Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson Saturday led Marcus Kinhult (Sweden), Ashun Wu (China), Matti Schmid (Germany) and David Horsey (England) to be part of a five-man leaders group at five-under-par 66 at the Kenyan Open.
However, Shubhankar Sharma maintains a one-shot lead with Ewen Ferguson sitting tied-second.
The last Scottish winner of the Kenya Open was Mike Miller in 1996, the year @EwboF was born.
Fergurson leads heading into the final round 🔝#MagicalKenyaOpen pic.twitter.com/ilsyYFc6ls
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) March 5, 2022
The world No 317, began the third round with a first hole birdie and a quick eagle at the fourth, in addition to three birdies at the back nine’s 10th, 14th and 18th with the only bogey of the day coming at the sixth hole.
“I made a couple of mistakes which, when you’re playing well, you still come out with par – get up and down from 70-80 yards for pars and that keeps the momentum going,” Ferguson said.
He added, “I think that was the key today, the momentum just kept going, I was holing clutch three or four putts to keep me going and I just played nicely and plodded my way around.”
A world class touch 💯@EwboF finishes in style and takes a four shot lead heading into Sunday. #MagicalKenyaOpen pic.twitter.com/ybUkalIecl
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) March 5, 2022
According to Sharma, “I’m really happy, whenever you finish with two birdies you’re always happy. It was a good round for me today, it was quite a slow start for me starting on the back nine, not much was happening for me, but that eagle on the 18th really propelled me.
“The front nine was great, missed birdie opportunities on both the par-fives, but came back strong on eight and nine with birdies and I’m really pleased with the score.”
Shubhankar Sharma birdied three of his last four holes to take a one-shot lead into the weekend at the 2022 Magical Kenya Open presented by Absa.#MagicalKenyaOpen
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) March 4, 2022
Overnight leader Shubhankar Sharma had a day to forget when he carded four over par 75 on Saturday. Bogeys on the 2nd, 7th, 11th and 12th and a double bogey on 17th saw Sharma relinquish top spot. He is now eight shots behind the leader.#AbsaPresentsMKO2022#MagicalKenyaOpen pic.twitter.com/vZF3ajLyzD
— Absa Bank Kenya (@AbsaKenya) March 5, 2022
The leader board
How it stands with 18 holes left to play 📈#MagicalKenyaOpen
— DP World Tour (@DPWorldTour) March 5, 2022
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