Denmark’s Niklas Nørgaard fired an eight-under 64 to open up a four-stroke lead with spherical one to play on the Betfred British Masters hosted by Sir Nick Faldo.
The 32-year-old was two again on Saturday morning however placed on an unimaginable show to achieve 16 beneath par to surge away from South Africa’s Thriston Lawrence, who sits second at The Belfry on 12 beneath.
Nørgaard confirmed his intention from the off with a birdie on the first, with one other following on the par-five third after seeing an eagle putt burn the sting. He added a 3rd achieve on the par-five seventh to make the flip at three beneath and with the lead.
The 2-time Nordic Golf League winner then pressed down his benefit as he entered the again 9, birdieing the Brabazon’s iconic tenth gap after driving the inexperienced on the par-four gap, earlier than making it back-to-back pink numbers with one other three on the par-four eleventh.
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He then reeled off a run of three birdies from the 14th which culminated in a monster 42-foot putt down the slope on the par 4 sixteenth.
Nørgaard dropped his solely shot of the day at subsequent, the par 5 seventeenth, after hitting a wayward drive into the bushes, however reclaimed that shot in entrance of a packed 18th gap with a ninth and ultimate birdie to place the ending touches to a superb spherical.
The Dane’s third spherical effort earns him the 54-hole lead for the second successive yr on the British Masters after being a part of a six-way main contingent in 2023, however he should fend off four-time DP World Tour winner Lawrence who’s his closest challenger among the many chasing pack.
Frenchman Jeong weon Ko is 2 photographs behind Lawrence in third on ten beneath, with England’s Andrew Wilson two photographs additional again after a closing double bogey.
Second spherical chief Tyrrell Hatton had a torrid day on the Midlands course, with the LIV golfer firing 4 bogeys and a treble-bogey seven en path to a four-over-par 76 that noticed him drop right into a share of seventh place and 10 photographs off the lead.
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