Open de France Round 3 Leaderboard: LIV Golf's Brooks Koepka hits the front

LIV Golf superstar Brooks Koepka vaulted to the top of the board in the third round of the Open de France at Golf de Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche.

Koepka, 35, bogeyed the par-3 18th to fall out of the outright lead but it all added up to a brilliant 65 on Saturday in Paris. 

The five-time major champion strung together five straight birdies from the 13th en route to moving to the front. 

Koepka finds himself at 11-under par alongside Australia's Min Woo Lee, who went round in 68. 

The duo find themselves one stroke clear of the chasing pack, which includes Marcus Armitage (71), Michael Kim (66) and former Open de France winner Guido Migliozzi (66). 

Jeong weon Ko (68) and Elvis Smylie (67) are a further shot off the pace on 9-under par. 

Koepka has openly admitted his putting has not been good enough this season, testament to him not winning a single event on LIV Golf in 2025.

But the former World No.1, who remains working alongside putting guru Pete Cowen, was much happier with the flatstick on Saturday.

"Yeah, it was pretty good," said Koepka. "Putted a lot better.

"I feel like my game has been trending in the right direction. It's just the results haven't been there. I'm pleased with the work I've put in over the last few months so hopefully got a chance to win tomorrow.

"I've felt very uncomfortable over the putts pretty much all year, just a little bit of hand position. We've got it sorted now where I feel like I'm striking the putts very well, hitting them on line and feeling confident and that's honestly half the battle."

Joint leader Lee said: "Just pretty solid again, I didn't do anything spectacular in the back nine, just hung in there.

"You can really get away with the moment - you've just got to keep hitting shots and keep mentally strong. You've just got to keep going until the end."