Chinas No.
1 Li Haotong and Spaniard Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra stayed tied atop the leaderboard for a 2nd straight day after the third round at the Volvo China Open in Shanghai after both guys carded a two-under-par 69 on Saturday.Having made 3 birdies over his first eight holes, 2016 champ Li was on his method to taking the lead at 13-under.
After making the turn at three-under 32, the Hunan local dropped his first shot of the day when he bogeyed the par five 10th hole.
He rapidly rebounded with a birdie at the next before dropping another shot on 12.
From there, he played par golf back to the clubhouse.Lis total of 12 under was matched by the in-form Chacarra.
The Spaniard rolled in a birdie putt on 14 to sign up with Li at 12-under at the $2.55 million tournament.Thailands Kiradech Aphibarnrat shot a six-under 65 to move up the leaderboard to 3rd place.Finlands Tapio Pulkkanen, who led or shared the lead over the very first 2 rounds, shot an even-par 71 to sit connected for fourth with Chinas Dou Zecheng and German Yannik Paul, two shots off the pace.
Li and Chacarra will be combined together in Sundays final round of the 30th national championship at Enhance Anting Golf Club.