Paarl, 20 December 2008: Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger shot a seven-under-par 65 in early play on Saturday to set the clubhouse lead at 10-under-par 206.

Overnight leader Michael Lorenzo-Vera of France had just started as Wiesberger finished his round, while crowd-favourite Ernie Els had a disastrous three-over-par start to his third round when he pushed his tee shot out of bound to the right. His short double-bogey putt then lipped out, giving him a horrible seven to start his day.

Alessandro Tadini of Italy shot a six-under 66 to move him to eight-under for the tournament, while Northern Ireland’s Darren Clarke signed for a 67 to also move to eight under.

Sunshine Tour Order of Merit leader Richard Sterne also shot a 67 to finish eight-under.

Early scores:
206 - Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 72 69 65

208 - Alessandro Tadini (ITA) 68 74 66, Darren Clarke (NIR) 74 67 67, Richard Sterne 72 69 67, Simon Dyson (ENG) 67 73 68

209 - Louis Oosthuizen 69 73 67

210 - Andrew Coltart (SCO) 71 72 67, Gary Murphy (IRL) 72 71 67, Jarmo Sandelin (SWE) 72 70 68, Henrik Stenson (SWE) 70 71 69, Garth Mulroy 70 71 69, Gary Lockerbie (ENG) 72 69 69, Tim Clark 67 73 70, Trevor Immelman 69 71 70, Oskar Henningsson (SWE) 65 74 71