Ockie Strydom and Scott Jamieson each share a deep ardour for Leopard Creek and their want to win the Alfred Dunhill Championship as they share the lead going into Sunday’s last spherical.
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Strydom equalled the course report with a 3rd spherical of 63 to climb to 15-under par, and Jamieson – the person who a day earlier had set that course report – signed for a 70 on Saturday to hitch him at the highest of the leaderboard.
They are two strokes away from the trio of Dean Burmester, Oliver Bekker and Dale Whitnell. Former champion Branden Grace is in a bunch simply three photographs off the lead.
Strydom, who has 19 runner-up finishes to his title, credit his caddie with altering his psychological method and resulting in the type of kind that final week noticed him set the course report at Blair Atholl through the Investec South African Open, after which difficult once more this week for a maiden DP World Tour title.
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“Jaris (Kruger) my brother-in-law has made an enormous distinction on the bag. We perceive one another and he retains me optimistic. He doesn’t simply go for it on the market, like I’d at all times do. I’ve at all times performed aggressively. If I might hit driver on a par three I’d. Now I’m taking part in extra strategically.
“This is a trophy you want, and to win here at Leopard Creek would be so special. The course is more beautiful than I’ve ever seen it. I’m staying in a house on the golf course. It’s so calm, and that always makes me play my best golf.”
Jamieson is equally decided to finish his love for Leopard Creek with a title on its fairways.
“It’s my favourite week of the year,” he mentioned.
The quicker inexperienced speeds actually examined the sphere on Saturday.
“When I saw the green speeds on the first tee box and it was something like 13.7 I thought, ‘Ok. Here we go’,” mentioned Strydom.
“Luckily on the first green I hit a downhill putt about four feet past to get the hang of it. Overall my wedges were close and I didn’t go for dangerous shots. The course was set up quite tough but I hit it in the right places on these greens. Leopard Creek can’t be attacked. It’s either going to come to you and then if it does, well done. If it doesn’t, you’re in big trouble.”
Jamieson struggled to seek out his kind on the entrance 9 and turned one over. But his persistence was rewarded on the again 9.
“As expected, the course was a little tougher. The greens speeds were up a bit. I knew there would be chances on the back nine and then I had three birdies in a row. I was really disciplined out there. I stuck to my gameplan and got my reward with those three birdies. But we all know the tournament begins on the back nine on Sunday.”
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ALFRED DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 3 SCORES:
201 – Ockie Strydom 68 70 63, Scott Jamieson 68 63 70
203 – Dale Whitnell 69 68 66, Oliver Bekker 69 66 68, Dean Burmester 65 70 68
204 – Adrian Otaegui 70 69 65, Branden Grace 67 70 67, Dylan Frittelli 70 66 68
205 – Aaron Cockerill 70 65 70
207 – Ross Fisher 71 65 71, Louis Oosthuizen 70 66 71, MJ Daffue 69 66 72, Eddie Pepperell 69 65 73, David Ravetto 67 67 73
208 – Wilco Nienaber 68 73 67, Joost Luiten 69 70 69, George Coetzee 73 68 67, Jaco Prinsloo 70 68 70, Bryce Easton 69 69 70, Alexander Knappe 68 68 72, Nathan Kimsey 70 64 74
