Sweden’s Sebastian Soderberg stormed into an eight-shot lead after day three of the Volvo Automobile Scandinavian Combined in Helsingborg, with Scotland’s Callum Hill and England’s Alice Hewson the closest challengers.
Soderberg is seeking to convert his wonderful current kind into a primary DP World Tour win since 2019, with the 33-year-old Swede coming into his dwelling occasion having recorded three top-three finishes and made the lower on the PGA Championship in his final 4 begins.
He has saved that momentum going at Vasatorps Golfklubb, capturing rounds of 63, 66 and 66 on Thursday, Friday and Saturday respectively to achieve 21 below par after 54 holes.
Hill was Soderberg’s nearest challenger on 13 below after mixing eight birdies with three bogeys to signal for a 67.
Hewson was the main Women European Tour participant after three rounds, one other shot again on 12 below alongside dwelling hope Alexander Bjork and Spain’s Santiago Tarrio, with this week’s occasion seeing women and men taking part in in the identical teams for one prize fund and one trophy.
Beginning the day with a three-shot lead, Soderberg fired 4 birdies on the entrance 9 to stretch his benefit to 6 strokes on the flip.
After back-to-back birdies on the twelfth and thirteenth had taken him to 21 below, Soderberg dropped his first shot of the week on the 14th.
However he bounced again with a achieve on the fifteenth earlier than parring his method dwelling to sit down in a robust place to win his second DP World Tour title.
He stated: “It was all-around super solid. Still a lot of good shots and a lot of good putts, so I’ve got nothing to complain about.
Soderberg is searching for his first DP World Tour title since 2019
“I’ve got so many friends and family here. It might not look like I’m taking it all in but I do. I’ve just been good at staying in my zone, my bubble so far.
“And that is what I’ve bought to proceed to do tomorrow.”
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