Andres Romero will take a two-stroke lead into the final round of the Deutsche Bank Players&apos Championship in Hamburg as Australian Nick O&aposHern finds himself nine strokes off the pace. Romero though, who finished double bogey, bogey at Carnoustie during the recent British Open, missing the play-off by a single shot, carded a brilliant third round of 63 for a 17-under-par total of 199 and a two-stroke advantage. That equalled the course record set by Lee Westwood last year, although it will not count for record purposes due to the preferred lies in operation on the sodden course. Zane Scotland is Romero&aposs nearest challenger on 15 under after a 66, with fellow Englishman Lee Slattery another shot back after a 67. “I try to birdie every single hole,” said Romero, who managed five birdies and two eagles in a flawless display of attacking golf. Scotland looked set to run away from the field after a sensational start to his round – the Surrey professional playing the first five holes in six under par with four birdies and an eagle, where he &aposchipped&apos in from the edge of the third green with a three wood. Consecutive bogeys halted his charge and put paid to any hopes of the first 59 on the European Tour, but two more birdies and another eagle – this time courtesy of a more orthodox 35-yard pitch – on the 15th ensured he would be in the final group with Romero on Sunday. O&aposHern, meanwhile, was the best of the Aussies, carding a four-under-68 in the wet conditions to be one stroke ahead of Matthew Millar (70) and Peter O&aposMalley who also posted 68 on the third day. One stroke further back at six-under overall is Rod Pampling (70) and Andrew Tampion (70), while Wade Ormsby (70), Brett Rumford (71) and Terry Price (74) are further back in the field. Third Round of the Deutsche Bank Players&apos Championship of Europe (par 72) -17 Andres Romero 68 68 63 -15 Zane Scotland 67 68 66 -14 Lee Slattery 66 69 67 -13 Alexander Noren 67 71 65 -10 Paul Casey 68 70 68, Robert Karlsson 69 71 66, Brett Wetterich 69 70 67, Oliver Wilson 66 70 70 -9 Benn Barham 69 70 68, John Bickerton 68 71 68, Ariel Canete 70 71 66, Peter Hanson 69 70 68, Charley Hoffman 68 72 67, Tino Schuster 69 72 66 -8 Soren Hansen 72 70 66, Miguel Angel Jimenez 69 68 71, Shiv Kapur 71 67 70, Nick O&aposHern (Australia) 69 71 68, Charl Schwartzel 71 72 65, Miles Tunnicliff 73 69 66 also: -7 Matthew Millar (Australia) 70 71 68, Peter O&aposMalley (Australia) 69 72 68 -6 Rodney Pampling (Australia) 71 69 70, Andrew Tampion (Australia) 71 69 70 -5 Wade Ormsby (Australia) 72 69 70 -3 Brett Rumford (Australia) 69 73 71 -2 Terry Price (Australia) 71 69 74