GAVIN DEAR CLICKETY-CLICKS WITH A 66 IN KAZAKHSTAN OPEN

                                                          GAVIN DEAR .... needs to start getting good results

By PAUL SYMES, European Challenge Tour Press Officer
Gavin Dear continued his recent renaissance with a rousing round of 66 which moved the Murrayshall, Perthshire player within sight of the leader on the third day of the Kazakhstan Open, the Challenge Tour’s ‘major’ event.
Dear surged through the field with a superb display at Nurtau Golf Club in Almaty, Kazakhstan, notching five birdies in his first six holes en route to reaching the turn in just 31 strokes.
After hitting a five iron to eight feet and rolling in the putt for eagle on the par five tenth hole, Dear appeared on the verge of something very special, only for bogeys at the 11th and 13th holes to check his charge.
But he rallied with his sixth birdie of a very satisfying day on the 17th hole to finish on eight under par, five shots off the lead held by English youngster Tommy Fleetwood.
Dear said: “It was a very good day. I didn’t make a birdie all day in the first round, mainly because I couldn’t buy a putt. It was really frustrating, but then yesterday I found some form on the greens and made seven birdies, which was much more like it. So much depends on confidence in this game, and when I holed a 20-footer on the first for birdie this morning, there was no looking back.
“It’s obviously a very big week for me, because I need to start climbing the Rankings pretty quickly. It’s been a disappointing season and I’ve really suffered with a bad back, but I’m feeling much better now so hopefully I can play well again tomorrow and have a strong end to the season.”

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