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\"kiradechKuala Lumpur: Thailand\u2019s Kiradech Aphibarnrat held a one-shot advantage on Saturday over former Masters champion Charl Schwartzel at the Maybank Malaysian Open which has been reduced to a 54-hole contest.
 
Organisers were forced to cut short the US$2.75 million championship sanctioned by the Asian Tour and European Tour after thunderstorms disrupted play for the third successive day, with Kiradech holding the lead on 11-under-par through two holes.
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The third and final round will resume on Sunday, 9.45am at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club. The last time the Maybank Malaysian Open was reduced into a three-round affair was at the same venue in 2006.
 
Schwartzel, playing in the last group with Kiradech, trails by one while a group of seven players, who include China\u2019s Wu Ashun, three-time Major champion Padraig Harrington of Ireland and Ryder Cup stars Edoardo Molinari and Anders Hansen, are a further shot back on nine-under.
 
Big-hitting Kiradech, dubbed Asia\u2019s John Daly, is determined to close out the Maybank Malaysian Open after coming close three years ago when he entered the final round as the co-leader only to finish joint third.
 
\u201cI\u2019ve learned a lot from that. I\u2019ve grown up in three years and I have learned a lot on how to play under pressure and how to play when you need to win. I think I have more experience and I hope it will help me tomorrow,\u201d said the 23-year-old former world amateur champion.
 
Kiradech returned this morning to complete his second round with a 68 which gave him a two-shot lead. He birdied the first hole of the third round but bogeyed the second before play was called off at 4.02pm when the heavens opened up.
 
With 16 holes separating him from a second Asian Tour title, the burly Thai, who has been suffering from the effects a lingering thyroid problem, knows he holds an advantage although he expects Schwartzel to mount a big charge on Sunday.
 
\u201cI feel better. You can say I have more chance to win now that it\u2019s 54 holes. It\u2019s a good chance for me to win my first co-sanctioned title. I still have to do my best and it\u2019ll be tough work tomorrow. Charl is a good player. He\u2019s a top player and he can catch up. I will just do my best. If I can keep playing like how I have been doing in the first two days, I will have a chance,\u201d said Kiradech, who finished fourth in last week\u2019s Avantha Masters in India and also qualified for the British Open last month.
 
Schwartzel, who won the Thailand Golf Championship in December and has eight European Tour titles under his belt, birdied his opening hole of the third round to signal his intent of winning his first Maybank Malaysian Open title.  He also wants to keep the title in South Africa\u2019s hands following last year\u2019s triumph by close friend Louis Oosthuizen.
 
The 27-year-old Wu, bidding to become the third Chinese to win a co-sanctioned tournament after Zhang Lian-wei and Liang Wen-chong, parred his first two holes of the third round to stay two shots back of Kiradech.
 
\u201cI think I still have a good chance. I\u2019m in the championship group and the leaderboard is very tight. It is three rounds now so anything can happen. I have to go back and sleep! Hopefully I get enough rest and play well,\u201d said Wu, who became the first Chinese to win in Japan last season.
 
\u201cI have to pray hard \u2026 My game is in very good shape and I feel confident. Everything is good. I\u2019m just happy to be in this tournament. Any finish is good for me. I don\u2019t want to think about winning yet. I just want to stay happy,\u201d added the smiling Chinese, who is playing on a sponsor\u2019s invitation.
 
India\u2019s Jeev Milkha Singh made a charge up the leaderboard by playing his 11 holes in five under and moving up to eight-under for the championship.
 
S. Murthy, one of three Malaysians to make the halfway cut, stands at six-under through four holes of his third and final round with 19-year-old amateur Gavin Green a further shot back where he is two under for his round through 10 holes.
 
Leading third and final round scores
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-11: Kiradech APHIBARNRAT (THA) through 2 holes
-10: Charl SCHWARTZEL (RSA) through 2 holes
-9: Anders HANSEN (DEN) through 8 holes, Edoardo MOLINARI (ITA)  through 5 holes, Padraig HARRINGTON (IRL) through 4 holes, Victor DUBUISSON through 4 holes, Gregory BOURDY (FRA) through 3 holes, WU Ashun            (CHN) through 2 holes
-8: Jeev Milkha SINGH(IND) through 11 holes, Peter LAWRIE (IRL) through 6 holes, Jean GONNET (FRA) through 10 holes, Alastair FORSYTH (SCO) through 8 holes, Rafa CABRERA-BELLO (ESP) through 7 holes, Tommy FLEETWOOD (ENG)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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