Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship – spherical three
-18 C Jarvis (SA); -16 M Jordan (Eng); -15 T Detry (Bel); -14 A Meronk (Pol), N Norgaard (Den), J Skov Olesen (Den)
Chosen others: -13 M Armitage (Eng); -12 M Fitzpatrick (Eng), -11 R MacIntyre (Sco), C Hill (Sco), -10 S Bairstow (Eng), R Mansell (Eng), D Brown (Eng), C Syme (Sco), M Stewart (Sco), B Koepka (US); -9 D Regulation (Sco), S Jamieson (Sco), P Harrington (Ire); -8 A Fitzpatrick (Eng), T Fleetwood (Eng); -6 L Donald (Eng), L Westwood (Eng); -5 T Hatton (Eng), J Rose (Eng); -4 I Poulter (Eng)
England’s Matthew Jordan is 2 photographs off the lead heading into the ultimate spherical of the Alfred Dunhill Hyperlinks Championship.
The 30-year-old made a six-under-par 66 to complete the day 16 beneath, which stored the strain on chief Casey Jarvis of South Africa.
Poland’s Adrian Meronk, who shot the joint-best spherical of the day with a nine-under 63, can be 16 beneath.
Belgium’s Thomas Detry is an additional shot again on 15 beneath after a seven-under 65 at St Andrews.
Jordan, bidding to win a DP World Tour occasion, began the third spherical at Kingsbarns and carded a six-under 66 to maneuver to 16 beneath.
After ending as runner-up on the Nexo Championship in Scotland in August, Jordan, who claimed the 2017 St Andrews Hyperlinks Trophy as an beginner, is eager to go one higher on the ultimate day.
“What I needed to do, and felt like I hadn’t executed over the past 12, 18 months was put myself able to win,” Jordan advised the DP World Tour., external
“Definitely. I type of at all times felt that perhaps I used to be a bit too far again and wanted an incredible spherical to make it occur. I’ve executed effectively within the final couple occasions.
“I need to give myself a very good likelihood. After which simply try to win a golf match.”
Jarvis acknowledged he was “going to be feeling strain” to carry off the chasing pack within the ultimate spherical.
“I nonetheless know I’m going to really feel first tee nerves and strain all through the day, however I’m simply going to try to handle it as a lot as I can,” he mentioned.
Jarvis started his spherical with an eagle on the first and went on to card a bogey-free 65 at St Andrews to maneuver to 18 beneath.
Meronk made birdies at his opening 4 holes at Kingsbarns and added an eagle later in his nine-under 63 to hitch Jordan on 16 beneath.
England’s Matt Fitzpatrick made six beneath at St Andrews to take a seat at 12 beneath alongside defending champion Robert MacIntyre and fellow Scot Calum Hill.
