Lahiri hot on heels of leader Tabuena at TPC

Filipino talent Miguel Tabuena grabbed the third round lead with a sensational seven-under-par 65, but has Asian Tour stars Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand and Anirban Lahiri of India hot on his heels at the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship (TPC) on Saturday.

The 19-year-old Tabuena tied for the low round courtesy of two closing birdies to hold a one-shot lead with a 10-under-par 206 total at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club.

Title holder Thaworn, who birdied the last hole, and Lahiri, ranked second on the Order of Merit, posted matching 68s to tie in second place at the $500,000 Asian Tour event.

Home hero Yeh Wei-tze, a one-time Asian Tour winner, opened with five straight birdies before posting a 65 to share fourth place with Prom Meesawat of Thailand (68) and two-time PGA Tour winner Daniel Chopra (69) of Sweden on a 208 total.

Overnight co-leaders Antonio Lascuna of the Philippines and Australia's Cameron Smith slipped down the leaderboard following a disappointing 72 and 73 respectively.

A tired Lahiri struggled in the closing stages after feeling the effects of jetlag. He posted six birdies and one bogey after 13 holes but lost momentum when he bogeyed hole 16.

"I came in Tuesday afternoon from Switzerland so I had trouble sleeping. I probably had 15 hours of sleep in four days. I felt the heat on the back nine and felt a bit low on energy. I'm going to go back, rest up and come stronger tomorrow," said the Indian star.

"I was tired and didn't hit the ball really well. I'm happy my short game saved me. Hopefully my game clicks and we will see what happens."