Kiwi Tim Wilkinson produced the best round of the day to move up to second place after three rounds of the Verizon Heritage at Harbour Town Golf Links in South Carolina. Wilkinson shot four consecutive birdies from the sixth to ninth hole on his way to a six-under-par 65. Despite the amazing round, he still trails Brian Gay by three strokes after the American continued his fine form with a four-under 67 to take him to 13-under overall. Aaron Baddeley, Nick O&aposHern and Rod Pampling are the best placed Australians in a tie for 18th place at three-under after mixed rounds. Pampling struggled his way to a three-over 74, while Baddeley and O&aposHern both soared up the leaderboard with a 67 and 68 respectively. Nathan Green and Peter Lonard are a shot behind their compatriots, with Stephen Leaney, Aron Price and Mathew Goggin languishing down the bottom end of the leaderboard. Former Open champion Todd Hamilton, who began the day a shot behind Gay on eight-under, signed for a level 71 to slip to fourth place heading into the final round. Fellow Americans Briny Baird (65) and Davis Love III (69) lie in a tie for fifth, while Tim Petrovic, Tom Lehman and Germany&aposs Alex Cejka are tied for seventh on six-under. Luke Donald, who also shot a six-under-par 65, is one of three players tied for 10th place on five under alongside Argentina&aposs Jose Coceres and Bob Estes, while Spain&aposs Jose Maria Olazabal is at four under following a third round 70. Ernie Els took a six at the par-four ninth and a seven at the par-five 15th on the way to a 73, while Paul Casey finished on a high note with an eagle three at the 15th to help him to a 69 and take the Englishman to one under with the South African. Meanwhile, Australian Ashley Hall is in a tie for third place heading into the final round of the China Open. Hall carded a scintillating seven-under-par 65 to rocket into contention and just three shots behind Richard Finch, who is at eight-under overall. It has been a good performance so far for the Australasian contingent with Scott Strange is a shot behind Hall in a tie for fifth and David McKenzie and Kiwi Mark Brown another shot back at three-under. Aaron Townsend is also in the hunt at two-under, while David Gleeson is at even-par. Verizon Heritage After Round 3 -13: Brian Gay 67 66 67 -10: Tim Wilkinson (New Zealand) 71 67 65 -9: Lee Janzen 65 70 67 -8: Todd Hamilton 68 66 71 -7: Briny Baird 69 72 65, Davis Love III 70 67 69 -6: Tom Lehman 70 69 68, Tim Petrovic 68 70 69, Alex Cejka 64 71 72 -5: Luke Donald 73 70 65, Jose Coceres 74 67 67, Bob Estes 68 71 69 -4: Bo Van Pelt 68 71 66, Jeff Maggert 68 75 66, Woody Austin 70 73 66, Matt Weibring 70 70 69, Jose Maria Olazabal 68 71 70 Also: -3: Rod Pampling (Australia) 68 68 74, Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 75 68 67, Nick O Hern (Australia) 72 70 68 -2: Peter Lonard (Australia) 72 71 68, Nathan Green (Australia) 70 71 70, +1: Stephen Leaney (Australia) 68 74 72, Aron Price (Australia) 68 73 73 +2: Matthew Goggin (Australia) 73 70 72 Third Round of the China Open -8: Richard Finch 71 71 66 -7: Gonzalo Fdez-Castano 71 70 67 -5: Markus Brier 67 73 71, Ashley Hall (Australia) 75 71 65 -4: David Dixon 72 73 67, Simon Dyson 69 73 70, Chapchai Nirat 69 71 72, Scott Strange (Australia) 70 73 69 -3: Mark Brown (New Zealand) 71 77 65, Ho-Sung Choi 70 68 75, David McKenzie (Australia) 68 74 71, Graeme Storm 72 71 70 -2: Aaron Townsend (Australia) 73 71 70 -1: Stephen Dodd 74 71 70 E: Rafael Cabrera 73 71 72, Carlos Del Moral 72 72 72, Scott Drummond 75 70 71, David Gleeson (Australia) 74 73 69, Branden Grace 72 73 71, Thongchai Jaidee 70 75 71, Wen-Chong Liang 72 74 70, Gareth Maybin 76 70 70, Paul McGinley 74 67 75, Colin Montgomerie 73 73 70 Also: +1: Marcus Fraser (Australia) 74 73 70, +2: Craig Scott (Australia) 71 74 73, Kurt Barnes (Australia) 76 70 73, Brad Kennedy (Australia) 72 73 74, Matthew Millar (Australia) 70 77 72 +4: Chris Gaunt (Australia) 74 74 72, Peter O Malley (Australia) 71 75 74, Brett Rumford (Australia) 71 75 74 +6: Michael Long (New Zealand) 73 75 74