Saturday might traditionally be known as ‘Moving Day’ at golf tournaments but nothing could have been further from the truth in Madeira as tournament leader Hennie Otto maintained his stranglehold on the top of the leaderboard.
The 31 year old South African, looking for his first victory on The European Tour International Schedule, began the third round of the Madeira Islands Open BPI – Portugal four shots clear of the field and ended the day five ahead thanks to his third consecutive 67 on the Santo da Serra course which gave him a 15 under par total of 201.
The only thing which did change on the most pleasant afternoon weather-wise of the week were his nearest challengers.
At the start of the third round, his closest pursuers were Germany’s Sven Strüver and Fredrik Widmark of Sweden and although they both maintained their position in the top ten going into the final day, it was Scotland’s Alastair Forsyth and Gary Clark of England who emerged in Otto’s wing mirrors from the pack.
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