Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the Crown Australian Open after producing a big finish on Saturday.
The Dane closed his third-round 66 with a hat-trick of birdies, holing some lengthy putts along the way, to reach 14 under par and sit two strokes ahead of a world-class chasing pack consisting of home favourite Cam Smith, South Korea's Si Woo Kim and Mexican Carlos Ortiz.
Spain's Jose Luis Ballester was alone in fifth another shot further back after firing a flawless 65.
Neergaard-Petersen, who is searching for his maiden DP World Tour title, shared the lead at the halfway stage and hit the front on his own when he holed a long-range birdie putt at the second.
He picked up another shot on the fourth, only to give it straight back at the par-three fifth.
It was a different story at the next par three, though, as Neergaard-Petersen birdied the seventh to turn in 32.
After starting the back nine with a bogey, the 26-year-old birdied the long 14th before knocking in his 12-foot birdie effort at the 16th to join Smith at the top of the leaderboard.
He followed that up with another birdie from around 15 feet on the 17th before a 32-foot birdie at the last handed Neergaard-Petersen a two-shot advantage at the summit.
Neergaard-Petersen is riding high on confidence after earning dual membership with the PGA TOUR at the end of last season and he could be in for another life-changing day on Sunday as he bids to secure a first win on the DP World Tour.
He said: "I felt like I stayed true to my plan all week, which has been to stay patient.
"Obviously, it's not really what you want there at the fifth. I've hit a great shot in there so walking away with a four obviously stung a bit.
"But I felt like I was able to kind of calm myself down, and then from there on in I felt like I played some really good golf.
"I'm really happy with the finish. I've been able to finish well here over the last couple of events, even in rounds, so it's nice to finish off well today.
"I was able to roll in a couple of putts in the last three."
