Jacques Kruyswijk climbed to the top of the rankings in the final round of the Kenya Open on Saturday afternoon, launching the bogey-free No. 64 on Saturday afternoon.
South Africans entered the third round of seven leads, but Kruyswijk was in a perfect showcase as others struggled with the breeze of the Muthaiga Golf Club Defeated seven birdies and entered the fourth day with a one-shot lead.
Kruyswijk will look for his first DP World Tour title on Sunday.
First, he looked destined to be a hole on the fourth long eagle putt, just to stop a roll in front of the cup and stay on the ground somehow.
Then in ninth, his chips fell down to deny that he was a birdie.
But he covered up any sense of injustice, putting five birdies in the last nine games (including ending on the 17th and 18th) and hitting 14 under PAR.
Midway leader John Parry ended his 72-year-old with a birdie and was alone under 13. The British led the lead with as many as three shots on the first nine, but was involved by the impressive Kruyswijk.
Kruyswijk started his own round three consecutive pars before he got his first little bird from the fourth time in the Tap-in range after his long hawk attempt stopped the painful briefs .
The 32-year-old shot further in the eighth, tenth and twelfth place before sending his entry in the 15th and rolling a few feet into the birdie putt to a shot .
Four-foot birdie at No. 17 took the lead in Kruyswijk under 13, then Parry's bogey was 16th behind him, seeing South Africa alone Sitting at the top of the rankings.
Kruyswijk's style ended, spreading his tricky 15-foot birdie putt for two shots in the final round.
Kruyswijk said: “It was very breeze there today, but I played a really good game plan on this golf course and I didn't over-attack – as you saw in the previous pair That's it.
“I rolled into a couple and it was great, always good, but I just performed super consistently and I had a good mindset all week.
“So everything that happens tomorrow will happen, but I’m ready.”
Asked what it means to win a trophy on Sunday, Kruiswick said: “It's special. I don't want to get emotional, but I'm going to be very focused on South Africa tonight, which is huge for me.”
