Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen will take a one-stroke lead into the ultimate spherical of the Rolex Problem Tour Grand Last supported by The R&A, after producing a sensational ten underneath par spherical of 62 on transferring day.
The Dane fired ten birdies with out a blemish to achieve 22 underneath par for the week at Membership de Golf Alcanada and lead by one from in a single day chief Angel Ayora from Spain.
The 25-year-old earned automated promotion to the DP World Tour in September after securing three wins on the 2024 Highway to Mallorca, and he’s now trying to earn his fourth victory of the marketing campaign and turn into simply the second Danish winner of the Rolex Problem Tour Grand Last after Marcus Helligkilde in 2021.
Neergaard-Petersen began the day 5 photographs off the lead, however received off to the right begin, closing the hole to Ayora on the high by carding three birdies in his opening 5 holes.
Whereas Ayora may solely make the flip in stage par, Neergaard-Petersen added a fourth achieve of the day on the ninth to cut back the deficit to 1 as he headed to the again 9.
Neergaard-Petersen then climbed into the outright lead for the primary time in Mallorca with birdies on the tenth and eleventh, earlier than making three in a row from the thirteenth, and a closing birdie on 18 to verify of his place on the high.
CAN HE EMULATE THOMAS BJORN
The 25-year-old is projected to climb to the highest of the Highway to Mallorca Rankings and would turn into the fourth participant from Denmark to be topped Problem Tour Quantity One after Helligkilde (2021), Joachim B Hansen (2018) and Thomas Bjørn (1995).
“I performed nice right this moment and felt loads higher than yesterday,” he mentioned. “I received the putter rolling, particularly on the again 9, and it was enjoyable to be on the market.
“The entire level of me being right here this week is to complete on the high of the Rankings, and I knew I used to be going to must go low to meet up with Angel as a result of he’s taking part in nice.
“I stored it actually easy right this moment and made certain to reap the benefits of the straightforward holes and the par fives. I made some nice putts and hit a variety of wedges fairly shut. I’m happy with my recreation right this moment and it was nice to make ten birdies.
“Angel is taking part in nice and he trying to get that Quantity One spot too. It’s going to be thrilling for everybody tomorrow and I’m actually wanting ahead to it.”
HOT ON HIS HEELS
Ayora stays in competition for a second win of the season although after firing again late on day three. The 20-year-old blended three birdies with three bogeys on the entrance 9, earlier than making 4 birdies on the again 9 with out a bogey to signal for a 4 underneath par spherical of 68 and keep one again.
The Spaniard would wish to win the Rolex Grand Last and depend on Neergaard-Petersen ending no greater than third if he’s to high the Rankings, and by doing so he would turn into the youngest Problem Tour Quantity One in historical past.
Kristoffer Reitan matched Ayora’s spherical of 68 to achieve 19 underneath par, three photographs off the lead in third place. The Norwegian, who started the week thirty sixth within the Highway to Mallorca Rankings, is projected to climb to nineteenth ought to he stay in third place, which might earn him promotion to the DP World Tour.
Oliver Lindell from Finland sits in solo fourth on 11 underneath par, whereas Frenchman Robin Sciot-Siegrist who’s one other at the moment projected to climb into the promotion locations, sits in a share of fifth on ten underneath par alongside Englishman Ben Schmidt and Danish duo Hamish Brown and Nicolai Kristensen.
FINAL ROUND DETAILS
The ultimate spherical of the Rolex Problem Tour Grand Last will get underneath means at 8:00am native time with Neergaard-Petersen teeing off alongside Ayora at 12:05pm.
