Dreaming Gallacher faces nervous finale in Italy

Stephen Gallacher of Scotland watches his tee shot on the fourth hole during the third round of the British Open Championship at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, northern England July 19, 2014. REUTERS/Toby Melville

(Reuters) - Stephen Gallacher's attempt to secure a last-gasp place in Europe's Ryder Cup team will go right down to the wire after he moved within six strokes of the lead in the Italian Open third round in Turin on Saturday.

The Scot, who needs to finish in the top two this week to displace Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell in the nine qualifying positions for next month's matches at Gleneagles, stayed in touching distance of pacesetting South African Hennie Otto with a 69.