ST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Martin Kaymer and Jarmo Sandelin shared the third-round lead Saturday after another wet and windy day at the Dunhill Links Championship on the European Tour.

Kaymer had two birdies in a 1-over 73 at the 7,412-yard Carnoustie course to take the lead at 6-under 210. Sandelin later caught him with a 72 in the big pro-celebrity event whose format is similar to the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on the PGA Tour.

"This was the toughest day on the toughest course and it was the worst weather this week," the 23-year-old Kaymer said. "You have to accept some bunkers and some bogeys."

Magnus Carlsson (73) was a stroke behind the leaders, and British Open and PGA Championship winner Padraig Harrington (74) trailed by another stroke. Harrington will be looking for his third Dunhill title in six years in the final round Sunday on the Old Course at St. Andrews.

"I wouldn't see myself as favorite," he said. "I'm not 100 percent confident about how I'm playing."

Thongchai Jaidee (72) and overnight leader Markus Brier (76) were tied with Harrington.

Five players were another shot behind, including Robert Karlsson (76) and Ross Fisher (73), who shared the lead until dropping three shots over the last four holes at Carnoustie.

Ernie Els (76) and 2005 champion Colin Montgomerie (78) missed the 54-hole cut. For Els, it was his worst finish at the Dunhill Links.

The leading six and 10 of the top 11 played at Carnoustie on Saturday. Others played at the Old Course and Kingsbarns.

The first six holes into the wind claimed several victims, including Lee Westwood (76), who bogeyed the first four holes and double bogeyed the sixth before three late birdies.

Sandelin has five wins in his career but none since 2002.

"It is a long time ago that I was in the leading group on the last day," he said. "These were the toughest conditions I have ever played Carnoustie in. To shoot level par makes me very happy because standing on the 10th tee I thought 2 over would be a good finish."

Harrington bogeyed four of the first six but made birdies at Nos. 12 and 15.

"I hit a drive about 195 yards on one hole and had three three-putts in the first six," Harrington said. "In these conditions, you have to play sensible shots all the time. It's about hitting it in the right place. I got caught once or twice going for pins."

Only six players in the 168-strong field broke par on a miserable day, but Harrington and Westwood still had reasons to be cheerful.

Returning to Carnoustie, where he won the first of his back-to-back British Open titles, Harrington played the front nine in 40 but came home in a superb 34 to end the day in a share of fourth place.

And Westwood bounced back from an even worse front nine, the Ryder Cup star dropping six shots in his first six holes to be out in 41, before coming back in 35 to rescue his hopes of ending the year as European No. 1.

Harrington currently heads the Order of Merit by about $350,000 over Westwood, who would have been $200,000 closer had he beaten Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano in a playoff for the Quinn Insurance British Masters at The Belfry last Sunday.

Sweden's Karlsson is third in the standings, another $200,000 behind Westwood, but with a first prize Sunday of about $850,000, the race remains wide open.

"It was tough, the wind was pumping out there," said Westwood, who last won the Order of Merit title in 2000. "I was 6 over after six and struggling, really. The course was playing tough at the start and you didn't have to do a lot wrong really.

"I dug in, though, and was 3 under for the next six holes," he added. "Missing from six or seven feet for birdie on eight was the turning point as it was the first green I hit in regulation.

"It was a good birdie at nine and I missed a short one on 10 and had a good chance at 11, but made birdies at the 12th and 14th, gimme birdies today with the wind direction," he explained. "I three-putted 16, which was a shame, but I parred the last two holes, which you can never complain about here. All in all, two under might be in with a chance."

Sunday's final round will be a family affair for co-leader Kaymer, who is playing with his brother Philip -- whose caddie for the week is their father -- in the team event. The 23-year-old's mother died from cancer earlier this year, only two weeks after his emotional victory on home soil in the BMW International in Munich.

"I played very well yesterday and Thursday, today was okay but I struggled a bit with my tee shots," Kaymer said. "I'm looking forward to tomorrow and I think I have a chance.

"I can play with my brother and father again because we are fifth in the team competition, which will be great."

The cut changed from 4 over par to 5 over when Italy's Francesco Molinari, in the last group out, bogeyed the 18th at Carnoustie. But that was still not enough to get Colin Montgomerie into the final round, the Scot finishing double bogey, bogey at Carnoustie to miss out by two shots.

Of the 10 Ryder Cup players competing -- only Sergio Garcia and Ian Poulter were absent -- only Henrik Stenson and Miguel Angel Jimenez missed the cut, Jimenez retiring hurt midway through his third round.

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