Hanson in the driving seat at the Mercedes championship.

Peter Hanson is looking to make it 3 in a row for Sweden as he leads the MERCEDES-BENZ CHAMPIONSHIP heading into the last round.Peter Hedblom and Alexander Noren won for Sweden in the last 2 tournaments and Hanson is in the driving seat after a 3rd round of 67 leaves him on -11.He has only 1 shot to spare from the KLM CHAMPION Simon Dyson who is on -10 after a 68.

Darren Clarke who is 84th in the race to Dubai is making a late charge to make it into the top 60 over the last 10 tournaments. He is only 5 shots behind the leader after his 3rd round of 70 that put's him in a share of 14th place on -6.
Graeme McDowell(70) and Paul McGinley(72) are hoping for a low last round as they are in 21st place on -4.
Gareth Maybin made a good recovery after being at the end of the field on +5,he hit back with a 67 to share 44th place on Par.Shane Lowry(72)is in 62nd place on +3,Damien McGrane fell back badly after a 76 to finish in 63rd on +4 and Michael Hoey(74) is holding up the field in 76th place on +11