Niklas Norgaard produced a surprising back-nine birdie run to take a four-shot lead into the ultimate spherical of the Betfred British Masters, as Tyrrell Hatton slipped out of rivalry.
Norgaard charged by the sector with a superb eight-under 64 on the Belfry, mixing 9 birdies with a lone bogey to maneuver to 16 below and in pole place to say a maiden DP World Tour title.
The world No 205 – who held a share of the 54-hole lead in final yr’s contest earlier than ending seventh – holds a commanding benefit over Thriston Lawrence, who jumped into solo second after ending his third-round 67 with 4 consecutive birdies.
Jeong weon Ko holds third spot on 10 below and England’s Andrew Wilson is eight strokes again in fourth forward of Brandon Stone and Jesper Svensson, with midway chief Hatton heading into the ultimate day 10 photographs adrift after a four-over 76.
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Norgaard began the weekend two strokes again however made an early transfer by following a 15-foot birdie on the first by benefiting from the par-five third, then added one other from eight toes on the seventh to succeed in the flip in 33.
The Dane was one forward of France’s Jeong weon Ko and two away from Brandon Stone and Jorge Campillo at that stage, with pre-tournament favorite Hatton three behind after mixing a lone birdie with three bogeys in an erratic entrance 9.
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Norgaard drove the inexperienced on the well-known par-four tenth to card the primary of back-to-back birdies, extending his result in three photographs, earlier than holing from 15 toes to avoid wasting par on the thirteenth and beginning one other unimaginable birdie burst on the par-three subsequent.
A birdie from off the inexperienced was adopted by a two-putt achieve on the par-five fifteenth, with Norgaard holing from 40 toes throughout the inexperienced on the par-four sixteenth to briefly prolong his result in six photographs.
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Norgaard fired a wayward tee shot into the timber on the par-five seventeenth and missed from eight toes to avoid wasting par, dropping him again to fifteen below, solely to reply brilliantly to make a 15-foot birdie on the final and prolong his benefit.
“It [winning] would mean so much,” Norgaard stated. “The thing I have to do is try and go and do the same as today, not trying to hold onto anything or be protective.”
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Lawrence was stage par for the day after a three-putt bogey on the par-four eleventh however began his fightback by birdieing the par-four subsequent, with the South African then benefiting from the par-five fifteenth for the primary of a four-birdie end.
He holed from 15 toes on the subsequent and tapped in after lacking his eagle attempt on the par-five seventeenth, with a sensational method into the par-four final establishing a close-range birdie to leap to 12 below and solo second.
Hatton bogeyed the par-three twelfth after discovering water off the tee after which pulled his drive out of bounds on the subsequent, leading to a triple-bogey seven, with birdies over his subsequent two holes and a three-par end leaving him tied-seventh and on six below.
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