Irish start final round with birdie brace

England's Luke Donald and Paul Casey are back in front after three holes of the final round at the World Cup in Seville.

England's Luke Donald and Paul Casey are back in front after three holes of the final round at the World Cup in Seville.

Donald began with an 18-foot birdie putt, while Spain's Sergio Garcia and Miguel Angel Jimenez were in greenside bunkers on all three holes.  They escaped with pars at the first and second but could not do it again.

The Spanish pair - overnight leaders - slipped to 23 under, one off the leaders, and into a tie for second with Ireland's Paul McGinley and Padraig Harrington who birdied the first two.

Jimenez made a 25-foot birdie putt on the fourth but Casey followed him in from around 18.  Both then birdied the long fifth as well, as Ireland had.

As it stands, England are 26 under, Spain 25 under and Ireland 24 under.

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