England's Callum Tarren heads into the final round of the Bahrain Championship with a one-shot lead as he goes in search of his first DP World Tour title.
The 34-year-old had led by two at the halfway stage but was caught at the summit early in his third round before three birdies in four holes from the fourth took him four shots clear.
Tarren then saw his advantage wiped out altogether as bogeys on the eighth, 11th and 12th dropped him back to 13 under par, where he had started the day.
But he was never overtaken at the top on Saturday and safely parred his way home to keep his nose in front of a high-quality chasing pack just one shot back.
Englishmen Dan Brown and Brandon Robinson-Thompson were in a tie for second on 12 under alongside Spain's Pablo Larrazabal and Italian Francesco Laporta.
Tarren was pleased with the way he hung in there as he signed for a level-par 72, saying: "I’m a bit frustrated really. I got off to such a good start, felt so comfortable.
"I just missed a few putts in that mid-section of the round, three-putted the eighth, a short one at the ninth, a good chance at the 10th and didn’t capitalise.
"At the 11th I felt like the tee-shot wasn’t bad, it got a hard kick right, I think. Then it’s tough to that back flag, a short putt on the next.
"And then I kind of hung in there coming in. Frustrated but still in the lead and we’ll go again tomorrow.
"I’ve felt comfortable all week and I felt comfortable out there today. The start showed it – through seven holes I was cruising.
"Just a couple of missed putts here and there but that’s golf. Final group tomorrow again and I have the lead so there’s lots of positives to take from it."
The two Irishmen in the group, Pádraig Harrington and Conor Purcell, both made the cut on the bubble. Harrington shot a third successive round of 71 to sit on three-under-par heading into the final round. The Dubliner is in a tie for 39th place.
Harrington's fellow Dubliner, Purcell, carded a round of 73 to lie on one-under-par overall, tied for 55th.
