US Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal celebrated his 34th birthday by storming into contention at the Greg Norman International.

The Spaniard carded a seven-under-par 66 in the third round to move into joint third spot at The Lakes course, two shots off the lead.

Welshman David Park and Australian Lucas Parsons head the field on 13-under.

Overnight leader Park saw a four-shot advantage evaporate in the later stages of his round, as strengthening wind played havoc with his game.

Park shot a level par 73, while Parsons sank a 40-foot birdie putt at the last for a 70.

Ryder Cup player Andrew Coltart hit a 73 to fall back to join Olazabal, Peter Senior and Wayne Smith in third place.

Olazabal, who missed the cut at last week's Heineken Classic, rediscovered his from in style with an impressive round that included nine birdies.

He was level par after the first six holes but hit seven birdies in an eight-hole run from the seventh.

"It has been a nice day, I'm very pleased with the round," Olazabal said.

"After six holes everything looked quite grey but after that I managed to get some birdies and that got me going."

Third round scores
Par 73, GB and Ire unless stated, (x) denotes amateur

206 L Parsons (Aus) 70 66 70, D Park 68 65 73

208 JM Olazabal (Spain) 72 70 66, W Smith (Aus) 74 67 67, P Senior (Aus) 67 70 71, A Coltart 67 68 73

209 C Parry (Aus) 71 72 66

210 P-U Johansson (Swe) 71 68 71, (x) A Scott (Aus) 75 63 72

211 G Evans 71 71 69, I Garbutt 71 71 69, P O'Malley (Aus) 72 70 69, D Carter 70 71 70, G Dodd (Aus) 69 71 71, A Hansen (Den) 68 71 72

212 P McGinley 71 74 67, N O'Hern (Aus) 70 74 68, B Ogle (Aus) 73 71 68, (x) S Gardiner (Aus) 75 69 68, P Price 72 70 70, C Hainline (US) 71 70 71, Zhang Lian-wei (Chn) 68 73 71, S Tait (Aus) 68 72 72, A McLardy (SA) 71 66 75, C Hanell (Swe) 71 66 75

213 S Allan (Aus) 72 72 69, R Goosen (SA) 70 72 71, R Davis (Aus) 75 67 71, R Wessels (SA) 72 70 71, S Hansen (Den) 70 70 73, J Moseley (Aus) 69 71 73

214 A Bonhomme (Aus) 72 74 68, P Baker 69 74 71, S Bouvier (Aus) 70 73 71, B Langer (Ger) 71 72 71, J Cooper 76 67 71, C Gray (Aus) 71 72 71, S Tinning (Den) 71 70 73, W Riley (Aus) 71 70 73, A Cejka (Ger) 73 68 73, M Lafeber (Hol) 66 74 74

215 M Scarpa (Ita) 73 73 69, P Broadhurst 72 74 69, R Stephens (Aus) 73 73 69, S Kjeldsen (Den) 73 73 69, B Estes (US) 71 74 70, J Rose 76 69 70, R Willis (Aus) 73 71 71, A Stolz (Aus) 72 72 71, V Phillips 71 73 71, G Orr 78 65 72, B Rumford (Aus) 69 69 77

216 S Laycock (Aus) 78 68 70, P Gow (Aus) 72 74 70, K Druce (Aus) 72 72 72, (x) A Baddeley (Aus) 71 73 72, T Gogele (Ger) 76 68 72, P Golding 68 75 73, N Vanhootegem (Bel) 75 68 73

217 M Ecob (Aus) 74 72 71, M Lane (Aus) 73 71 73, J Sandelin (Swe) 73 71 73, D Chopra (Swe) 74 69 74, J Daly (US) 73 70 74, S Appleby (Aus) 73 69 75, S Struver (Ger) 73 68 76, P Lonard (Aus) 69 71 77

218 T Gillis (US) 73 73 72, A Forsyth 76 69 73, B Teilleria (Fra) 74 70 74, T Price (Aus) 74 70 74

219 R McFarlane 69 77 73, M Ferguson (Aus) 71 75 73, P Burke (US) 75 71 73, M Roberts (Aus) 72 73 74, D McKenzie (Aus) 73 72 73

220 R Russell 75 71 74, G Coles (Aus) 74 71 75, G Hutcheon 74 70 76, G Emerson 66 77 77