Munich, Germany (My Sportsbook) - Retief Goosen bogeyed his final hole Saturday, but still managed a two-stroke lead after the third round of the BMW International Open.

Goosen, the two-time U.S. Open, posted a five-under 67 on Saturday, despite his bogey at the last. The South African finished 54 holes at 17-under 199 and is two clear of German Hall of Famer Bernhard Langer.

The 51-year-old Langer fired a 65 in round three to get to 15-under par. A win on Sunday would be significant, not just since he's the leading money winner on the Champions Tour, but for national reasons.

Langer has won every European Tour event staged in Germany, with the exception of this one. He has been a runner-up five times at this championship and can finally earn the title here and become the oldest champion in European Tour history if he can break through on Sunday.

"This is as close as I could get to winning at home and it would mean a lot," admitted Langer. "It would also be very special with my son Stefan on my bag. We have only one more tournament together before he goes off to college. I'm at a stage where I just want to enjoy my golf. I don't want to grind any more and I don't have anything to prove - I've been very blessed."

But first, Langer will have to get by Goosen.

The two-time U.S. Open champion began the third round with a one-stroke cushion and extended it with some great play early in the round.

He ran home a five-footer for birdie at the first, then rattled off back-to- back birdies at four and five. That gave Goosen a three-shot edge at the time, but he stumbled in a big way at six.

At the par-five hole, Goosen missed a birdie effort that was not quite two feet. He left with a par, then parred the next two before a two-putt birdie at the par-five ninth.

"I hit the ball - it was a foot putt," said Goosen of his putt on six. "The ball just jumped out right on me and didn't even touch the hole. It obviously was in a footprint or in the corner of a footprint when I hit it, it was a shock."

Goosen birdied the 11th and appeared to be in control. He missed the green at 13, a hole he birdied in each of the first two rounds, and could not save his par.

At the 489-yard, par-four 14th, Goosen split the fairway off the tee, but hammered his approach over the green on the right side. He holed an unlikely chip for birdie, but that only kept him three ahead of Langer.

The two-time Masters winner recorded six birdies through his first 13 holes. At 14, Langer missed a six-footer for birdie, then he appeared to be in big trouble at the 16th, a short par four.

He drove into the left rough and chipped out as best he could. Langer knocked his ball almost 65 feet past the stick, but the reigning Champions Tour Player of the Year made the crazy putt to close the gap to two.

Goosen converted a 10-foot par save at 15 and rolled in a four-foot birdie putt at 16 to reclaim his three-shot cushion.

Langer parred out and Goosen made par at 17. Goosen found the water at the par-five closing hole and his 10-foot par save stayed above ground. That means Goosen will take a two-shot edge into the final round.

He hasn't won on the European Tour since the 2007 Qatar Masters, which was also the last time he held a piece of the 54-hole lead on tour. Goosen won the Transitions Championship this year on the PGA Tour and is 13-for-21 on the European Tour in converting third-round leads into victories.

"It's always nice going into a tournament with the lead," he said. "Especially the final round, I'm very much looking forward to tomorrow. I'm looking forward to get off to a good round, good start again."

Nick Dougherty and David Drysdale both carded rounds of four-under 68 to share third a minus-14.

James Kingston (67) and Soren Kjeldsen (70) are tied for fifth place at 13- under 203, followed by Paul Broadhurst (65) and Graeme Storm (64) in seventh at minus-12.