Australia&aposs Brendan Jones has been edged out by Takashi Kanemoto at the third play-off hole in the Mitsubishi Diamond Cup as the Japanese veteran claimed a first career title on Sunday at Oarai Golf Club. Kanemoto, 38, carded a final-round five-under-par 67 to join overnight leader Jones at the top of the leaderboard on five-under overall after the Australian signed for a 69. Jones, 34, had looked on course for a ninth Japan Tour crown after leading by three strokes with eight holes to play. But while he parred his way home, Kanemoto picked up birdies at 12, 15 and 16 to earn his place in the play-off. And after both players parred the first two extra holes, Kanemoto picked up a birdie at the third time of asking to claim the victory. Defending champion Prayad Marksaeng of Thailand finished two adrift in third after a final-round four-under-par 68, with Hiroshi Iwata (67), Taichi Teshima (67) and Kaname Yokoo (68) a further shot back tied for fourth. Kim Hung-tae (64) and Toru Taniguchi (69) were the only other players to finish under par, tied for seventh at one-under, with Satoru Hirota (68) and Tommy Nakajima (72) rounding out the top 10 at level-par overall. Earlier in the day, Australian Jason Day shot another impressive round to be right in contention heading into the final day of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Texas. Chasing his maiden PGA Tour title, Day enjoyed a bogey-free five-under-par round of 65 to move up to 15-under overall and a tie for second place with Steve Marino and Steve Stricker. South African Tim Clark leads the trio by two strokes after firing a four-under-par 66 at the Colonial Country Club. Fijian Vijay Singh is also in the hunt at 13-under, with Justin Leonard and Woody Austin a further stroke back. John Senden is the next best Australian; he is tied for 18th at eight-under, while Nick O&aposHern and Geoff Ogilvy are in a share of 28th place at six-under. James Nitties and Rod Pampling are well back in 37th and 44th spot respectively and Adam Scott continues to struggle down in 59th place. New Zealand teenager Danny Lee had a disappointing one-over-par round to slip down to 53rd. And in London, Marcus Fraser shot an even-par 72 in his third round to be in a tie for sixth place, four shots off the lead at the European Open. Frenchman Christian Cevaer and Indian Jeev Milkha SIngh leads the tournament at nine-under, with 20-year-old Rory McIlroy, Alvaro Quiros and Chris Wood three shots back. Fraser, Soren Hansen, Gary Orr and Steve Webster are all at five-under-par heading into Sunday&aposs final round. Crowne Plaza Invitational After Round 3 -17: Tim Clark 63 64 66 -15: Steve Marino 66 67 62, Jason Day (Australia) 65 65 65, Steve Stricker 63 63 69 -13: Vijay Singh 64 64 69 -12: Justin Leonard 66 68 64, Woody Austin 63 68 67 -11: Paul Casey 66 67 66, Sean O&aposHair 65 64 70 -10: Zach Johnson 69 67 64, Ian Poulter 66 69 65, Kevin Na 66 68 66, Ted Purdy 69 65 66, Luke Donald 68 65 67 -9: Jeff Overton 69 67 65, Lucas Glover 70 65 66, Kevin Sutherland 66 67 68 -8: Tim Herron 71 65 66, Harrison Frazar 67 69 66, John Senden (Australia) 68 67 67, Jason Bohn 69 65 68, Ryan Palmer 69 63 70 Also: -6: Nick O&aposHern (Australia) 69 69 66, Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 70 67 67 -5: James Nitties (Australia) 67 68 70 -4: Rod Pampling (Australia) 73 66 67 -3: Danny Lee (New Zealand) 69 67 71 -2: Adam Scott (Australia) 68 71 69 +2: Aron Price (Australia) 67 72 73 Third Round of the European Open -9: Christian Cevaer 67 70 70, Jeev Milkha Singh 67 69 71 -6: Rory McIlroy 69 73 68, Alvaro Quiros 71 70 69, Chris Wood 69 73 68 -5: Marcus Fraser (Australia) 69 70 72, Soren Hansen 69 75 67, Gary Orr 71 72 68, Steve Webster 69 72 70 -4: Jamie Donaldson 68 70 74, Jose Manuel Lara 70 68 74, Richie Ramsay 74 70 68 -3: Gregory Bourdy 71 70 72, Magnus Carlsson 71 74 68, Michael Lorenzo-Vera 67 69 77, Chapchai Nirat 69 76 68, Louis Oosthuizen 68 75 70, Anthony Wall 68 69 76 -2: Callum Macaulay 71 72 71 Also: +3: Brett Rumford (Australia) 75 70 74