Fisher's lead cut to one

Killarney - Ross Fisher of England will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Irish Open after shooting a par 71 on Saturday.

Fisher built a five-shot lead after opening his third round with four birdies in his first seven holes.

However, he carded a double bogey six at the par-4 8th hole when he put his approach to the green into water, and then dropped two more shots late in his round to drop back to 12 under.

That gave renewed hope to his playing partner Francesco Molinari, who at one stage was six strokes off the lead.

But after a 69, the Italian found himself just one shot behind Fisher.

Leading third-round scores:

201 Ross Fisher (Britain) 69 61 71

202 Chris Wood (Britain) 71 65 66
Francesco Molinari (Italy) 67 66 69

203 Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spain) 66 69 68

204 Richard Green (Australia) 65 70 69
Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 68 67 69

205 Noh Seung-yul (South Korea) 66 69 70
Anders Hansen (Denmark) 67 68 70

206 Richard Bland (Britain) 69 71 66
Mark Haastrup (Denmark) 67 72 67
Michael Hoey (Britain) 66 69 71

207 Shane Lowry (Ireland) 74 65 68
Johan Edfors (Sweden) 67 69 71
Paul McGinley (Ireland) 68 68 71
Darren Clarke (Britain) 66 70 71

208 Paul Waring (Britain) 75 66 67
Brett Rumford (Australia) 66 69 73

209 Joost Luiten (Netherlands) 74 65 70
Sam Hutsby (Britain) 69 69 71
Marcel Siem (Germany) 66 70 73

210 Matteo Manassero (Italy) 72 70 68
Graeme McDowell (Britain) 70 72 68
Richard McEvoy (Britain) 69 72 69
Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (France) 66 74 70
Paul Lawrie (Britain) 66 72 72
David Drysdale (Britain) 67 71 72