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Kuala Lumpur - South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen held onto his slender one-shot lead going into the final round of the rain-hit Malaysian Open here on Sunday.
Oosthuizen, who finished runner-up in the US Masters last Sunday by losing out to American Bubba Watson on the second extra hole in Augusta, registered a three-under 69 in the third round, a shot ahead of Scotland's Stephen Gallacher.
The 2010 British Open champion returned to the course early on Sunday to complete the remaining eight holes and offset a single bogey with one birdie to remain on 13-under 203 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club.
Thunderstorms and rain had ended play early for the second consecutive day on Saturday in the $2.5 million co-sanctioned European and Asian Tour event.
Gallacher, 37, mixed two birdies and two bogeys over his remaining seven holes, a dropped shot at the 17th putting him on 12-under and out of the share of lead.
Rafael Cabrera-Bello of Spain, Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina and Danny Willet of England trailed Oosthuizen by two shots at 11-under.
Malaysian Open third round scores at the par-72 course in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday:
203 Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 66 68 69 204 Stephen Gallacher (Britain) 67 68 69 205 Rafael Cabrera-Bello (Spain) 67 72 66
Danny Willett (Britain) 69 69 67
Ricardo Gonzalez (Argentina) 68 71 66 206 Jyoti Randhawa (India) 66 72 68
David Lipsky (U.S.) 70 67 69 207 Hennie Otto (South Africa) 71 64 72 208 Jeev Milkha Singh (India) 65 73 70
Martin Kaymer (Germany) 70 67 71
Ben Fox (U.S.) 70 68 70
Romain Wattel (France) 68 68 72 209 Victor Dubuisson (France) 72 68 69
Charl Schwartzel (South Africa) 64 75 70
Pablo Larrazabal (Spain) 69 73 67
Simon Dyson (Britain) 69 70 70 210 Gary Boyd (Britain) 75 67 68
Matteo Manassero (Italy) 70 72 68
Rhys Davies (Britain) 70 68 72
Liang Wenchong (China) 72 68 70 211 Soren Kjeldsen (Denmark) 68 72 71 212 Joonas Granberg (Finland) 68 73 71
Mo Joong-kyung (South Korea) 71 71 70
Jason Knutzon (U.S.) 66 75 71
Marcel Siem (Germany) 69 73 70
Tom Lewis (Britain) 70 70 72
Steve Webster (Britain) 73 70 69
Prayad Marksaeng (Thailand) 73 70 69
Jbe' Kruger (South Africa) 70 65 77 213 Thanyakorn Khrongpha (Thailand) 73 68 72
Tony Lascuna (Philippines) 67 74 72
Daisuke Kataoka (Japan) 70 71 72
Alvaro Quiros (Spain) 72 68 73
Branden Grace (South Africa) 69 72 72
Rikard Karlberg (Sweden) 73 69 71
Alastair Forsyth (Britain) 71 72 70
Nicolas Colsaerts (Belgium) 72 68 73
Prom Meesawat (Thailand) 68 75 70
Chapchai Nirat (Thailand) 71 73 69
Scott Barr (Australia) 73 70 70
Shiv Kapur (India) 69 72 72 214 Joost Luiten (Netherlands) 72 69 73
Scott Hend (Australia) 70 71 73
Lorenzo Gagli (Italy) 69 71 74
Julien Quesne (France) 69 72 73
Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 72 71 71
Mardan Mamat (Singapore) 73 71 70
Berry Henson (U.S.) 72 72 70
Richard Green (Australia) 69 74 71 215 David Drysdale (Britain) 72 69 74
Gaurav Ghei (India) 68 74 73 216 Simon Khan (Britain) 72 71 73
Panuphol Pittayarat (Thailand) 69 74 73
Mohammad Siddikur (Bangladesh) 72 71 73
Pariya Junhasavasdikul (Thailand) 76 68 72
Zhang Lianwei (China) 70 74 72
Peter Karmis (South Africa) 72 70 74 217 Marcus Both (Australia) 72 72 73
Shaaban Hussin (Malaysia) 70 72 75
David Howell (Britain) 71 71 75
Zaw Moe (Myanmar) 72 71 74 218 Steve Lewton (Britain) 70 71 77
Robert-Jan Derksen (Netherlands) 71 73 74
Fabrizio Zanotti (Paraguay) 72 71 75
Gregory Bourdy (France) 75 69 74
Richard McEvoy (Britain) 72 71 75 219 Bernd Wiesberger (Austria) 73 71 75
Lee Sung (South Korea) 69 75 75 220 Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (France) 71 69 80
Anthony Kang (U.S.) 69 75 76 222 Ignacio Garrido (Spain) 71 70 81
Keith Horne (South Africa) 72 72 78
