Mark Kerr poised for last-day charge

Stage set for exciting finish to PGA

EuroPro Tour event in Suffolk

The final day of The Stoke by Nayland Championship 2009 promises to be an exciting one – with Tom Haylock and James Ruebotham tied for the lead after a fine day of scoring at the PGA EuroPro Tour event in Suffolk.
Ruebotham (Welwyn Garden City GC) fired the second best round of the day – an eight under 64 – to share the lead, starting with three birdies and an eagle in his first five holes and picking up three more shots in a faultless round.
Since dropping a shot on the eighth in his opening round, Haylock (Ground Construction Ltd) has avoided any blemishes – ending his opening round four under par and shooting a 67 in his second round to progress to nine under.
Surry (Cumberwell Park) fired out of the blocks, birdying the first five holes in order to blank out his opening round 73. A sixth birdie at the eighth was followed by a dropped shot at the ninth to see him go out at four under for the tournament.
But the 27 year-old was not finished there and continued his charge up the leaderboard with four birdies on his back nine to shoot a fantastic nine under round-of-the-day 63.
Australian Chris Gaunt joins Surry at eight under after a fine round of his own. A 71 on the opening day meant he began the second round at one under, but he soon made inroads into catching the leaders with five birdies on the front nine and two on the back contributing to a 65. Scot Mark Kerr (Saffron Walden) was in the penultimate trio to finish and made it a chasing pack of three one stroke behind the leaders with his second 68 of the tournament.
Gaunt and Surry could’ve been joined by overnight co-leader Kieran Staunton (Woodcote Park) who moved to eight under from beginning the day at five under but a bogey at 18 means he is two shots behind along with Jeremy Kavanagh (Stoke Park) carded a 67 to move to seven under.
Matthew Ford (Marriott Tudor Park), Lorne Kelly (Pro Dream USA) and Nicky Harris (Whitefield GC) – who won here in 2008 – all posted rounds of 70 to follow opening rounds of 68 to move to six under.
Craig Housden (Channels) shared the overnight lead with Staunton but a treble bogey at the tenth means he is eight shots off the lead at one under.
Fifty-seven players made the cut at one over and the final round will begin at 8am, with the leading duo of Haylock and Ruebotham teeing off at 12.30pm. Live scoring is available on the final round by visiting http://www.europrotour.com/ and clicking on the Score Updates link on the homepage.
HOW THE SCOTS FARED
Par 144 (2x72)
136 Mark Kerr 68 68
138 Lorne Kelly 68 70
139 Steve Jamieson 70 69
141 Paul Doherty 69 72
142 Jack Doherty 71 71
142 John Gallagher 72 70
142 Barry Hume 73, 69
142 Elliot Saltman 70 72
143 Lee Harper 69 74
Scott Herald 73 71
Duncan Stewart 75, 70 +1
MISSED THE CUT
146 Steven Mackie 73 73
149 Chris Kelly 75 74.
151 Graham Brown 74 77
154 Shaun McAllister 80 74.
159 Zack Saltman 80 79.
160 Eric Walker 79 81.