The skilled Neil Schietekat has put apart the disappointments of the earlier season and can go into the ultimate spherical of the FBC Zimbabwe Open on the Royal Harare Golf Club with a seven-stroke lead after he dominated the third spherical on Saturday with a six-under-par 66, the bottom spherical of the day.
The 39-year-old Schietekat has been a constant contender on the Sunshine Tour for the final half-dozen seasons, however in 2022/23 he completed 47th within the Luna Order of Merit.
The Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club consultant put it all the way down to the challenges of competing each at residence and on the Asian Tour for the primary time.
But the brand new season has began in the easiest way attainable with the fifth win of his Sunshine Tour profession beckoning in Harare.
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Schietekat has been working exhausting
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“It was my first year out in Asia and I was trying to juggle playing on both tours,” Schietekat stated after his bogey-free spherical on Saturday. “But by the requirements I’ve set myself, I wasn’t nice on both tour and I simply saved my Asian Tour card.
“I struggled with the journey, being away from residence for 5 or 6 weeks in a row, with a time-difference of seven hours generally, which makes it tough to talk to your loved ones.
“I haven’t actually modified something in my recreation, I’ve simply been working exhausting and I’m taking a little bit of a break from enjoying in Asia, earlier than heading out in a few weeks. It’s about giving myself a greater schedule this yr.
“So now I have a nice gap going into the final round and it will just be about sticking to my guns and keep playing the way I have been,” Schietekat stated.
While Schietekat is lord of all he surveys on the high of the leaderboard on 14-under-par, his 66 being two strokes higher than the subsequent greatest spherical on Saturday, he modestly stated he had made a number of prolonged putts for par to maintain his momentum going.
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‘Pretty chuffed’ after a goo day
“I’m pretty chuffed with my score because the wind was swirling and the greens quickened up and became quite crusty towards the end of the day. So it was great to keep bogeys off my card because that allowed me to keep the momentum going. I made a lot of clutch putts for par,” Schietekat stated.
Last yr’s South African Strokeplay Championship winner Jonathan Broomhead, in his first season within the skilled huge time, shot a marvellous three-under-par 69 to land himself in second place on seven-under, alongside first-round chief Wynand Dingle (71).
Second-round chief Adam Breen is within the tie for fourth on five-under, having hit powerful instances on Saturday as he shot a 76. The skilled duo of Jaco Ahlers and Peter Karmis each shot 71s to additionally end on five-under, whereas Robson Chinhoi is the main Zimbabwean golfer as his 68 lifted him right into a share of seventh place with Trevor Fisher Jnr on four-under-par.
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