eduardo Romero (Arg) (54)
Aaron Baddeley (Aus) (54)
Others:
3 under - Colin Montgomerie (54)
Darren Clarke (54)
2 under - Jose Maria Olazabal (Spn) (54)
Ian Woosnam (53)
Level - Padraig Harrington (52)
1 over - Lee Westwood (54)
Withdrew - Sam Torrance
Belfry Scores PA SPORT 208 O Karlsson (Swe) 69 71 68
210 E Romero (Arg) 70 74 66, A Baddeley (Aus) 69 72 69
211 P Price 70 74 67
212 J Berendt (Arg) 75 67 70, R Green (Aus) 72 70 70, J Singh (Ind) 72 69 71
213 D Clarke 69 76 68, S Webster 71 73 69, MA Jimenez (Spn) 72 70 71, P Sjoland (Swe) 69 73 71, C Montgomerie 73 69 71, D Robertson 71 70 72
214 P Mitchell 76 69 69, M Farry (Fra) 70 75 69, JM Lara (Spn) 72 73 69, J Lomas 72 72 70, (x) N Dougherty 72 72 70, B Rumford (Aus) 72 71 71, F Cea (Spn) 70 72 72, I Garbutt 72 70 72, JM Olazabal (Spn) 67 75 72, R Jacquelin (Fra) 68 74 72, D Gilford 68 73 73, J-F Remesy (Fra) 71 70 73, B Langer (Ger) 72 69 73, I Woosnam 71 69 74
215 G Havret (Fra) 72 72 71, H Bjornstad (Nor) 72 72 77, S Gallacher 69 74 72, P Lawrie 70 71 74, D Borrego (Spn) 68 73 74
216 P Casey 72 73 71, M Brier (Aut) 73 72 71, N O’Hern (Aus) 70 75 71, R Karlsson (Swe) 71 73 72, M Bernardini (Ita) 73 70 73, F Henge (Swe) 70 72 74
217 G Storm 76 68 73, S Kjeldsen (Den) 71 74 72, C Suneson (Spn) 74 70 73, M McNulty (Zim) 70 74 73, R Coles 70 73 74, E Darcy 75 67 75, P Baker 71 71 75, J Rystrom (Swe) 72 70 75, N Vanhootegem (Bel) 68 73 76, A Wall 69 72 76, L Westwood 73 68 76
218 J Hugo (Rsa) 69 76 73, S Luna (Spn) 72 73 73, P Eales 73 72 73, C Rocca (Ita) 73 71 74, R Johnson (Swe) 73 71 74, E Boult (Nzl) 68 73 77
219 D Lynn 72 73 74, G Owen 72 72 75
220 P Hanson 73 72 75, P Fulke (Swe) 75 68 77
221 D Carter 74 70 77, R Gonzalez (Arg) 71 70 80
222 S Dodd 73 72 77, S Tinning (Den) 75 68 79
225 G Emerson 69 73 83
Withdrew: S Torrance