Challenge Tour graduate Marcus Higley found himself tied for the lead at the Maybank Malaysian Open after sinking a monster birdie putt to end his third round.
The 32-year-old from Yeovil rolled in from 35 feet to card a round of 70 and draw level with Argentina's Ricardo Gonzalez on seven-under-par 209 at the Saujana Golf and Country Club.
The pair were two strokes clear of American Edward Loar (72), Prom Meesawat of Thailand (70) and Angelo Que of the Philippines (68).
A bogey at the last hole saw Simon Dyson (73) fall into a tie for sixth on four under with Scotland's Simon Yates (70), Australia's David Bransdon (70) and Sweden's Peter Hedblom (68).
Higley began the day on five under but got off to a dreadful start with bogeys at his first two holes.
He got back on track with birdies on the sixth, ninth and 12th and after a bogey on the 14th, he birdied the final two holes to hold a lead for the first time on the European Tour.
Gonzalez had earlier carded a three-under-par 69 to put himself in position for his first victory on the tour in three years.
The 37-year-old from Cordoba birdied the fifth and seventh before giving back a stroke with a bogey on the tricky eighth.
He picked up consecutive birdies at the par-three 12th and par-five 13th to move to the top of the leaderboard and held his nerve on the closing holes, sinking an eight-foot par putt on the 18th to secure the clubhouse lead.
Overnight leader Chinarat Phadungsil endured a miserable third round with double bogeys at the sixth and 14th holes blighting his card as he shot a five-over 77 to drop to joint-18th on two under.
Dyson was in a four-way tie for the lead on six under midway through his round after carding two birdies and a bogey on his front nine.
However, the Yorkshireman bogeyed the 12th and 13th to drop to four under and although he picked up a shot at the 16th, a bogey at the last hole saw him finish with a disappointing 73.
Having survived the cut by a stroke, Lee Westwood held steady with a solid but unspectacular 71 as he finished the day on level par, while Darren Clarke was one over after also shooting 71.
Two-time winner Thongchai Jaidee missed the cut after a disappointing end to his second round this morning.
Returning to complete his round after a thunderstorm ended play early on Friday, the Thai moved to within a stroke of the cut-line with a birdie on the 16th only to finish on five over after bogeys at the 17th and 18th.
Damien McGrane is still in contention after a 70 saw him to three-under overall.
