Mark Foster posted a double-bogey six on the final hole to see his lead halve going into the final round of the Quinn British Masters.
Journeyman bungles 18th but remains two clear
Englishman Mark Foster posted a double-bogey six on the final hole to see his lead halve going into the final round of the Quinn British Masters.
Foster was four shots clear standing on the 18th tee at The Belfry but dumped his second shot into the lake, and eventually did well to get down in two from off the green.
It opened the door to his nearest pursuers - six of whom are lurking just two shots behind on eight under par.
"I was a bit dazed coming off the 18th, but the putt proved I had kept my focus and it gives me a good mental image," reflected Foster, who is searching for his second victory on the European Tour after a round of 69.
No real flight
"I take full responsibility. It was a three-iron shot, but I didn't want to hit it and hit a little wood instead.
"I just saw the ridge behind the flag and the ball coming back down it, but I hit it thin and the shot had no real flight."
Lee Westwood, also from Worksop, Ian Poulter, France's Gregory Bourdy and Swedish trio Niclas Fasth, Martin Erlandsson and Fredrik Andersson Hed are the sextet closest to him.
Poulter looked as if he might have blown his hopes of winning a week before his wedding when he double-bogeyed the sixth and eighth, but the former Ryder Cup player came home in 32 with birdies on the 10th, 12th, 14th and 17th.
Lee Westwood double-bogeyed the ninth, but had a hat-trick of birdies from the 15th to match Poulter's 70.
Colin Montgomerie would have been on the eight under par mark as well but for bogeys at the 16th and 18th to record a third successive 70.
