Jeev Milkha Singh set himself for a top-10 finish after climbing to the tied 16th spot with a card of two-under-par 70 in the penultimate round of the BMW International Open here on Saturday.
Jeev needed a mere 25 putts in the round, which was one of only 12 sub-par efforts in the day. He took his three-round total to five-under 211, just six shots off the lead.
Compatriots Jyoti Randhawa (73) and Shiv Kapur (73) also moved upwards. Randhawa climbed to tied 21st, up two places from his overnight position, and Kapur was tied 39th, an improvement from the 52nd spot.
The lead was shared by Swede Niclas Fasth (73) and Portugal’s Jose-Filipe Lima (70) at 11-under 205, followed by a threesome, including Frenchman Thomas Levet (72), England’s Nick Dougherty (71) and 47-year-old South African David Frost (70) at nine-under 207.
Jeev started with a birdie on the first hole. He was pulled back by a bogey on the next but had another birdie on the fourth hole. A bogey on the eighth meant he was level at the turn.
His back nine saw him gain shots on the 11th, 13th and 17th but a bogey on the 16th left him at 70.
Randhawa, meanwhile, was done in by a disappointing start and an even more disappointing finish but in between he had three birdies.
He stumbled to bogey in the third and fifth holes, but birdies on sixth, eighth and 10th brought him under par. Randhawa was cruising and in line for a top-10 position before a double bogey on the 14th derailed him. He had a birdie on 15th, but again dropped a shot on the 17th.

Atwal falters
Arjun Atwal slipped to the tied 55th spot after returning a topsy-turvy card of four-over-par 74 in the penultimate round of the Travelers Championship, adds PTI from Cromwell.
Atwal stumbled to five bogeys, a double bogey against three birdies to total three-over 213 after three rounds.
Asian Tour player Kevin Na (69) of Korea was 12th. His 206 was seven strokes behind leader Jay Williamson.
David Toms shares the lead at eight-under with Williamson (66).