Jesper Svensson takes a 1-stroke lead at French Open

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SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France -- Swedish golfer Jesper Svensson shot a third-round 67 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead at the Open de France over Denmark's Thorbjørn Olesen and England's Sam Bairstow.

Svensson had four birdies in the first six holes and five overall. But he bogeyed the 17th at Le Golf National on the outskirts of Paris to finish the day 13 under overall.

Despite that bogey, the 28-year-old Svensson showed strong consistency by making 16 of the 18 greens in regulation.

"I hit the ball really well all day, a lot of good looks, hit a lot of good putts," he said. "A lot of putts slid past, hopefully they'll drop tomorrow."

Olesen had four…