Jeev Milkha Singh carded a sedate one-under 71 and moved one place up to tied 28th with a total of three-under 213 at the KSB Munsingwear Open golf tournament in Okayama, Japan.
Jeev has now rounds of 71, 70 and 71 over three days and a good finish can help him come closer to a top-10 finish.
Starting on the first, Jeev birdied the fifth but gave the shot back on the next when he missed the fairway and had to scramble back.
Jeev, who has been battling slight fever, birdied the 12th but once again the advantage was given away with a bogey on 16th. He took a birdie on the 18th for the third successive day to come under par.
Kiyoshi Miyazoto, who overnight was in the bunch for tied third, shot a five-under 67, and moved to sole lead at 13-under 203. He was three clear of overnight leader, Soushi Tajima (71), Eiji Mizoguchi (70) and the first round leader Takao Nogami (69).
Tajima, Mizoguchi and Nogami were tied for second at 10-under, while Toru Taniguchi (67), Mamo Osanai (71) and Hideto Tanihara (71) were tied for fifth.
Overnight co-leader Shingo Katayama (73) slipped to eighth.
After just three appearances on Japan Tour this season, Jeev is lying 18th on the Money List, with his last two finishes being in top-10. He was tenth at Crowns and tied fifth at Japan PGA Championships.