209 – Joshua Lee 71 69 69, Jorge Campillo 69 69 71, Laurie Canter 68 69 72, Christiaan Bezuidenhout 70 72 67, Jayden Schaper 69 68 72
210 – Ernie Els 70 69 71, Jacques Blaauw 73 68 69, Daniel van Tonder 72 67 71, JC Ritchie 72 66 72, Lukas Nemecz 66 70 74
211 – Kristian Krogh Johannessen 68 72 71, Jaco Ahlers 67 73 71, Christiaan Maas 71 70 70, Niklas Norgaard Moller 70 71 70, Alejandro Canizares 69 69 73, Matthew Baldwin 72 70 69, Wynand Dingle 70 67 74, Darren Fichardt 67 70 74
212 – Tom McKibbin 68 73 71, Thriston Lawrence 69 71 72, James Hart du Preez 70 69 73, Gary Hurley 73 68 71, Matthew Southgate 71 71 70, Jean Hugo 70 72 70
213 – Joachim B. Hansen 73 68 72, Shaun Norris 71 70 72, John Axelsen 75 66 72, Scott Vincent 70 72 71
214 – JJ Senekal 70 70 74, Daniel Brown 71 70 73, Santiago Tarrio 69 69 76, Martin Simonsen 72 70 72, Sami Valimaki 74 69 71, Dylan Mostert 70 65 79, Marcel Siem 71 72 71, Ryo Hisatsune 71 72 71, Chase Hanna 74 69 71
215 – CJ du Plessis 72 70 73, Merrick Bremner 78 65 72
216 – Grant Forrest 72 70 74, Neil Schietekat 70 72 74
217 – Dan Bradbury 74 68 75, Jovan Rebula 70 72 75, Kyle De Beer 72 70 75, Adam Breen 71 72 74, Jbe’ Kruger 71 72 74
218 – Tobias Eden 68 74 76, Luke Jerling 70 72 76, Nick Bachem 72 71 75
219 – Erik van Rooyen 69 72 78, Deon Germishuys 67 72 80, Jens Fahrbring 70 72 77, Wil Besseling 71 72 76, Combrinck Smit 72 71 76
221 – Justin Walters 72 70 79
Missed the reduce:
144 – Louis Albertse 68 76, Jens Dantorp 72 72, Matthieu Pavon 76 68, Jacquin Hess 73 71, Gudmundur Kristjansson 71 73, Darius van Driel 71 73, Todd Clements 69 75, Edoardo Molinari 73 71, Hennie du Plessis 72 72, Antoine Rozner 71 73, Aldrich Potgieter 73 71, Mateusz Gradecki 72 72, Richard Sterne 71 73, Jake Redman 74 70
145 – Rourke van der Spuy 72 73, Jeong Weon Ko 72 73, Sean Crocker 74 71, Divan van den Heever 75 70, Dylan Naidoo 75 70, Stephen Ferreira 74 71, Nikhil Rama 73 72
146 – Angel Hidalgo 71 75, Clement Sordet 72 74, Tristen Strydom 73 73, Pieter Moolman 76 70, Louis de Jager 75 71, Philip Eriksson 73 73, Martin Rohwer 75 71, Estiaan Conradie 74 72
147 – Yurav Premlall 75 72, Marcus Armitage 79 68, Sam Hutsby 73 74, Christoffer Bring 75 72, Thomas Aiken 80 67, Jean-Paul Strydom 76 71, Keagan Thomas 70 77, John Murphy 75 72, Robin Sciot-Siegrist 73 74, Matthew Spacey 73 74
148 – Casey Jarvis 79 69, Charl Schwartzel 74 74, James Morrison 73 75, Alejandro Del Rey 74 74, Simon Forsstrom 77 71, Jeremy Freiburghaus 75 73, Anton Karlsson 79 69
149 – Gerard du Plooy 76 73, Rupert Kaminski 73 76, Lyle Rowe 72 77
150 – Jaco Van Zyl 79 71, Ruan Korb 79 71, Herman Loubser 73 77, Gunner Wiebe 72 78, Anthony Michael 72 78, Keith Horne 76 74, Brandon Stone 77 73
151 – Daan Huizing 81 70
152 – MJ Viljoen 75 77, Pedro Figueiredo 74 78, Gary Stal 76 76, Keenan Davidse 74 78, Toto Thimba Jnr 74 78
153 – Freddy Schott 82 71, Joel Stalter 77 76, Makhetha Mazibuko 73 80
154 – Zander Lombard 76 78, Albert Venter 78 76, Mikael Lindberg 76 78
155 – Ruan Conradie 79 76
157 – Luke Brown 82 75, Brooklin Bailey 79 78
158 – Michael Palmer 75 83, Alex Haindl 85 73
159 – Thabang Simon 78 81, Harvey Young 88 71, Henning du Plooy 83 76
161 – Marc Warren 78 83, Jastice Mashego 84 77
RTD – Ashun Wu 69 RTD, Heinrich Bruiners RTD RTD
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