BMW International Open leaderboard: Round 3 scores in full as Dan Brown hits the front

Dan Brown will take a one stroke lead into the final round of the BMW International Open after posting another seven under par round of 65 on day three at Golfclub München Eichenried.

The 30-year-old carded a second successive 65 thanks to an eagle, six birdies and a bogey as he pipped fellow Englishman Jordan Smith to 16 under par, with his compatriot one shot back after his own impressive round of 66.

Brown claimed his first DP World Tour title at the 2023 ISPS HANDA World Invitational presented by AVIV Clinics and put himself in pole position for a second victory at Golfclub München Eichenried with a superb six under par back nine.

Smith set the clubhouse target of 15 under with a par at the 18th, before Brown went one better in the following group to ensure he will be the man to catch with 18 holes to play.

The Englishman had to wait until the sixth to get his round going, tapping in from close range for birdie, before another followed from 15 feet at the next to climb to 11 under, however, he dropped his only shot at the eighth to slip back.

He took advantage of the par five 11th with a birdie from four feet to sit two adrift of early leader Joost Luiten, before following it up with another gain after an excellent tee shot to the par three 12th.

Brown birdied the 15th before the highlight of his round arrived at the 16th, driving the green on the short par four and rolling in the eagle putt to draw level with Smith, who he duly overtook with his final birdie at the closing par five.

Smith, who has finished tied second, eighth and third in his last three appearances in Munich, will compete alongside Brown in the final group, with Dutchman Luiten a shot back in third.

Englishman Marco Penge, the 2025 Hainan Classic winner, is in a tie for fourth on 12 under with Denmark’s Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Japanese Yuto Katsuragawa, Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan and American Davis Bryant.