Intro:

Ilonen, the leader since carding a brilliant 64 on Thursday, birdied the last to restore his lead and card a 69 for a 12 under total on Saturday.

Script:

Mikko Ilonen still leads the Irish Open going into the last day at the Fota Island Resort.

Ilonen, who set a course record 64 on Thursday, carded a third-round 69 for a total of 201. This birdie at the 15th helping him along the way.

But the Finn's overnight lead was cut from two shots to one after England's Danny Willett claimed a hole-in-one on the way to a course record eight-under 63 in County Cork.

Willett, won the BMW International in Germany in 2012, and was in great form again as he holed his eight-iron tee shot on the 165-yard par three seventh and also posted six birdies, four of them in the last five holes to finish 11-under.

Former US Open champion Graeme McDowell (69) of Northern Ireland was third on 203, but only six shots separated the top 20 players.