A couple of back nine bogeys threatened to ruin his card but Jeev Milkha Singh [Images] managed to hang on to his tied fourth position with a penultimate round of level-par 70 in The Crowns golf tournament in Nagoya on Saturday.

Jeev in tied 4th

After the second hole birdie was cancelled out by the bogey in the next hole, Jeev picked up a shot each on the 11th and 13th to go two-under before he bogeyed the 14th and 17th to eventually settle for an even-par card.

With his three-day total of five-under 205, Jeev lies three shot behind leader Ryoken Kawagishi (202), who carded 68 on Saturday, to open up a two-shot lead over Tomohiro Kondo (64) and Hiroyuki Fujita (68).