Double US Open winner Retief Goosen is on track for his first European Tour success in more than two and a half years after firing an eight-under 64 in Saturday's Portugal Masters third round. The South African carded an eagle-two and seven birdies to finish on 20-under-par 196, one ahead of first and second round leader Francesco Molinari (68) of Italy. Lee Westwood (66), looking to overhaul fellow Briton Rory McIlroy at the top of the money list, was three behind Goosen. Another bad day with the putter left order of merit leader McIlroy stranded 14 shots off the pace after a 71. Goosen, seeking a 15th European Tour title, was delighted with his resurgence of form after an inauspicious Presidents Cup last week when he did not win a match. Westwood is targeting his first win of the season to pull off his chief goal of 2009, to chalk up his second order of merit success. While finishing as runner-up Sunday would see him overtake McIlroy, the Englishman is not prepared to accept second best. “As Seve (Ballesteros) used to say ‘second is no good',” said Westwood after firing seven birdies including two in a row at the end of the round. Spain's Pablo Martin (68), who won the 2007 Portuguese Open as an amateur, holds fourth place, four strokes adrift of Goosen. A lacklustre day by triple major winner Padraig Harrington (71) meant the Irishman was nine shots worse than his 62 on Friday. He is six behind Goosen on 202. Liang leads Chinese charge China's Liang Wenchong Saturday shot a three-under-par 68 to go 11-under and one stroke ahead of Australian Andrew Martin (69) after the third round of the $500,000 Midea China Classic. Zhang Lianwei, the 2006 champion, stormed into contention at Saturday's event, part of the OneAsia Tour, with a 63 to move to eight-under with Australian Craig Scott, who carded a 68 at the Royal Orchid International Golf Club. Alex Wu Ashun, China's rising star, and New Zealander Michael Long each shot 68 to finish six-under with Stephen Leaney, the 2003 US Open runner-up, who carded a 71 over the 6,903-yard Nick Faldo layout. Liang, Asia's No. 1 in 2007, birdied holes one, nine and 18 in a second straight bogey-free round and put himself in the driving seat as he bids to win his first Midea title. Martin, the 2004 Australian Amateur champion, birdied holes one, four and eight but suffered a double bogey on 10 after putting his tee-shot in the water. The 25-year-old rebounded with birdies on 12 and 13 before dropping a shot on the par-three 15th. Matteson, Campbell on top American Chad Campbell shot an outstanding nine-under par 62 to vault into a share of the second-round lead with compatriot Troy Matteson at the Las Vegas Open Friday. Campbell, who started the day at the TPC Summerlin tied for 26th, was bogey free and finished off his round in style with an eagle on the par-five ninth to post a combined 13-under total of 129. Matteson, also played the back nine first, followed up his first round leading 62 with a solid 67 Friday, recovering well after bogeys on the 11th and 14th. Ryan Moore also went low with an eight-under round of 63 while Briton Martin Laird remained in the frame with a 67. Moore, Laird, Bob Heintz (67) and Matt Kuchar (64) were all tied for third on 12-under. Laird is the only non-American in the top 10 although India's Jeev Milkha Singh was tied for 11th, just three shots off the lead after shooting six-under Friday. South African Rory Sabbatini, a five-time PGA Tour winner, failed to make the cut, as did Britain's Brian Davis and Sweden's Richard Johnson.
