Five tied for Volvo Masters lead after third round

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BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Australia's David Gleeson, one of five players tied for the lead, matched the course record Saturday with a 9-under 63 during the third round of the Asian Tour's season-ending Volvo Masters.

Joining Gleeson atop the leaderboard at the Thai Country Club were fellow Australian Marcus Both (70), Thai pair Chapchai Nirat (70) and Chawalit Plaphol (69), and second-round leader Lam Chih-bing (72) of Singapore.

Gleeson matched the course record, set by Canadian Jim Rutledge in 1997, despite a bogey on his opening hole. Two eagles on a front nine of just 29 strokes at the $750,000 event certainly helped.

"It was good fun," Gleeson said. "I played pretty good the other two days but made silly scoring mistakes. After the first hole, I thought "here we go again."

"Now that I've done the hard part, I've got to get another good round in tomorrow."

Chawalit could have been the outright leader but for a bogey on the final hole. The Thai has finished in the top six at his past three tournaments.

"I feel like I am due a win," Chawalit said. "I don't want to miss this opportunity."