Royal Dublin’s Max Kennedy goes into the ultimate spherical of the NTT DATA Professional-Am tied for 14th at Fancourt Golf Property.
The Dubliner (23) made 4 birdies in a two-under 70 on the Outeniqua Course and goes into the ultimate day 14 strokes behind South Africa’s Wilco Neinaber on 11-under.
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“It was undoubtedly completely different to the primary two rounds,” stated Kennedy, who’s heading in the right direction to make his first cheque of the season as he chases promotion to the DP World Tour.
“Right this moment, I did not hit my irons too properly. I hit them rather a lot higher for the primary two days, however I used to be capable of get it up and down in a variety of locations and scrap out a superb rating.”
The previous College of Louisville star missed out on his DP World Tour card by one stroke ultimately 12 months’s Qualifying Faculty and is trying to achieve expertise on the second-tier tour and battle for one in every of 20 playing cards on the principle tour subsequent season.
“I noticed it as a blessing in disguise, if something, as a result of going straight to the tour is an enormous leap from novice golf,”Kennedy stated of Q-Faculty.
“To have one 12 months on the Problem Tour after which dip my toes in at a few the occasions on the DP World Tour can be good, and I feel it will be a superb stepping stone into the long run.
“I need to get my DP World Tour card, and the principle purpose this 12 months is to complete primary within the rating and transfer in direction of that purpose.”
Nienaber will take a six-shot lead into the ultimate spherical as he seems to be to win the occasion for the second time.
The South African, who entered the third spherical with a three-shot lead, posted a six underneath par 66 on the Montagu Course to maneuver to 25 underneath and 6 away from countryman Jacques Blaauw.
Jonathan Caldwell shares thirty first on nine-under after carding a five-under 68 at The Hyperlinks, whereas Dermot McElroy made the six-under reduce on the mark after a 72 on the identical venue.
