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Golf-Dane Olesen holds lead at Dunhill Links Championship (Reuters)

Oct 3 (Reuters) - Denmark's Thorbjorn Olesen takes a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship after firing a seven-under-par 65 at St Andrews on Saturday.

The 25-year-old took full advantage of ideal scoring conditions, picking up eight birdies, to lead Germany's Florian Fritsch, who went one better with a 64 at Kingsbarns.

Briton Jimmy Mullen, the overnight leader, dropped back after a 74 at Carnoustie.

"It was a great day. I started off badly by hitting it in the water on the first but I got over it and played some good golf out there," said Olesen, who was runner-up at the pro-am event three years ago.