Defending champion Graeme McDowell shot 81 on the third day in Newport
Graeme McDowell’s Wales Open defence was severely blown off course as Alex Noren took charge at Celtic Manor.
US Open champion McDowell went from seven under par overnight to six over in the opening seven holes, before finishing round three on three over.
Swede Noren leads by a shot on eight under, while fellow countryman Peter Hanson and Anders Hansen of Denmark are a shot behind.
Wales’ Jamie Donaldson leads the home charge in Newport on six under.
Earlier on Saturday, US Open runner-up Gregory Havret withdrew from the Wales Open following the death of his father.
The 34-year-old was two over par after the opening two rounds at Celtic Manor and just made the cut, but pulled out at the beginning of day three.
Last year Havret almost became France’s first major champion since 1907, as Graeme McDowell won at Pebble Beach.
Havret, whose last title was the 2008 Johnnie Walker
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