Karlsson still on track in Hong Kong

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The world number 45 dropped his only stroke in 54 holes at the par-four ninth to follow up his stunning back-to-back bogey-free 64s with a four-under-par 66 to take the largest lead in the history of the tournament into the final round after moving onto 16-under overall.

Jimenez, winner at the Hong Kong Golf Club three years ago, also dropped his only shot of the round at the dog-leg ninth, which normally stands as a par five and has played as one of the toughest holes so far this week with only seven birdies during the third round.

Marcus Fraser's six-under-par 64, the equal best round on Saturday alongside Sweden's Peter Hedblom, saw the Australian join first round leader KJ Choi, Karlsson's World Cup playing partner Peter Hanson and India's Shiv Kapur at 10-under.

Scott Strange, Daniel Chopra - fresh from his maiden victory on the US PGA Tour victory at Ginn sur Mer Classic at the end of last month, and 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir are a further shot adrift.

Karlsson revealed on Thursday he avoided the trip to Hong Kong last year after failing to make the cut in 2005, but is on course to follow up his victories at The Celtic Manor Wales Open and The Deutsche Bank Players Championship of Europe last year.

He has only used his driver twice in the last two days, at the par-four sixth, after realising irons are the way forward around the tight and short Fanling course to allow better approaches onto the sloping greens.

"I am very happy with the way I played today and that is the most important thing. Both me and Miguel had a fantastic start and if you play well over the first few holes, you get the rhythm of the round and we made the most of it," said Karlsson.

"You would take a four-stroke lead on any course, but it is definitely a tricky course to try to pick up a lot of shots. But at the same time there are low scores out there and so for me tomorrow it is all about focusing on putting another low score together.

"If someone beats me then I can't do anything about that but my focus is on another good solid round."