Former amateur champion Aldrich Potgieter is coming off the biggest win of his career after taking a three-stroke lead in the final round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge.
Potgett became the youngest winner in Korn Ferry Tour history earlier this year when he shot to the top of the leaderboard after shooting a stunning bogey-free 66 at Gary Player Country Club.
The 20-year-old made an eagle and four birdies to move to seven under par, ahead of his nearest challengers Francisco Laporta and Matthew Jordan.
Defending champion Max Homa shot 72 and was four strokes back, tied for fourth with Jordan Smith and Romain Langasque, while half-way leader Julian Gehry Julien Guerrier shot a three-over 75 and was five strokes behind.
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Portgate trailed by four strokes heading into the weekend after rounds 73 and 70, and the South African moved closer after taking advantage on the par-5 second and birdie the par-3 fourth. leader.
After back-to-back birdies around the turn, he made a stunning eagle on the par-5 14th to finish with his lowest round of the day at 4 par, putting him within a whisker of his first DP world win. Tour victory one step closer.
“It’s awesome,” Portergate said. “I enjoyed the crowd there, it was great to have a big crowd following us and I played some great golf.
“There were a lot of big par saves that came down so I’m really happy with today and will try to do the same thing tomorrow. It will be a dream come true [to win]”.
Laporta shot 69 in the third round, caught 5 birdies, and suffered 2 bogeys, tied for second with Jordan. After Jordan suffered 3 consecutive bogeys, he shot 71, which was below the standard. 1, and Homa was unable to shoot 34 on the front nine as he suffered two bogeys. No birdies after the turn.
Langeske briefly took the lead after an eagle on the par-5 10th, but three bogeys in a five-hole stretch starting on the 12th saw Smith start the third round. Caught 4 birdies and recovered 4 bogeys in six holes.
Guerrier joins Andy Sullivan, Johannes Veerman, Mackenzie Hughes, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Pablo Larrazabal and Ockie Strydom all at 2 under, with just 17 of the 66 players in red heading into the final day.
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