Toru Nakajima misfired coming home and barely clung to a one-stroke lead over Hyun Ho Rho with a 73 as majority of the rest also cracked with over-par scores in punishing day in the Philippine Golf Tour Q-School at Splendido Taal on Thursday in Tagaytay.

The wind howled at the onset of the third round and kept pounding the course and the field throughout, sending the scores soaring and Nakajima's erstwhile pursuers tumbling. The scrappy Japanese did feel the warmth of the clubhouse at the finish but not its comfort as he hardly hung onto the lead with a 216 aggregate.