Ormsby slips from 2nd to 5th in KLM Open

Australia's Wade Ormsby has slipped from one shot off the lead to be tied for fifth after the third round of the KLM Open.

Australian golfer Wade Ormsby.

Australia's Wade Ormsby has slipped to be tied for fifth after the third round of the KLM Open. (AAP)

Australia's Wade Ormsby has slipped back from one shot off the lead to be tied for fifth behind joint leaders Lee Slattery and Rafa Cabrera- Bello after the third round of the KLM Open.

The South Australian had shared second spot on the leaderboard with England's David Horsey on Friday behind Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen.

But on a low scoring day on Saturday Slattery and Cabrera-Bello both shot a 7-under 63 to take the joint lead.

Ormsby followed a double-bogey six on the 10th with a hole in one on the 169-yard 11th on his way to a 68 that left him tied for fifth with Mikko Ilonen and Morten Orum Madsen at 13 under.

On Friday Ormsby carded a 68 having shot a career-best 61 in the opening round at the Kennemer Golf and Country Club in Zandvoort.

Cabrera-Bello was on track for a spectacular round after making six birdies and an eagle on the front nine, along with only his third bogey of the tournament, but the Spaniard could only manage a string of nine pars coming home.

Slattery, who won last week's Russian Open, also shot six birdies, an eagle and a bogey in his round as he sought his second consecutive European Tour victory. They had a 16-under total of 194, one shot ahead of Paul Lawrie, who was third after a 63.

Thomas Pieters was another shot back after a 62.


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