Volvo China Open 2016: Saturday Leaderboard Scores and Highlights

Chile’s Felipe Aguilar birdied the last hole of his third round at the 2016 China Open to card a five-under 67 and tie for the lead with Lucas Bjerregaard on 16 under at the end of Saturday’s action in Beijing. 

Belgium’s Nicolas Colsaerts shot a blemish-free round of 65 to move to 14 under and is now two shots back in a tie for third place along with England’s Tyrrell Hatton, Sweden’s Alex Noren and China’s Haotong Li.

Here is what the leaderboard looks like after Saturday’s action ahead of the final round on Sunday:

The full leaderboard can be accessed at the European Tour’s official website.

Saturday Recap

With play having been suspended because of a thunderstorm on Friday a number of players had to return early on Saturday morning to complete their second rounds.

However, Aguilar was not to be reeled in having led at the end of play on Friday and continued his excellent form with four birdies in the opening nine of his third round at one, four, five and eight.

Early on Saturday France’s Benjamin Hebert had reached parity after going through his first nine holes—having started on the 10th—in just 29, picking up an eagle at the par-four 11th and carding birdies on 12, 13, 15, 16 and 18, per the …

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